Sagami-Ōno Station

Sagami-Ōno Station (相模大野駅, Sagami-Ōno-eki) is a junction passenger railway station located in the city of Sagamihara, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan, operated by the private railway operator Odakyu Electric Railway.

Lines

Sagami-Ōno Station is served by both the Odakyu Odawara Line and the Odakyu Enoshima Line. It is 32.4 km (20.1 mi) from the Tokyo terminus of the Odawara Line at Shinjuku, and is also the northern terminus of the 26.6 km (16.5 mi) Enoshima Line to Katase-Enoshima.

Station layout

The station consists of two island platforms with six tracks, connected to the station building by footbridges. The two central tracks are used for non-stop train services. The station building is part of a large shopping mall, containing an Odakyu OX supermarket, Odakyu department store, a Bic Camera discount electronics store, and the Odakyu Hotel Century Sagami-Ono.

Platforms

History

The station opened on April 1, 1938, as Tsūshin-Gakkō Station (通信学校駅), named after the nearby Imperial Japanese Army Telecommunication School (Rikugun Tsūshin-Gakkō). It was renamed Sagami-Ōno on January 1, 1941, as part of the counter-intelligence movement to eliminate the names of military facilities from maps.

Station numbering was introduced in January 2014 with Sagami-Ōno being assigned station number OH28.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 127,169 passengers daily.

The passenger figures for previous years are as shown below.

Surrounding area

• Isetan Sagamihara (department store)
• Okadaya MORE's
• Minami Ward office
• Sagami Women's University
• Kitasato University (Sagamihara campus)
• Joshibi University of Art and Design

Bus services

The following express bus services operate from the station.

• Narita Airport, operated jointly by Kanachu and Keisei Bus
• Haneda Airport, operated jointly by Kanachu and Keikyu Bus

See also

• List of railway stations in Japan

References

External links

Media related to Sagami-Ōno Station at Wikimedia Commons

• Sagami-Ono Station (in Japanese)