is an interchange passenger

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located in the city of

Fujisawa, Kanagawa is a Cities of Japan, 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 south-central part of Kan ...

, Japan, operated by

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(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 Company f ...

and

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 ...

. 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 , 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 ...

, and the

. The station lies 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 ''

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'' services. The station has a ''

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'' staffed ticket office.

Odakyu

The Odakyu line uses a double

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. 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

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and Pasmo systems.

History

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

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

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was introduced to the Odakyu-owned stations January 2014 with Fujisawa being assigned station numbers OH13 for the Enoshima line and EN01 for the Enoshima Electric Railway.

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

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* ''Airport Limousine''; For

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* For

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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 250px, Akita Nairiku Railway Kakunodate Station is an interchange railway station in the city of Semboku, Akita Prefecture, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East). Lines Kakunodate Station is served by the JR East Tazawako L ...

, 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 terminus ...

* For Fukui Station, Komatsu, and

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* ''Southern Cross''; For

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, 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 as one of the city's main railway terminals to the north, the other being Shin-Ōsaka Station, Shin-Ōsaka. Al ...

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Sakai Station is a passenger railway station located in Sakai-ku, Sakai, Osaka Prefecture, Japan, operated by the private railway operator Nankai Electric Railway. It has the station number "NK11". Lines Sakai Station is served by the Nankai Main Line, and i ...

, Sakaihigashi Station, and Sakaishi Station

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