Yamato Station (Kanagawa)

Yamato Station (大和駅, Yamato-eki) is an interchange passenger railway station located in the city of Yamato, Kanagawa, Japan. It is jointly operated by the private railway operators Sagami Railway (Sotetsu) and Odakyu Electric Railway.

Yamato Station 大和駅
Yamato Station
General information
Location	1-1-1 Yamatominami, Yamato-shi, Kanagawa-ken 242-0016 Japan
Coordinates	35.469697°N 139.461409°E / 35.469697; 139.461409
Operated by	Sagami Railway Odakyu Electric Railway
Line(s)	Sotetsu Main Line Odakyu Enoshima Line
Distance	39.9 km from Shinjuku
Platforms	3 island platforms
Connections	Bus terminal
Other information
Station code	OE-5
History
Opened	May 12, 1926
Passengers
FY2019	115,877 (Sagami Railway) 118,918 (Odakyu) daily
Services
Preceding station Odakyu Following station Fujisawa towards Katase-Enoshima Romancecar Sagami-Ōno towards Shinjuku or Kita-Senju Shonandai towards Katase-Enoshima Enoshima Line Rapid Express Chūō-Rinkan towards Sagami-Ōno Chōgo towards Katase-Enoshima Enoshima Line Express Minami-Rinkan towards Sagami-Ōno Sakuragaoka towards Katase-Enoshima Enoshima Line Local Tsuruma towards Sagami-Ōno Preceding station Sotetsu Following station Ebina Terminus Main Line Limited Express Futamata-gawa towards Yokohama Sagami-Ōtsuka towards Ebina Main Line Commuter Express Rapid Local Seya towards Yokohama Ebina Terminus Sōtetsu–JR Link Line Limited Express Futamata-gawa towards Shinjuku Sagami-Ōtsuka towards Ebina Sōtetsu–JR Link Line Local Seya towards Shinjuku
Location Yamato Station Location within Kanagawa Prefecture Show map of Kanagawa Prefecture Yamato Station Yamato Station (Japan) Show map of Japan

The Odakyu Line platform

The Sagami Railway platform

Lines

Yamato Station is served by the Odakyu Enoshima Line, with some through services to and from Shinjuku in Tokyo. It lies 39.9 kilometers from the Shinjuku terminus. The station is also served by the Sagami Railway Main Line and is 14.7 kilometers from the terminus of that line at Yokohama.

• Odakyu Enoshima Line

Station layout

The station is a joint use station. The north exit is operated by the Sagami Railway and the south exit is operated by the Odakyu Railway, although passengers can use either exit regardless of what line they are using. The Odakyu Railway station consists of two island platforms connected by a footbridge to the station building. The station building is elevated, and located above the platforms and tracks. The Sagami Railway station has one island platform, located underground.

Platforms

Odakyu platforms

1-2	■ Odakyu Enoshima Line	for Fujisawa and Katase-Enoshima
3-4	■ Odakyu Enoshima Line	for Sagami-Ōno and Shinjuku

Sotetsu platforms

1	■ Sagami Railway Main Line	for Ebina
2	■ Sagami Railway Main Line	for Futamata-gawa, Yokohama and Shin-Yokohama

History

Yamato Station opened on May 12, 1926 as a station on the Jintsu Railway. The Odakyu Station was opened on April 1, 1929 slightly to the west of the existing station, and was named Nishi-Yamato Station (西大和駅, Nishi-Yamato-eki). On June 1, 1944, Yamato Station was relocated to become adjacent to Nishi-Yamato Station, with the new joint station taking the name Yamato Station. The station building was completely reconstructed in a multiyear project beginning from 1986. In 1993, the tracks and platform of the Sagami Railway were relocated to a subway level, which created room for expansion of the Odakyu station to two platforms in 1996. ^{[citation needed]}

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2019, the Odakyu station was used by an average of 118,918 passengers daily.^[1] During the same period, the Sotetsu portion of the station was used by an average of 115,877 passengers daily.^[2]

The passenger figures for previous years are as shown below.

Fiscal year	daily average Odakyu	daily average Sotetsu
2005	102,765	104,302	[3]
2010	111,481	109,762	[4]
2015	116,042	112,126	[5]

Surrounding area

• Yamato Tax Office
• Yamato Public Employment Security Office
• Kanagawa Prefecture Yamato Health and Welfare Office (Health Center)
• Kanagawa Yamato Prefectural Tax Office
• Yamato Tokushukai Hospital
• Yamato City Mitsuoka Junior High School
• Izumi no Mori, a nature park operated by the city of Yamato.

See also

• List of railway stations in Japan

References

1. 鉄道部門：1日平均駅別乗降人員 [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2019)] (in Japanese). Japan: Odakyu Electric Railway. 2020. Retrieved 6 March 2020.
2. 相 模 鉄 道 線：乗 降 人 員 [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2019)] (PDF) (in Japanese). Japan: Kanto Traffic Advertising Council. 2020. Retrieved 6 March 2020.
3. 神奈川県県勢要覧（平成18年度） [Kanagawa Prefecture official statistics (fiscal 2005)] (PDF) (in Japanese). Japan: Tokyo Metropolitan Government. Retrieved 26 March 2021.
4. 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.
5. 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. Retrieved 26 March 2021.

External links

Media related to Yamato Station (Kanagawa) at Wikimedia Commons

• Sagami Railway station information (in Japanese)
• Odakyu station information (in Japanese)