Kaisei Station
Kaisei Station (開成駅, Kaisei-eki) is a passenger railway station located in the town of Kaisei, Ashigarakami District, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. The station operated by the Odakyu Electric Railway.
 Kaisei Station 開成駅 | |||||||||||
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 West Exit of Kaisei Station, October 2005 | |||||||||||
| General information | |||||||||||
| Location | Yoshidajima 4300-1, Kaisei-machi, Ashigarakami-gun, Kanagawa-ken 258-0021 Japan | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 35°19′34.6″N 139°08′09.2″E | ||||||||||
| Operated by |  Odakyu Electric Railway | ||||||||||
| Line(s) | ■ Odakyu Odawara Line | ||||||||||
| Distance | 74.3 km from Shinjuku | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 side platforms | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
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| Status | Staffed | ||||||||||
| Station code | OH-42 | ||||||||||
| Website | Official website | ||||||||||
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| Opened | March 4, 1985 | ||||||||||
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| FY2019 | 12,350 daily | ||||||||||
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  Kaisei Station Location within Kanagawa Prefecture  Kaisei Station Kaisei Station (Japan) | |||||||||||
Lines
Kaisei Station is served by the Odakyu Odawara Line and is 74.3 kilometers from the line’s terminal at Shinjuku Station.
Station layout
Kaisei Station has two opposed side platforms with two tracks. The station building is built on a cantilevered structure above and to a right angle with the platforms and tracks. An Odakyū 3100 series NSE railcar is preserved in the park outside the east exit of the station .
Platforms
| 1 | ■ Odakyu Odawara Line | For Odawara |
| 2 | ■ Odakyu Odawara Line | For Shin-Matsuda, Sagami-Ono, Shin-Yurigaoka, and Shinjuku |
History
Kaisei Station was opened on 4 March 1985 with normal and 6-car limited express services.
Station numbering was introduced in January 2014 with Kaisei being assigned station number OH42.[1][2]
Passenger statistics
In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 12,350 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[3]
The passenger figures (boarding passengers only) for previous years are as shown below.
| Fiscal year | daily average |
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| 2005 | 8,278[4] |
| 2010 | 10,004[5] |
| 2015 | 10,736[6] |
Bus services
- Hakone Tozan Bus
- for Sekimoto (Daiyuzan Station) via Wadagahara Station[7]
Surrounding area
- Kaisei Municipal Kaisei Minami Elementary School
See also
References
- "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.
- 鉄道部門：1日平均駅別乗降人員 [Railway department: Average daily number of passengers by station] (in Japanese). Japan: Odakyu Railway Company. Retrieved 29 January 2021.
- 神奈川県県勢要覧（平成18年度） [Kanagawa Prefecture official statistics (fiscal 2005)] (PDF) (in Japanese). Japan: Tokyo 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. Retrieved 26 March 2021.
- Hakone Tozan Bus timetable for Sekimoto
External links
Media related to Kaisei Station (Kanagawa) at Wikimedia Commons
- Official home page.(in Japanese)