Hodogaya Station (保土ケ谷駅, Hodogaya-eki) is a passenger railway station located in Hodogaya-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan, operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East).

JO12 JS12
Hodogaya Station

保土ケ谷駅
West entrance
General information
LocationIwai-chō, Hodogaya-ku, Yokohama-shi, Kanagawa-ken 240-0023
Japan
Coordinates35°26′48.26″N 139°35′59.3″E / 35.4467389°N 139.599806°E / 35.4467389; 139.599806
Operated by JR East
Line(s)
Distance31.8 km from Tokyo
Platforms1 island platform
Connections
  • Bus terminal
Other information
StatusStaffed (Midori no Madoguchi )
Station codeJ012, JS12
WebsiteOfficial website
History
OpenedJuly 11, 1887
Passengers
FY201934,029 daily
Services
Preceding station Logo of the East Japan Railway Company (JR East) JR East Following station
Higashi-Totsuka
JO11
towards Kurihama
Yokosuka Line Yokohama
YHMJO13
towards Tokyo
Higashi-Totsuka
JS11
towards Zushi
Shōnan–Shinjuku Line
Rapid
Local
Yokohama
YHMJS13
towards Utsunomiya
Location
Hodogaya Station is located in Kanagawa Prefecture
Hodogaya Station
Hodogaya Station
Location within Kanagawa Prefecture
Hodogaya Station is located in Japan
Hodogaya Station
Hodogaya Station
Hodogaya Station (Japan)

Lines

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Hodogaya Station is served by the Yokosuka Line and Shōnan-Shinjuku Line and is 31.8 kilometers from the terminus of the Yokosuka Line at Tokyo Station.

Station layout

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The station consists of a single island platform serving two tracks which are jointly used by trains of both the Yokosuka Line and the Shōnan-Shinjuku Line. Trains of the Tōkaidō Main Line pass through Hodogaya Station, but do not stop.

The station is above ground, with an above-track station building. To the east side of the platform runs the Tōkaidō Main Line, which does not have a platform. On the north side there is a section of track for trains to go out of service on, as well as a place where trains from Yokohama can change directions and turn back. On the Yokohama side there is also a lineman's operating base. Because there was once a freight platform, there are two signals on the north side. When these signals are red, passenger trains must wait to depart.[citation needed] The station has a Midori no Madoguchi staffed ticket office.

Platforms

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1 JO Yokosuka Line for Yokohama, Musashi-Kosugi, Shinagawa and Tokyo
JO Sōbu Line (Rapid) for Chiba, Narita Line for Narita Airport,
Uchibō Line for Kimitsu, Sotobō Line for Kazusa-Ichinomiya
JS Shōnan-Shinjuku Line for Yokohama, Musashi-Kosugi, Shinjuku, Ōmiya, Oyama and Utsunomiya (via JU Utsunomiya Line)
2 JO Yokosuka Line for Ōfuna, Zushi, Kamakura, Yokosuka, and Kurihama
JS Shōnan-Shinjuku Line for Ōfuna and Zushi (via JO Yokosuka Line)

History

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Hodogaya Station was opened on July 11, 1887 as a station on the Japanese Government Railways (JGR), the predecessor to the post-war Japanese National Railways (JNR). Initially for passenger operations only, freight operations began the following year.[1] In 1930 when Yokosuka Line trains were replaced by electric multiple units, all Tōkaidō Line trains ceased to stop at the station.[2]

Although the station was located in the town named 保土ヶ谷 (Hodogaya), originally the station was named 程ヶ谷 (Hodogaya). The station was renamed to its present name 保土ヶ谷, with no change in pronunciation, on October 1, 1931 following the petition for the renaming by the mayor of Yokohama on July 8, 1927.[3]

All freight operations were discontinued from October 1, 1979 when the new freight line that bypassed the station opened.[1] Operation of Yokosuka Line trains was transferred from the tracks shared by the Tōkaidō Line trains to the former freight tracks in 1980. With the privatization of JNR on April 1, 1987, the station came under the operational control of JR East.

Passenger statistics

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In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 34,029 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[4]

The passenger figures (boarding passengers only) for previous years are as shown below.

Fiscal year daily average
2005 30,810 [5]
2010 31,855 [6]
2015 33,001 [7]

Surrounding area

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b Ishino, Tetsu; et al., eds. (1998). 停車場変遷大事典 国鉄・JR編 [Station Transition Directory – JNR/JR] (in Japanese). Vol. II. Tokyo: JTB Corporation. p. 13. ISBN 4-533-02980-9.
  2. ^ Ministry of Railways (December 22, 1930). 昭和四年度 鉄道省年報 [Ministry of Railways Annual Report, Fiscal Year 1929]. p. 137.
  3. ^ 保土ケ谷区郷土史. 1938. p. 1381.
  4. ^ 各駅の乗車人員 (2019年度) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2019)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. 2020. Retrieved 11 August 2020.
  5. ^ 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.
  6. ^ 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.
  7. ^ 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.
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