Chuo-Rinkan Station
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Interchange station
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railway station operated by Tokyu Corporation's Tōkyū Den-en-toshi Line and the Odakyu Electric Railway
Odakyu Electric Railway
, or OER, is a major railway company based in Tokyo, Japan best known for its Romancecar series of limited express trains from Tokyo to Odawara, Enoshima, Tama New Town, and Hakone....
's Odakyū Enoshima Line in Yamato
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, Kanagawa Prefecture
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. It is a terminus of the Tōkyū Den-en-toshi Line and is 35.3 rail kilometers from the terminus of the Odakyū Enoshima Line at Shinjuku Station
Shinjuku Station
is a train station located in Shinjuku and Shibuya wards in Tokyo, Japan.Serving as the main connecting hub for rail traffic between central Tokyo and its western suburbs on inter-city rail, commuter rail and metro lines, the station was used by an average of 3.64 million people per day in 2007,...
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History
The station was originally opened as on April 1, 1929 on the Odakyū Enoshima Line. On October 15, 1941 is was renamed to its present name. The Tōkyū Den-en-toshi Line extended to Chūō-Rinkan Station on April 9, 1984 .Lines
- Odakyu Electric RailwayOdakyu Electric Railway, or OER, is a major railway company based in Tokyo, Japan best known for its Romancecar series of limited express trains from Tokyo to Odawara, Enoshima, Tama New Town, and Hakone....
- Tōkyū Corporation
Station layout
The Odakyū portion of the station is above-ground and has two opposed side platformSide platform
A Side platform is a platform positioned to the side of a pair of tracks at a railway station, a tram stop or a transitway. A pair of side platforms are often provided on a dual track line with a single side platform being sufficient for a single track line...
s serving two tracks. The central exit leads to the west end of the station building, and to transfer to the Den-en-toshi Line. There is also small, unmanned ticket gate from the north end of the west platform. The Tōkyū portion of the stations is underground, and has a single island platform serving two tracks. The ticket gate leads to the east end of the station building and transfer to the Odakyu line. The station consists of two buildings, with a very small, covered, pedestrian street in the middle.
Odakyū Enoshima Line platforms
Tōkyū Den-en-toshi Line platforms
Adjacent stations
Local transportation
- Taxis - there is a taxi stand on the square outside the east side of the station building (near the Denentoshi line ticket gate)
- Public buses - there are no public buses in Chūō-Rinkan.
- Other - the Sagami Country Club, a golf club, has a shuttle bus to the golf club, operating regularly from the Odakyū line north exit.
Shopping
- Station building - bookstore on the 2nd floor. A pharmacy and several small restaurants on the 1st floor.
- Station East exit - there is a 7-eleven to the right on the station square. Across the square, also reachable by a crosswalk from the 2nd floor, is a Tokyu super-market and department store. Other stores and an internet cafe are nearby.
- Station West exit - The Chūō-Rinkan Nishi-guchi shopping area is up the stairs and to the right, but there are no significant stores.
- Odakyū North exit - There are a cafe, a Family Mart and MosBurger just outside the exit, and an Ozeki supermarket nearby to the left after MosBurger.