Kayama Station


Kayama Station

栢山駅
Kayama Station, October 2016
General information
LocationKayama 2636, Odawara-shi, Kanagawa-ken 250-0852
Japan
Coordinates35°18′37″N 139°08′34″E / 35.31028°N 139.14278°E / 35.31028; 139.14278
Operated by Odakyu Electric Railway
Line(s) Odakyu Tama Line
Distance76.2 km from Shinjuku.
Platforms2 side platforms
Connections
  • Bus terminal
Other information
Station codeOH43
WebsiteOfficial website
History
OpenedApril 1, 1927
Passengers
FY20198589 daily
Services
Preceding station Odakyu Following station
Tomizu
towards Odawara
Odawara Line
Local
Kaisei
Location
Kayama Station is located in Kanagawa Prefecture
Kayama Station
Kayama Station
Location within Kanagawa Prefecture
Kayama Station is located in Japan
Kayama Station
Kayama Station
Kayama Station (Japan)

Kayama Station (栢山駅, Kayama-eki) is a passenger railway station located in the city of Odawara, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan, operated by the Odakyu Electric Railway.

Lines

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Kayama Station is served by the Odakyu Odawara Line, and is located 76.2 kilometers from the line’s terminus at Shinjuku Station.

Station layout

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The station consists of two opposed side platforms with two tracks, connected to the station building by a footbridge.

Platforms

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1  Odakyu Odawara Line Westbound (For Odawara, Hakone-Yumoto)
2  Odakyu Odawara Line Eastbound (For Shin-Matsuda, Sagami-Ono, Shin-Yurigaoka, Chiyoda line Ayase, and Shinjuku)

History

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Kayama Station was opened on 1 April 1927 on the Odakyu Odawara Line of the Odakyu Electric Railway with direct express service only to Shinjuku. The station became a stop on regularly scheduled normal services only from June 1945. Limited express services were resumed from 1946, and commuter express services from 1960-1964.[1]

Station numbering was introduced in January 2014 with Kayama being assigned station number OH43.[2][3]

Passenger statistics

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In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 8,589 passengers daily.[4]

The passenger figures for previous years are as shown below.

Average daily boarding/alighting/number of passengers by fiscal year
Fiscal year daily average Number of passengers
1995年(平成7年)
1998年(平成10年) 5,821
1999年(平成11年) 5,638
2000年(平成12年) 5,196
2001年(平成13年) 5,072
2002年(平成14年) 4,872
2003年(平成15年) 9,284 4,693
2004年(平成16年) 9,048 4,636
2005年(平成17年) 9,034 4,623
2006年(平成18年) 9,139 4,681
2007年(平成19年) 9,518 4,859
2008年(平成20年) 9,554 4,865
2009年(平成21年) 9,398 4,773
2010年(平成22年) 9,316 4,725
2011年(平成23年) 9,328 4,725
2012年(平成24年) 9,379 4,749
2013年(平成25年) 9,650 4,885
2014年(平成26年) 9,310 4,697
2015年(平成27年) 9,372 4,726
2016年(平成28年) 9,287 4,680
2017年(平成29年) 9,112 4,591
2018年(平成30年) 8,921 4,496
2019年(令和元年) 8,589 4,337
2020年(令和2年) 6,474
2021年(令和3年) 6,813
2022年(令和4年) 7,086

Surrounding area

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  • Sakawa River
  • Ninomiya Sontoku Memorial Museum
  • Johoku Technical High School
  • Sakurai Elementary School
  • Johoku Junior High School
  • Odawara hyakkaten

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Japanese Wikipedia entry
  2. ^ "2014年1月から駅ナンバリングを順次導入します!" [From January 2014, station numbering will be introduced sequentially!] (PDF). odakyu.jp (in Japanese). 24 December 2013. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 October 2022. Retrieved 9 January 2023.
  3. ^ Kusamichi, Yoshikazu (28 December 2013). "小田急グループ、鉄道から海賊船まで通しの駅番号…2014年1月から順次導入" [Odakyu Group, station numbers from railways to pirate ships, Introduced sequentially from January 2014]. Response Automotive Media (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 22 June 2020. Retrieved 10 January 2023.
  4. ^ 神奈川県県勢要覧(令和2年度 [Kanagawa Prefecture official statistics (fiscal 2019)] (PDF) (in Japanese). Japan: Kanagawa Prefecture. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 March 2022. Retrieved 26 March 2021.
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