Hotaruda Station

Hotaruda Station (螢田駅, Hotaruda-eki) is a passenger railway station located in the city of Odawara, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan, operated by the private railway operator Odakyu Electric Railway.

Hotaruda Station 螢田駅
Hotaruda Station west exit, October 2022
General information
Location	319 Renshoji, Odawara-shi, Kanagawa-ken 250-0865 Japan
Coordinates	35°17′06″N 139°09′07″E
Operated by	Odakyu Electric Railway
Line(s)	Odakyu Tama Line
Distance	79.2 km from Shinjuku.
Platforms	2 side platforms
Other information
Station code	OH45
Website	Official website
History
Opened	April 1, 1952
Passengers
FY2019	6049 daily
Services
Preceding station Odakyu Following station Ashigara towards Odawara Odawara Line Local Tomizu towards Shinjuku or Yoyogi-Uehara
Location Hotaruda Station Location within Kanagawa Prefecture Show map of Kanagawa Prefecture Hotaruda Station Hotaruda Station (Japan) Show map of Japan

Lines

Hotaruda Station is served by the Odakyu Odawara Line, and is located 79.2 kilometers from the line’s terminus at Shinjuku Station..^[1]

Station layout

Hotaruda Station has two opposed side platforms with three tracks, connected to the station building by a footbridge.

Platforms

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

Hotaruda Station opened on 1 April 1952.^[1]

Station numbering was introduced in January 2014 with Hotaruda being assigned station number OH45.^[2][3]

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 6,059 passengers daily.^[4]

The passenger figures for previous years are as shown below.

Fiscal year	daily average
2005	5,672[5]
2010	5,862[6]
2015	6,241[7]

Surrounding area

• Izumi Junior High School
• Higashi Tomimizu Elementary School

See also

• List of railway stations in Japan

References

1. Terada, Hirokazu (19 January 2013). データブック日本の私鉄 [Databook: Japan's Private Railways]. Japan: Neko Publishing. p. 237. ISBN 978-4-7770-1336-4.
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.
5. 神奈川県県勢要覧（平成18年度） [Kanagawa Prefecture official statistics (fiscal 2005)] (PDF) (in Japanese). Japan: Kanagawa Metropolitan Government. Retrieved 26 March 2021.
6. 神奈川県県勢要覧（平成23年度） [Kanagawa Prefecture official statistics (fiscal 2010)] (PDF) (in Japanese). Japan: Kanagawa Prefecture. Retrieved 26 March 2021.
7. 神奈川県県勢要覧（平成28年度 [Kanagawa Prefecture official statistics (fiscal 2010)] (PDF) (in Japanese). Japan: Kanagawa Prefecture. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 August 2017. Retrieved 26 March 2021.

External links

Media related to Hotaruda Station at Wikimedia Commons

• Odakyu station information (in Japanese)