Yugawara Station

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
Yugawara Station in 2020
General information
Location	Miyashita, Yugawara Town, Ashigarashimo District Kanagawa Prefecture 259-0304 Japan
Coordinates	35°08′45″N 139°06′08″E
Operated by	JR East
Line(s)	JT Tōkaidō Line
Distance	99.1 km (61.6 mi) from Tokyo
Platforms	1 island platform
Tracks	2
Connections	Bus terminal
Construction
Structure type	At grade
Other information
Status	Staffed ("Midori no Madoguchi")
Station code	JT20
Website	Official website
History
Opened	1 October 1924; 100 years ago (1924-10-01)
Passengers
FY2019	5,833 daily
Services
Preceding station JR East Following station Atami JT21 towards Itō Saphir Odoriko (Limited service) Odawara JT16 (Limited service) towards Tokyo or Shinjuku Atami JT21 towards Itō or Atami Odoriko Odawara JT16 towards Tokyo Atami JT21 Terminus Tōkaidō Line Manazuru JT19 towards Tokyo
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Lines

Yugawara Station is served by the Tōkaidō Main Line, and is located 99.4 rail kilometers from Tokyo Station.

Layout

Yugawara Station has an island platform, and a station building with automated ticket machines, Suica automated turnstiles and a "Midori no Madoguchi" service counter.

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  Yugawara station gate
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  Platform

Platforms

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

Station history

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.

Passenger statistics

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
2005	6,869 [2]
2010	6,065[3]
2015	5,986[4]

Surrounding area

• Yugawara Town Hall
• Yagawara Onsen

See also

• List of railway stations in Japan

References

1. 各駅の乗車人員 (2019年度) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2019)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. 2020. Retrieved 11 August 2020.
2. 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.
3. 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.
4. 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.

• Yoshikawa, Fumio. Tokaido-sen 130-nen no ayumi. Grand-Prix Publishing (2002) ISBN 4-87687-234-1.(in Japanese)

External links

Media related to Yugawara Station at Wikimedia Commons

• Official home page (in Japanese)