Harataima Station

Harataima Station
原当麻駅
Location
Prefecture Kanagawa
(See other stations in Kanagawa)
City Sagamihara
Ward Minami
Neighborhood etc. Taima 1288-1
Postal code252-0336
(in Japanese)神奈川県相模原市南区当麻1288-1
History
Year opened 1931
Rail services
Operator(s) JR East
Line(s) Sagami Line
Statistics 4,417 passengers/day (2012)
There is a bus stop near this station

Harataima Station (原当麻駅 Harataima-eki) is a train station in the city of Sagamihara, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. It is 24.8 rail kilometers from the terminal station of the Sagami Line, Chigasaki.

History

Harataima Station was opened on April 29, 1931 as a station on the Sagami Railway. On June 1, 1944, the Sagami Railway was nationalized and merged with the Japan National Railways. Freight services were discontinued from October 1962. On April 1, 1987, with the dissolution and privatization of the Japan National Railways, the station came under the operation of JR East. The station building was complexly rebuilt in 1991. Automated turnstiles using the Suica IC card system came into operation from November 2001.


Line

Harataima Station is served by the following line:

Station layout

The station consists of a single island platform connected to a modern station building by an overpass.

Platforms

1 JR Sagami Line Trains in the direction of Chigasaki
2 JR Sagami Line Trains in the direction of Hashimoto

Adjacent stations

«Service»
Shimomizo   JR Sagami Line   Banda

External links

Coordinates: 35°31′45″N 139°22′30″E / 35.529221°N 139.375056°E