Yugawara Station
Yugawara Station (湯河原駅, Yugawara-eki) is a railway station in the town of Yugawara, Ashigarashimo District, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. It serves the Tōkaidō Main Line, operated by JR East. The station is 99.4 rail kilometers from Tokyo Station.
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| Location | Miyashita, Yugawara, Ashigarashimo District, Kanagawa （神奈川県足柄下郡湯河原町宮下） Japan | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Operated by | East Japan Railway Company | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Line(s) | Tōkaidō Main Line | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Opened | 1924 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Passengers (2006) | 6,579 daily | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Station history
When work began on the Tōkaidō Main Line, technology for long tunneling was limited. Initially (from 1895) the line was routed from Yugawara north to Gotemba to avoid the mountains before reaching Numazu, Shizuoka. A station was opened at Yugawara on October 1, 1924. Service to Atami began the following year initially by human-powered trolleys, followed by a steam-driven omnibus. On December 1, 1934 the Tanna Tunnel was completed, and through service on the Tōkaidō Main Line to Mishima and Numazu begun. Freight services were discontinued in 1982 and small parcel service in 1985. On April 1, 1987 along with privatization and division of the Japan National Railways, East Japan Railway Company started operating this station.
Layout
Yugawara Station has an island platform, and a station building with automated ticket machines, Suica automated turnstiles and a manned "Green Window" service counter.
Platforms
| 1 | JT Tōkaidō Line | for Atami, Mishima, Numazu JT Itō Line for Itō |
| 2 | JT Tōkaidō Line・Ueno-Tokyo Line | for Odawara, Yokohama, Tokyo JU Utsunomiya Line for Utsunomiya and Kuroiso JU Takasaki Line for Takasaki and Maebashi |
References
- Yoshikawa, Fumio. Tokaido-sen 130-nen no ayumi. Grand-Prix Publishing (2002) ISBN 4-87687-234-1.(in Japanese)
