Hiratsuka Station
Hiratsuka Station (平塚駅, Hiratsuka-eki) is a railway station on the Tokaido Main Line in the city of Hiratsuka, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East). The station is 63.8 kilometers from the starting point of the Tokaido Main Line at Tokyo Station.
JT11 Hiratsuka Station 平塚駅 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 The north side of Hiratsuka Station | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Takarachō, Hiratsuka, Kanagawa （神奈川県平塚市宝町） Japan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Operated by | JR East | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Line(s) | Tokaido Main Line | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Distance | 63.8 km from Tokyo | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 island platforms | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Connections | Bus terminal | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Website | www | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Opened | 1887 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Passengers | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| FY2007[1] | 60,445 daily | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Lines
Hiratsuka Station is served by the Tokaido Main Line and also Shonan-Shinjuku Line through services.
Layout
Hiratsuka Station has two island platforms serving four tracks, connected to the station building by a footbridge. The station building has large shopping complexes to the north and south of the tracks.
Station layout
| 1,2 | JT Tokaido Line (Ueno-Tokyo Line) |
for Yokohama, Tokyo, Ueno, Ōmiya JU Utsunomiya Line for Utsunomiya and Kuroiso JU Takasaki Line for Takasaki and Maebashi |
| JS Shōnan-Shinjuku Line | for Yokohama, Shibuya, Shinjuku, Ikebukuro, Ōmiya, Takasaki and Maebashi (via JU Takasaki Line) | |
| 3 | JT Tōkaidō Line | for Kōzu, Odawara, Atami, Numazu JT Itō Line for Itō |
| JS Shōnan-Shinjuku Line | for Yokohama, Shibuya, Shinjuku, Ikebukuro, Ōmiya, Takasaki and Maebashi (via JU Takasaki Line) | |
| 4 | JT Tōkaidō Line | for Kōzu, Odawara, Atami, Numazu JT Itō Line for Itō |
History
Hiratsuka Station was opened on July 11, 1887, for both freight and passenger service on what was later designated the Tokaido Main Line of Japanese National Railways (JNR). A number of short freight spur lines radiated out from Hiratsuka Station to serve the various industries which were developed in the vicinity of the station. Most of these spur lines were no longer in operation by 1924. The original station building was destroyed by soil liquefaction during the 1923 Great Kantō earthquake, which also brought down the bridge over the nearby Sagami River.
The station building was completely rebuilt in June 1973.
With the dissolution and privatization of JNR on April 1, 1987, the station came under the control of the East Japan Railway Company.
See also
References
- Yoshikawa, Fumio. Tokaido-sen 130-nen no ayumi. Grand-Prix Publishing (2002) ISBN 4-87687-234-1.(in Japanese)
- Average number of entering passengers Archived 2001-05-06 at the Wayback Machine, fiscal 2007 (in Japanese)
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Hiratsuka Station. |
- JR East station information (in Japanese)