is a major interchange

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located in the city of

Sagamihara is a city in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. , the city has an estimated population of 723,470, with 334,812 households, and a population density of 1,220 persons per km2. The total area of the city is . Sagamihara is the third-most-populous city ...

Kanagawa is a Prefectures of Japan, prefecture of Japan located in the Kantō region of Honshu. Kanagawa Prefecture is the List of Japanese prefectures by population, second-most populous prefecture of Japan at 9,221,129 (1 April 2022) and third-dens ...

, Japan and operated by the

East Japan Railway Company The is a major passenger railway company in Japan and the largest of the seven Japan Railways Group companies. The company name is officially abbreviated as JR-EAST or JR East in English, and as in Japanese. The company's headquarters are in ...

(JR East) and the private railway operator

Keio Corporation is a private railway operator in Tokyo, Japan and the central firm of the that is involved in transport, retailer, retail, real estate and other industries. The Keio railway network connects western suburbs of Tokyo (Chōfu, Tokyo, Chōfu, Fuc ...

Lines

Hashimoto Station is served by the

Yokohama Line The Yokohama Line () is a Japanese railway line of the East Japan Railway Company (JR East) connecting Higashi-Kanagawa Station in Yokohama, Kanagawa and Hachiōji Station in Hachiōji, Tokyo. The line forms part of what JR East refers to as t ...

and

Sagami Line The is a railway line in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East). It approximately parallels the east bank of the Sagami River. The line connects Hashimoto Station (Kanagawa), Hashimoto Station in Sagami ...

operated by JR East, as well as the

Keio Sagamihara Line The is a Japanese railway line operated by the private railway operator Keio Corporation, connecting Hashimoto Station (Kanagawa), Hashimoto Station in Sagamihara, Kanagawa, Sagamihara, Kanagawa Prefecture and Chōfu Station (Tokyo), Chōfu St ...

. It is from , from , and from , the termini of these three lines respectively.

Station layout

The JR East station has two

island platform An island platform (also center platform (American English) or centre platform (British English)) is a station layout arrangement where a single platform is positioned between two tracks within a railway station, tram stop or transitway inte ...

s and one

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, ...

. The station building is built above the platforms and tracks, and the station has a "

Midori no Madoguchi , short for ''Magnetic-electronic Automatic'' ''Reservation System,'' is a train ticket reservation system used by the Japan Railways Group (JR Group) companies and travel agencies in Japan. It was developed jointly by Hitachi and the former Ja ...

" staffed ticket office. The Keio station has one elevated island platform, with the station building underneath. Interconnecting from platform 5 is impossible (as of 2022). There are platform screen doors on platforms 1, 2, and 3 for the Yokohama Line. Beyond platform 4, the tracks of the Sagami Line connect with the Yokohama Line (towards Hachiōji Station). Until March 2022, the Sagami Line provided through service onto the Yokohama Line.

JR East platforms

Keio platforms

History

The JR East station opened on 23 September 1908. The Keio station opened on 31 March 1990.

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 Yokohama Line on 20 August 2016 with Hashimoto being assigned station number JH28.

Future plans

The Kanagawa Prefectural Government has expressed its wishes to build an interchange station here on the Chuo Shinkansen high-speed maglev line, which is scheduled to open in 2027.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2019, the JR station was used by an average of 65,328 passengers daily (boarding passengers only). During the same period, the Keio portion of the station was used by 98,086 passengers daily (total). The passenger figures for previous years are as shown below.

Surrounding area

* Midori Ward Office

References

External links

JR East station information

{{Sagami Line Railway stations in Japan opened in 1908 Railway stations in Sagamihara Keio Sagamihara Line Sagami Line Yokohama Line