is a passenger

railway station Rail transport (also known as train transport) is a means of transport that transfers passengers and goods on wheeled vehicles running on rails, which are incorporated in tracks. In contrast to road transport, where the vehicles run on a prep ...

located in the city of

Odawara is a city in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 188,482 and a population density of 1,700 persons per km2. The total area of the city is . Geography Odawara lies in the Ashigara Plains, in the far western por ...

Kanagawa Prefecture is a prefecture of Japan located in the Kantō region of Honshu. Kanagawa Prefecture is the second-most populous prefecture of Japan at 9,221,129 (1 April 2022) and third-densest at . Its geographic area of makes it fifth-smallest. Kanag ...

, Japan, operated by the

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 ...

Lines

Kayama Station is served by the

Odakyu Odawara Line , 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 Company ...

, and is located 76.2 kilometers from the line’s

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at Shinjuku Station.

Station layout

The station consists of two opposed

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s with two tracks, connected to the station building by a footbridge.

Platforms

History

Kayama Station was opened on 1 April 1927 on the Odakyu Odawara Line of the

with direct express service only to Shinjuku. The station became a stop on regularly scheduled normal services only from June 1945. Limited express services were resumed from 1946, and commuter express services from 1960-1964. Station numbering was introduced in January 2014 with Kayama being assigned station number OH43.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 8,589 passengers daily. The passenger figures for previous years are as shown below.

Surrounding area

Sakawa River The is a river in Shizuoka Prefecture and Kanagawa Prefecture Japan. In Shizuoka Prefecture it is called the Ayuzawa River. It flows into the Pacific Ocean The Pacific Ocean is the largest and deepest of Earth's five oceanic divisio ...

*Ninomiya Sontoku Memorial Museum * Johoku Technical High School * Sakurai Elementary School * Johoku Junior High School

References

External links

Odakyu Railway home page
{{Odakyu Odawara Line Railway stations in Kanagawa Prefecture Railway stations in Japan opened in 1927 Odakyu Odawara Line Railway stations in Odawara