Hotaruda Station (螢田駅, Hotaruda-eki) is a passenger railway station located in the city of Odawara, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan, operated by the private railway operator Odakyu Electric Railway.
 Hotaruda Station 螢田駅 | |||||||||||
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 Hotaruda Station west exit, October 2022 | |||||||||||
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| Location | 319 Renshoji, Odawara-shi, Kanagawa-ken 250-0865 Japan | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 35°17′06″N 139°09′07″E / 35.28500°N 139.15194°E | ||||||||||
| Operated by |  Odakyu Electric Railway | ||||||||||
| Line(s) |  Odakyu Tama Line | ||||||||||
| Distance | 79.2 km from Shinjuku. | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 side platforms | ||||||||||
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| Station code | OH45 | ||||||||||
| Website | Official website | ||||||||||
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| Opened | April 1, 1952 | ||||||||||
| Passengers | |||||||||||
| FY2019 | 6049 daily | ||||||||||
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Lines
editHotaruda Station is served by the Odakyu Odawara Line, and is located 79.2 kilometers from the line’s terminus at Shinjuku Station..[1]
Station layout
editHotaruda Station has two opposed side platforms with three tracks, connected to the station building by a footbridge.
Platforms
edit| 1 | ■ Odakyu Odawara Line | Westbound (For Odawara, Hakone-Yumoto) |
| 2 | ■ Odakyu Odawara Line | Eastbound (For Shin-Matsuda, Sagami-Ono, Shin-Yurigaoka, Chiyoda line Ayase, and Shinjuku) |
History
editHotaruda Station opened on 1 April 1952.[1]
Station numbering was introduced in January 2014 with Hotaruda being assigned station number OH45.[2][3]
Passenger statistics
editIn fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 6,059 passengers daily.[4]
The passenger figures for previous years are as shown below.
| Fiscal year | daily average |
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| 2005 | 5,672[5] |
| 2010 | 5,862[6] |
| 2015 | 6,241[7] |
Surrounding area
edit- Izumi Junior High School
- Higashi Tomimizu Elementary School
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b Terada, Hirokazu (19 January 2013). データブック日本の私鉄 [Databook: Japan's Private Railways]. Japan: Neko Publishing. p. 237. ISBN 978-4-7770-1336-4.
- ^ "2014年1月から駅ナンバリングを順次導入します！" [From January 2014, station numbering will be introduced sequentially!] (PDF). odakyu.jp (in Japanese). 24 December 2013. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 October 2022. Retrieved 9 January 2023.
- ^ Kusamichi, Yoshikazu (28 December 2013). "小田急グループ、鉄道から海賊船まで通しの駅番号…2014年1月から順次導入" [Odakyu Group, station numbers from railways to pirate ships, Introduced sequentially from January 2014]. Response Automotive Media (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 22 June 2020. Retrieved 10 January 2023.
- ^ 神奈川県県勢要覧（令和2年度 [Kanagawa Prefecture official statistics (fiscal 2019)] (PDF) (in Japanese). Japan: Kanagawa Prefecture. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 March 2022. Retrieved 26 March 2021.
- ^ 神奈川県県勢要覧（平成18年度） [Kanagawa Prefecture official statistics (fiscal 2005)] (PDF) (in Japanese). Japan: Kanagawa Metropolitan Government. Retrieved 26 March 2021.
- ^ 神奈川県県勢要覧（平成23年度） [Kanagawa Prefecture official statistics (fiscal 2010)] (PDF) (in Japanese). Japan: Kanagawa Prefecture. Retrieved 26 March 2021.
- ^ 神奈川県県勢要覧（平成28年度 [Kanagawa Prefecture official statistics (fiscal 2010)] (PDF) (in Japanese). Japan: Kanagawa Prefecture. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 August 2017. Retrieved 26 March 2021.
External links
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Media related to Hotaruda Station at Wikimedia Commons
- Odakyu station information (in Japanese)