Hiratsuka Station

Hiratsuka Station (平塚駅, Hiratsuka-eki) is a railway station on the Tokaido Main Line in the city of Hiratsuka, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East). The station is 63.8 kilometers from the starting point of the Tokaido Main Line at Tokyo Station.

JT11 Hiratsuka Station 平塚駅
The north side of Hiratsuka Station
Location	Takarachō, Hiratsuka, Kanagawa （神奈川県平塚市宝町） Japan
Operated by	JR East
Line(s)	Tokaido Main Line
Distance	63.8 km from Tokyo
Platforms	2 island platforms
Connections	Bus terminal
Other information
Website	www.jreast.co.jp/estation/station/info.aspx?StationCd=1337
History
Opened	1887
Traffic
Passengers (FY2007[1])	60,445 daily
Services
Preceding station   JR East   Following station Ninomiya JT13 toward Odawara Shonan Liner Chigasaki JT10 toward Tokyo Kōzu JT14 toward Atami Tōkaidō Main Line      Commuter Rapid Tōkaidō Main Line Rapid Acty Ōiso JT12 toward Atami Tōkaidō Main Line      Local & Rapid Rabbit/Urban Ninomiya One-way operation Ohayō Liner Shinjuku Chigasaki JT10 toward Shinjuku Ninomiya JT13 toward Odawara Home Liner Odawara Chigasaki One-way operation Kōzu JT14 toward Odawara Shōnan-Shinjuku Line      Special Rapid Chigasaki JT10 toward Maebashi Ōiso JT12 toward Odawara Shōnan-Shinjuku Line      Rapid (Tōkaidō & Takasaki Lines)

Lines

Hiratsuka Station is served by the Tokaido Main Line and also Shonan-Shinjuku Line through services.

Layout

Hiratsuka Station has two island platforms serving four tracks, connected to the station building by a footbridge. The station building has large shopping complexes to the north and south of the tracks.

Station layout

1,2	JT Tokaido Line (Ueno-Tokyo Line)	for Yokohama, Tokyo, Ueno, Ōmiya JU Utsunomiya Line for Utsunomiya and Kuroiso JU Takasaki Line for Takasaki and Maebashi
	JS Shōnan-Shinjuku Line	for Yokohama, Shibuya, Shinjuku, Ikebukuro, Ōmiya, Takasaki and Maebashi (via JU Takasaki Line)
3	JT Tōkaidō Line	for Kōzu, Odawara, Atami, Numazu JT Itō Line for Itō
	JS Shōnan-Shinjuku Line	for Yokohama, Shibuya, Shinjuku, Ikebukuro, Ōmiya, Takasaki and Maebashi (via JU Takasaki Line)
4	JT Tōkaidō Line	for Kōzu, Odawara, Atami, Numazu JT Itō Line for Itō

History

Hiratsuka Station in the early 20th century

Hiratsuka Station was opened on July 11, 1887, for both freight and passenger service on what was later designated the Tokaido Main Line of Japanese National Railways (JNR). A number of short freight spur lines radiated out from Hiratsuka Station to serve the various industries which were developed in the vicinity of the station. Most of these spur lines were no longer in operation by 1924. The original station building was destroyed by soil liquefaction during the 1923 Great Kantō earthquake, which also brought down the bridge over the nearby Sagami River.

The station building was completely rebuilt in June 1973.

With the dissolution and privatization of JNR on April 1, 1987, the station came under the control of the East Japan Railway Company.

See also

• List of railway stations in Japan

References

• Yoshikawa, Fumio. Tokaido-sen 130-nen no ayumi. Grand-Prix Publishing (2002) ISBN 4-87687-234-1.(in Japanese)

1. Average number of entering passengers Archived 2001-05-06 at the Wayback Machine, fiscal 2007 (in Japanese)

External links

• JR East station information (in Japanese)