is a joint-use passenger

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located in the city of

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, Japan. It is jointly operated by the private railway company

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and by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East). Odakyu manages the station premises.

Lines

Atsugi Station is served by the Sagami Line and the

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. The station is from the Odawara Line's

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at Shinjuku Station and from the Sagami Line's terminus at Chigasaki Station.

Station layout

The Odakyu portion of station consists of two opposed

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s with two tracks, connected to the station building by a footbridge. The JR portion of the station has a single side platform, serving one track.

Platforms

Odakyu

JR East

Station history

Atsugi Station was opened on 12 May 1926, as the terminus of , now

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). Despite being located in neighboring Ebina, the station was named “Atsugi” to fulfill a pledge by the railway management to build a railroad “to Atsugi”. The Sotetsu Railway (currently the JR Sagami Line) linked to the station on 15 July 1926. On 1 April 1927, the

built the adjacent . With the completion of Ebina Station on the Jinchū Railroad on 25 November 1941, operations to Atsugi were discontinued. Atsugi Station of newly nationalized Sagami Line and Kawaharaguchi Station were joined into the same station building on 1 June 1944. A new station building was opened on 31 July 1971. Station numbering was introduced in January 2014 with Atsugi being assigned station number OH33.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2019, the JR portion of the station was used by an average of 6,863 passengers daily (boarding passengers only). During the same period, the Odakyu station was used by an average of 20,287 passengers daily (total). The passenger figures (boarding passengers only) for previous years are as shown below.

Surrounding area

The nearest railway station from US Naval Air Facility Atsugi is Sagami-Ōtsuka Station, not Atsugi Station.

References

External links

Atsugi Station (Odakyū)

Atsugi Station (JR East)
{{Sagami Line Railway stations in Japan opened in 1926 Odakyu Odawara Line Sagami Line Railway stations in Kanagawa Prefecture Ebina, Kanagawa