Ōfuna Station

Ōfuna
大船

West entrance of JR Ōfuna Station
Location 1 Ōfuna, Kamakura, Kanagawa
（神奈川県鎌倉市大船一丁目）
Japan
Operated by JR East, Shonan Monorail
Line(s)
Connections
  • Bus terminal
History
Opened 1888
Traffic
Passengers (JR, FY2013) 97,118 daily
Shonan Monorail at Ōfuna Station

Ōfuna Station (大船駅 Ōfuna-eki) is a railway station in Kamakura, Kanagawa, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East).

Lines

Ōfuna Station is served by the Tokaido Main Line, Shōnan-Shinjuku Line, Negishi Line (Keihin-Tōhoku Line), Yokosuka Line, as well as the Shonan Monorail. It is 46.5 km from the terminus of the Tōkaidō Main Line at Tokyo Station.

Station layout

Ōfuna Station is an elevated station with five island platforms serving a total of 11 tracks. The adjacent Shonan Monorail station has a single bay platform.

There are above-track station buildings at both ends of the platforms, toward Fujisawa and toward Totsuka, offering passage between lines inside the ticket gates. The Sunaoshi River (砂押川 Sunaoshi-gawa), which runs between the two current station buildings, is a city boundary, meaning that the end of the station near Fujisawa is in Kamakura, while the end toward Totsuka is in Sakae-ku, Yokohama. However, the station master's office is, as was before the station's rebuilding, on the Kamakura side, so the station is treated as a Kamakura station, and not considered to be within the city of Yokohama.

The Fujisawa-side station building has the southern ticket gates and connects to East and West exits. The station building is connected by a passageway beside the building to the Shounan Monorail station. There is also a Midori no Madoguchi staffed ticket office and a View Plaza travel agency.

In the Totsuka-side station building is the northern ticket gate, connected to the Kasama Entrance.

Platforms

1-2 ■ Tokaido Main Line for Yokohama, Kawasaki, Shinagawa, and Tokyo
■ Shonan Shinjuku Line for Shinjuku, Ikebukuro, Ōmiya, Kumagaya, Takasaki, and Maebashi
3-4 ■ Tokaido Main Line for Fujisawa, Chigasaki, Hiratsuka, Kōzu, Odawara, and Atami
5-6 ■ Yokosuka Line for Yokohama, Musashi-Kosugi, Shinagawa and Tokyo
Sōbu Main Line for Chiba, Narita Line for Narita Airport,
Uchibō Line for Kimitsu, Sotobō Line for Kazusa-Ichinomiya
■ Shonan Shinjuku Line for Shinjuku, Ikebukuro, Ōmiya, Oyama, and Utsunomiya
■ Narita Express for Narita Airport
7 ■ Yokosuka Line for Zushi, Kamakura, Yokosuka, and Kurihama
■ Shonan Shinjuku Line for Shibuya, Shinjuku, and Ōmiya
8 ■ Yokosuka Line for Zushi, Kamakura, Yokosuka, and Kurihama
9-10 ■ Negishi Line for Isogo and Yokohama
Keihin Tōhoku Line for Tokyo, Ueno, and Ōmiya
■ Yokohama Line for Higashi-Kanagawa, Shin-Yokohama, Machida, and Hachioji

Adjacent stations

« Service »
Tokaido Main Line
Shinagawa   Commuter Rapid   Fujisawa
Totsuka   Acty   Fujisawa
Totsuka   Local   Fujisawa
Yokosuka Line
Totsuka   Narita Express   Terminus
Totsuka Local Kita-Kamakura
Shōnan-Shinjuku Line
Totsuka   Special Rapid
(Takasaki Line - Tōkaidō Main Line)		   Fujisawa
Totsuka   Rapid
(Takasaki Line - Tōkaidō Main Line)		   Fujisawa
Totsuka   Rapid
(Utsunomiya Line - Yokosuka Line)		   Kita-Kamakura
Totsuka   Local
(Utsunomiya Line - Yokosuka Line)		   Kita-Kamakura
Negishi Line
Hongōdai   Rapid   Terminus
Hongōdai   Local   Terminus
Shōnan Monorail Enoshima Line
Terminus Local Fujimichō

History

Yokohama Dreamland Monorail platforms in June 1984

Ōfuna Station opened on November 1, 1888 as a station on the Tōkaidō Main Line. The Yokosuka Line between Ōfuna and Yokosuka opened on June 16, 1889. Freight operations began in 1894.[1]

In May 1966, the Yokohama Dreamland Monorail began operations from Ōfuna to Yokohama Dreamland, an amusement park built some 7 km north of the station. However, the monorail stopped running in September 1967 after cracks were found in the guideway.[2]

In March 7, 1970 another monorail began operations from Ōfuna to the south. This Shonan Monorail eventually connected the station to Enoshima.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2013, the JR East station was used by an average of 97,118 passengers daily (boarding passengers only), making it the 42nd-busiest station operated by JR East.[3] A total of 4,817,536 passengers used the Shōnan Monorail station in fiscal 2012.[4] The daily average passenger figures (boarding passengers only) for JR East in previous years are as shown below.

Fiscal year Daily average
2000 83,660[5]
2005 87,333[6]
2010 93,679[7]
2011 93,397[8]
2012 95,317[9]
2013 97,118[3]

See also

References

  1. ↑ 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). II. Tokyo: JTB Corporation. pp. 14, 80. ISBN 4533029809.
  2. ↑ Demery, Leroy W. Monorails in Japan, p.25. Carquinez Associates, 2005.
  3. 1 2 各駅の乗車人員　（2013年度） [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2013)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. Retrieved 16 September 2014.
  4. ↑ 運輸・通信・道路 [Transportation, Communications and Roads] (pdf) (in Japanese). Kanagawa Prefectual Government. p. 241. Retrieved 16 September 2014.
  5. ↑ 各駅の乗車人員　（2000年度） [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2000)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. Retrieved 16 September 2014.
  6. ↑ 各駅の乗車人員　（2005年度） [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2005)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. Retrieved 16 September 2014.
  7. ↑ 各駅の乗車人員　（2010年度） [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2010)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. Retrieved 16 September 2014.
  8. ↑ 各駅の乗車人員　（2011年度） [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2011)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. Retrieved 16 September 2014.
  9. ↑ 各駅の乗車人員　（2012年度） [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2012)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. Retrieved 16 September 2014.
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