Ebina Station (海老名駅, Ebina-eki) is an interchange passenger railway station located in the city of Ebina, Kanagawa, Japan. It is jointly operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East), and the private railway operators Odakyu Electric Railway, and Sagami Railway (Sōtetsu).
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Location | Kamigō, Ebina-shi, Kanagawa-ken 243-0434 Japan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 35°27′10″N 139°23′27″E | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Distance | 42.5 km from Shinjuku | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Platforms | 1 bay + 3 island platforms | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Station code | OH32 (Odakyu) SO18 (Sotetsu) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Opened | November 25, 1941 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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FY2019 | 14,307 (JR, boarding) 152,370 (Odakyu, total) 123,214 (Sotetsu, total) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Ebina Station is served by the following lines.
The station is 43.5 km from the Odakyu terminus at Shinjuku Station, 15.9 km from the Sagami Line terminus at Chigasaki Station, and 24.6 km from the Sotetsu terminus at Yokohama Station.
The Sōtetsu Main Line station has a bay platform, serving two tracks.
1, 2 | ■ Sōtetsu Main Line | for Yamato, Futamatagawa, and Yokohama |
The JR Sagami Line station has a single island platform, serving two tracks. The station has a Midori no Madoguchi staffed ticket office.
1 | ■ Sagami Line | for Atsugi, Samukawa, and Chigasaki |
2 | ■ Sagami Line | for Kamimizo, Hashimoto, and Hachiōji |
The Odakyu Odawara Line station has two island platforms serving four tracks.
1 | ■ Odakyū Odawara Line | for Hon-Atsugi, Hadano, Odawara, and Hakone-Yumoto (side track) |
2 | ■ Odakyū Odawara Line | for Hon-Atsugi, Hadano, Odawara, and Hakone-Yumoto (main line) |
3 | ■ Odakyū Odawara Line | for Machida and Shinjuku (main line)![]() |
4 | ■ Odakyū Odawara Line | for Machida and Shinjuku (side track)![]() |
Ebina Station was opened on November 25, 1941 as the terminal station of the Jinchū Railroad (神中鉄道), now Sagami Railway). The Odakyu Line Ebina-Kokubun Station (海老名国分駅), which had been in operation since 1927, was shifted 400 meters on April 1, 1943, for joint operation of Ebina Station. From December 1971, Ebina became one of the chief rail yards of the Odakyu line. On December 21, 1973, a new station was opened, located approximately 400 meters from the old station in the direction of Odawara. From March 21, 1987, the Sagami Line began operations to Ebina, less than a month before the dissolution and privatization of the Japanese National Railways and formation of the East Japan Railway Company.[citation needed]
The Odakyu Ebina Station has a unique platform jingle that plays when trains are arriving. The melody is from the song Sakura by the Japanese pop band, Ikimonogakari (いきものがかり). The Odawara bound platforms 1 and 2 play the intro to the song while the Shinjuku / Chiyoda Line bound platforms 3 and 4 play a short portion from the middle of the song. On April 19, 2021 the Romance Car Museum opened beside the west exit to the station.
In fiscal 2019, the JR portion of the station was used by an average of 14,307 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[1] During the same period, the Odakyu station was used by an average of 152,370 passengers daily (total)[2] and the Sotetsu portion of the station by 123,214 passengers (total).[3]
The passenger figures (boarding passengers only) for previous years are as shown below.
Fiscal year | daily average (JR) | daily average (Odakyu) | daily average (Sotetsu) | |
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2005 | 8,001 | 66,229 | 58,907 | [4] |
2010 | 9,392 | 65,698 | 57,022 | [5] |
2015 | 11,952 | 71,873 | 59,276 | [6] |
Media related to Ebina Station at Wikimedia Commons
Stations of Sagami Railway Main Line | |
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Stations of the Odakyū Odawara Line | |
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Stations of the Sagami Line | |
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