JT20 Yugawara Station 湯河原駅 | |||||||||||||||||||||
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 Yugawara Station in 2025 | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Location | Miyashita,Yugawara Town,Ashigarashimo District Kanagawa Prefecture 259-0304 Japan | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 35°08′45″N139°06′08″E / 35.14583°N 139.10222°E /35.14583; 139.10222 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Operated by |  JR East | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Line(s) | JTTōkaidō Line | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Distance | 99.1 km (61.6 mi) fromTokyo | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 1island platform | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Connections |  Bus terminal | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Structure type | At grade | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Status | Staffed ("Midori no Madoguchi") | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Station code | JT20 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Website | Official website | ||||||||||||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Opened | 1 October 1924; 100 years ago (1924-10-01) | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| FY2019 | 5,833 daily | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Yugawara Station (湯河原駅,Yugawara-eki) is a passengerrailway station located in the town ofYugawara,Ashigarashimo District,Kanagawa Prefecture,Japan, operated byJR East.
Yugawara Station is served by theTōkaidō Main Line, and is located 99.4 rail kilometers fromTokyo Station.
Yugawara Station has anisland platform, and a station building with automatedticket machines,Suica automatedturnstiles and a "Midori no Madoguchi" service counter.
| 1 | JT Tōkaidō Line | forAtami,Mishima,Numazu JTItō Line forItō |
| 2 | JT Tōkaidō Line・Ueno-Tokyo Line | forOdawara,Yokohama,Tokyo JUUtsunomiya Line forUtsunomiya andKuroiso JUTakasaki Line forTakasaki andMaebashi |
When work began on the Tōkaidō Main Line, technology for long tunneling was limited. Initially (from 1895) the line was routed fromYugawara north toGotemba to avoid the mountains before reachingNumazu, Shizuoka. A station was opened at Yugawara on October 1, 1924. Service toAtami began the following year initially by human-powered trolleys, followed by a steam-drivenomnibus. On December 1, 1934 theTanna Tunnel was completed, and through service on the Tōkaidō Main Line toMishima and Numazu begun. Freight services were discontinued in 1982 and small parcel service in 1985. On April 1, 1987 along with privatization and division of theJapan National Railways,East Japan Railway Company started operating this station.
In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 5,833 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[1]
The passenger figures (boarding passengers only) for previous years are as shown below.
| Fiscal year | daily average |
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| 2005 | 6,869[2] |
| 2010 | 6,065[3] |
| 2015 | 5,986[4] |
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