Nebukawa Station (根府川駅, Nebukawa-eki) is a passenger railway station located in the city of Odawara, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan, operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East).

JT18 Nebukawa Station 根府川駅
Nebukawa Station building in July, 2022
General information
Location	Nebukawa 109, Odawara-shi, Kanagawa-ken 250-0024  Japan
Coordinates	35.202722°N 139.138472°E / 35.202722; 139.138472
Operated by	JR East
Line(s)	■ Tōkaidō Main Line
Distance	90.4 km from Tokyo.
Platforms	2 island platforms
Connections	Bus terminal
Other information
Status	Unstaffed
Station code	JT18
Website	Official website
History
Opened	December 21, 1922
Passengers
FY2008	639 daily
Services
Preceding station JR East Following station Manazuru JT19 towards Atami Tōkaidō Line Local Hayakawa JT17 towards Tokyo
Location
Nebukawa Station Location within Kanagawa Prefecture Show map of Kanagawa Prefecture Nebukawa Station Nebukawa Station (Japan) Show map of Japan

Lines

Nebukawa Station is served by the Tōkaidō Main Line, and is located 90.4 kilometers from the line’s terminus at Tokyo Station.

Station layout

The station consists of two island platform serving four tracks. The two platforms are connected to the station building by a footbridge. Track one is not in use, while track three is used for local trains to stop while rapid trains pass. The station is unattended.

Platforms

Station history

Nebukawa Station first opened on December 21, 1922, when the section of the Atami-Odawara Line connecting Odawara with Manazuru was completed. On September 1, 1923, Nebukawa Station accident occurred due to the Great Kanto earthquake.

From December 1, 1934 the Odawara-Atami Line became part of the re-routed Tōkaidō Main Line following the opening of the Tanna Tunnel. Regularly scheduled freight services were discontinued in 1970, and small parcel services by 1972. With the dissolution and privatization of the JNR on April 1, 1987, the station came under the control of the East Japan Railway Company. Automated turnstiles using the Suica IC Card system came into operation from November 18, 2001. The “Midori no Madoguchi” service counter was discontinued from 2002.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2008, the station was used by an average of 639 passengers daily.[1]

Surrounding area

• Nebugawa Onsen
• Enoura Observatory
• Shiraito River
• Enoura beach
• Odawara Municipal Kataura Elementary School

See also

• List of railway stations in Japan
• Nebukawa Station accident (1923)

References

• Yoshikawa, Fumio. Tokaido-sen 130-nen no ayumi. Grand-Prix Publishing (2002) ISBN 4-87687-234-1.(in Japanese)
• Hammer, Joshua. (2006). Yokohama Burning: The Deadly 1923 Earthquake and Fire that Helped Forge the Path to World War II. New York: Simon & Schuster. ISBN 978-0-7432-6465-5 (cloth)

External links

Media related to Nebukawa Station at Wikimedia Commons

• Official home page.(in Japanese)