Yugawara Station (湯河原駅, Yugawara-eki) is a passenger railway station located in the town of Yugawara, Ashigarashimo District, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan, operated by JR East.
JT20 Yugawara Station 湯河原駅 | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Location | Miyashita, Yugawara-machi, Ashigarashimo-gun, Kanagawa-ken 259-0304 Japan | ||||||||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 35°08′45″N 139°06′08″E | ||||||||||||||||||||
Operated by | ![]() | ||||||||||||||||||||
Line(s) | ■ Tōkaidō Main Line | ||||||||||||||||||||
Distance | 99.1 km from Tokyo | ||||||||||||||||||||
Platforms | 1 island platform | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Status | Staffed ("Midori no Madoguchi") | ||||||||||||||||||||
Station code | JT20 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Website | Official website | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Opened | October 1, 1924 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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FY2019 | 5833 daily | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Yugawara Station is served by the Tōkaidō Main Line, and is located 99.4 rail kilometers from Tokyo Station.
Yugawara Station has an island platform, and a station building with automated ticket machines, Suica automated turnstiles and a "Midori no Madoguchi" service counter.
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 |
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.
In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 5,833 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[1]
The passenger figures (boarding passengers only) for previous years are as shown below.
Fiscal year | daily average |
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2005 | 6,869 [2] |
2010 | 6,065[3] |
2015 | 5,986[4] |
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