is a commuter

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on the

Enoshima Electric Railway is a private railway operator in Kanagawa Prefecture, Kanagawa, Japan. Its sole line, the Enoshima Dentetsu Line, connects Kamakura Station in Kamakura, Kanagawa, Kamakura with Fujisawa Station in Fujisawa, Kanagawa, Fujisawa. Both the company ...

(Enoden) located in the city of Fujisawa,

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Lines

Enoshima Station is served by the Enoshima Electric Railway Main Line and is from the terminus of the line at

Fujisawa Station is an interchange passenger railway station located in the city of Fujisawa, Kanagawa, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East) and the private railway operators Odakyu Electric Railway and Enoshima Electric Railway. Clustered aro ...

. The Enoden tracks run on the vehicular road between this station and Koshigoe Station.

Station layout

The station consists of two opposed

side platform A side platform (also known as a marginal platform or a single-face platform) is a platform positioned to the side of one or more railway tracks or guideways at a railway station, tram stop, or transitway. A station having dual side platforms, ...

s serving two ground-level tracks. The tracks are connected to the station building via a level crossing.

Platforms

History

The station opened on 1 September 1902, as . It was renamed Enoshima Station in 1929. The current station building was rebuilt in 1999.

Station numbering Station numbering is a sign system which assigns station codes consisting of a few letters and numbers to train stations. It aims to facilitate navigation for foreign travelers not familiar with the local language by using globally understood c ...

was introduced to the Enoshima Electric Railway January 2014 with Enoshima being assigned station number EN06.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 10,097 passengers daily, making it the 3rd used of the 15 Enoden stations The passenger figures for previous years are as shown below.

Surrounding area and transfer

Katase-Enoshima Station is a passenger railway station located in the city of Fujisawa, Kanagawa, Japan and operated by the private railway operator Odakyu Electric Railway. Lines Katase-Enoshima Station forms the southern terminus of the 27.6 km Odakyu Enoshima ...

(

Odakyu Enoshima 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 f ...

) *

Shonan-Enoshima Station (

Shonan Monorail The is a suspended SAFEGE monorail in the cities of Kamakura and Fujisawa in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. It is operated by the which belongs to Michinori Holdings, and opened on March 7, 1970, the first monorail of its kind in Japan. Trai ...

) *

Enoshima is a small offshore island, about in circumference, at the mouth of the Katase River which flows into the Sagami Bay of Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. Administratively, Enoshima is part of the mainland city of Fujisawa, Kanagawa, Fujisawa, and is ...

*Enoshima Aquarium *Katase Higashihama beach *Katase Nishihama / Kugenuma Beach * Shonan Shirayuri Gakuen Elementary School

Popular culture

* This railway station was shown in the 5th episode of anime A Channel, where main characters were going to the sea by Enoshima Electric Railway Line Train, and were arguing about "it is train or tram".

References

External links

Enoden Station information
{{Enoshima Electric Railway Railway stations in Japan opened in 1902 Railway stations in Fujisawa, Kanagawa