Kami-Ōi Station

Kami-Ōi Station (上大井駅, Kami-Ōi-eki) is a passenger railway station located in the southern part of the town of Ōi, Kanagawa, Japan, operated by Central Japan Railway Company (JR Central).

CB02 Kami-Ōi Station 上大井駅
Kami-Ōi Station, December 2022
General information
Location	Kami-Ōi, Ōi Town, Ashigarakami District, Kanagawa Prefecture 258-0016 Japan
Coordinates	35°19′18″N 139°9′48.26″E
Operated by	JR Central
Line(s)	Gotemba Line
Distance	6.5 km (4.0 mi) from Kōzu
Platforms	2 side platforms
Connections	Bus terminal
Construction
Structure type	At grade
Other information
Status	Unstaffed
Station code	CB02
Website	https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/上大井駅
History
Opened	1 June 1948; 76 years ago (1948-06-01)
Passengers
FY2018	490 daily
Services
Preceding station JR Central Following station Sagami-Kaneko CB03 towards Numazu Gotemba Line Shimo-Soga CB01 towards Kōzu
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Station platforms, 2022

Lines

Kami-Ōi Station is served by the Gotemba Line and is 6.5 kilometers from the terminus of the line at Kōzu Station.

Station layout

Kami-Ōi Station has two opposed side platforms and wooden station building. When it opened, it had only a single through platform, but just before the electrification of the Gotemba Line, facilities for trains' crossing had been attached and the station came to have two platforms. The station is unattended.

History

Kami-Ōi Station was opened on June 1, 1948 on the Japan National Railways (JNR) Gotemba Line for passenger service only. The route through the station was electrified in 1968. Freight services were discontinued on February 1, 1971. On April 1, 1987 along with privatization and division of JNR, the station came under control of the Central Japan Railway Company. It has been unattended since March 22, 1997.

Station numbering was introduced to the Gotemba Line in March 2018; Kami-Ōi Station was assigned station number CB02.^[1][2]

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2018, the station was used by an average of 490 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).^[3]

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

Fiscal year	daily average
2005	462[4]
2010	500[5]
2015	477[6]

Surrounding area

• Ōi Town Office
• Odawara City Office Soga Branch Office
• The Dai-ichi Mutual Life Insurance Company Ōi Main Office
• Ebara Foods Industry Central Research Facility

See also

• List of railway stations in Japan

References

1. "在来線駅に駅ナンバリングを導入します" [Introducing station numbering to conventional line stations] (PDF). jr-central.co.jp (in Japanese). 13 December 2017. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 January 2023. Retrieved 27 February 2023.
2. "JR東海，在来線に駅ナンバリングを導入" [JR Tokai Introduces Station Numbering to Conventional Lines]. Japan Railfan Magazine Online (in Japanese). 14 December 2017. Archived from the original on 1 November 2020. Retrieved 28 February 2023.
3. 山北町統計書 [Yamakita Town statistics (fiscal 2018)] (PDF) (in Japanese). Japan: Yamakita Town. Retrieved 26 March 2021.
4. 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.
5. 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.
6. 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.

External links

Media related to Kami-Ōi Station at Wikimedia Commons

• Station information (Gotembasen.net) (in Japanese)