Sōbudai-mae Station

Sōbudai-mae Station (相武台前駅, Sōbudai-mae-eki) is a passenger railway station located in the city of Zama, Kanagawa, Japan, and operated by the private railway operator Odakyu Electric Railway.

Sōbudai-mae Station 相武台前駅
North Exit of Sōbudai-mae Station, May 2017
General information
Location	1-4759 Sōbudai, Zama-shi, Kanagawa-ken 252-0011 Japan
Coordinates	35°29′57.8″N 139°24′30.9″E
Operated by	Odakyu Electric Railway
Line(s)	Odakyu Odawara Line
Distance	36.9 km from Shinjuku
Platforms	2 island platforms
Connections	Bus terminal
Other information
Station code	OH-30
Website	Official website
History
Opened	April 1, 1927
Previous names	Zama (to 1937); Shikan-Gakkō-mae (to 1941)
Passengers
FY2019	40,324 daily
Services
Preceding station Odakyu Following station Zama towards Hon-Atsugi Odawara Line Commuter Semi Express Odakyu-Sagamihara towards Yoyogi-Uehara Zama towards Isehara Odawara Line Semi Express Zama towards Odawara Odawara Line Local Odakyu-Sagamihara towards Shinjuku or Yoyogi-Uehara
Location Sōbudai-mae Station Location within Kanagawa Prefecture Show map of Kanagawa Prefecture Sōbudai-mae Station Sōbudai-mae Station (Japan) Show map of Japan

Landscape near the station

Lines

Sōbudai-mae Station is served by Odakyu Odawara Line, and is located 36.9 km from the line's Tokyo terminal at Shinjuku Station.^[1] It is the closest station to the US Army's Camp Zama facility and is close to the border of Zama with the city of Sagamihara.

Station layout

View towards Zama

Sōbudai-mae Station has two island platforms and four tracks, connected to the station building by footbridges. The station building is elevated, and is located above the tracks and platforms.

Platforms

1	■ Odakyu Odawara Line	for Hon-Atsugi, Shin-Matsuda, and Odawara
2	■ Odakyu Odawara Line	for Hon-Atsugi, Shin-Matsuda, and Odawara
3	■ Odakyu Odawara Line	for Sagami-Ōno , Shimo-Kitazawa, Yoyogi-Uehara, and Shinjuku Tokyo Metro Chiyoda Line for Ayase
4	■ Odakyu Odawara Line	for Sagami-Ōno , Shimo-Kitazawa, Yoyogi-Uehara, and Shinjuku Tokyo Metro Chiyoda Line for Ayase

History

Sōbudai-mae Station opened on 1 April 1927 as Zama Station (座間駅).^[1] With the opening of the nearby Imperial Japanese Army Academy (Rikugun Shikan Gakkō), the station was renamed Shikan-gakkō-mae Station (士官学校前駅) on 1 June 1937.^[1] However, as part of the counter-intelligence movement to eliminate the names of military facilities from maps, the station was renamed Sōbudai-mae Station on 1 January 1941.^[2]

Station numbering was introduced in January 2014 with Sōbudai-mae being assigned station number OH30.^[3][4]

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 40,324 passengers daily.^[5]

The passenger figures for previous years are as shown below.

Fiscal year	daily average
2005	40,814[6]
2010	39,160[7]
2015	38,851[8]

See also

• List of railway stations in Japan

References

1. Terada, Hirokazu (19 January 2013). データブック日本の私鉄 [Databook: Japan's Private Railways]. Japan: Neko Publishing. p. 236. ISBN 978-4-7770-1336-4.
2. Imao, Keisuke (August 7, 2009). 日中戦争後に相次いで変えられた軍事施設駅名 [Military Facility Station Names Changed after the Sino-Japanese War] (in Japanese). Hakusuisha. Archived from the original on September 23, 2011. Retrieved April 3, 2010.
3. "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.
4. 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.
5. 鉄道部門：1日平均駅別乗降人員 [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2019)] (in Japanese). Japan: Odakyu Electric Railway. 2020. Retrieved 6 March 2020.
6. 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.
7. 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.
8. 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.

External links

Media related to Sobudai-mae Station at Wikimedia Commons

• station information (in Japanese)