is an interchange passenger

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in located in the city of

Fujisawa, Kanagawa is a city in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 439,728 and a population density of 6300 persons per km². The total area of the city is . Geography Fujisawa is in the central part of Kanagawa Prefecture. ...

, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East) and the

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operators

Odakyu Electric Railway , commonly known as Odakyū, is a major railway company based in Tokyo, Japan, best known for its '' Romancecar'' series of limited express trains from Tokyo to Odawara, Enoshima, Tama New Town, and Hakone. The Odakyu Electric Railway Compa ...

and

Enoshima Electric Railway The is a private railway in Japan which connects Kamakura Station in Kamakura with Fujisawa Station in Fujisawa, Kanagawa. Stations en route include , the stop closest to Kōtoku-in, the temple with the colossal outdoor statue of Amida Buddha. T ...

. Clustered around the station are large department stores and office buildings, forming the center of the city.

Lines

This station is served by the JR East

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with , with some through services via the Shōnan-Shinjuku Line , the Odakyu Enoshima Line, and the

. The station lies 51.1 km from the official starting point of the Tōkaidō Main Line at

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Station layout

JR East

JR East uses two

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s connected by a footbridge to the main station building. Platforms 1 and 2 are used by '' Shōnan Liner'' services. The station has a ''

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'' staffed ticket office.

Odakyu

The Odakyu line uses a double bay platform. Trains arrive and depart from the west end of the platform and go through crossover points to the northbound and southbound tracks.

Enoshima Electric Railway

The Enoden station uses a single bay platform. Its automated turnstiles are compatible with Suica and

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systems.

History

What is now the JR East station opened on July 11, 1887. The adjacent Enoshima Electric Railway station opened on September 1, 1902, and the Odakyu station opened on April 1, 1929. With the dissolution and

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on April 1, 1987, the station came under the operational control of JR East.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2019, the JR East portion of the station was used by an average of 108,873 passengers daily (boarding passengers only). During the same period, the Odakyu portion of the station was used by an average of 165,663 passengers daily, and the Enoden portion of the station was used by 22,968 passengers daily. The passenger figures for previous years are as shown below.

Bus terminal

Highway buses

* ''Airport Limousine''; For Narita International Airport * ''Airport Limousine''; For

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* For Fuji-Q Highland and

Kawaguchiko Station is a railway station on the Fujikyuko Line in Fujikawaguchiko, Yamanashi, Japan, operated by Fuji Kyuko (Fujikyu). It is located at an altitude of . Lines Kawaguchiko Station forms the terminus of the privately operated Fujikyuko Line from . ...

* ''Lake & Port''; For Sannai, Sennan, Rokugō, Ōmagari Station, Nakasen, Kakunodate Station, and

Tazawako Station is a railway station on the Tazawako Line in Semboku, Akita, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East). Lines Tazawako Station is served by the Tazawako Line and the Akita Shinkansen, and is located 40.1 rail km from the terminu ...

* For Fukui Station, Komatsu, and

Kanazawa Station is a major railway station in Kanazawa, Ishikawa, Japan, operated by West Japan Railway Company (JR West), the private railway operator Hokuriku Railroad, and the third-sector operator IR Ishikawa Railway. Beneath a square in front of the J ...

* ''Southern Cross''; For

Kyōto Station is a major railway station and transportation hub in Kyōto, Japan. It has Japan's second-largest station building (after Nagoya Station) and is one of the country's largest buildings, incorporating a shopping mall, hotel, movie theater, Isetan ...

, Kyōtanabe,

Ōsaka Station is a major railway station in the Umeda district of Kita-ku, Osaka, Japan, operated by West Japan Railway Company (JR West). It forms the city's main rail terminal in the north. Although it is officially served by only the JR Kobe/Kyoto Lines ( ...

, Osaka City Air Terminal, Namba Station, Sakai Station, Sakaihigashi Station, and

Sakaishi Station is a passenger railway station in located in Sakai-ku, Sakai, Osaka Prefecture, Japan, operated by West Japan Railway Company (JR West). Lines Sakaishi Station is served by the Hanwa Line, and is located 8.8 kilometers from the northern terminu ...

References

*Yoshikawa, Fumio. ''Tokaido-sen 130-nen no ayumi''. Grand-Prix Publishing (2002)

External links

JR East station information

Odakyu station information
{{ja-linecat, East Japan Railway Company, Odakyu Electric Railway, Enoshima Electric Railway Railway stations in Fujisawa, Kanagawa Railway stations in Japan opened in 1887