Higashi-Rinkan Station

Higashi-Rikan Station
東林間駅
Higashi-Rinkan Station East Exit Plaza
Location
Prefecture Kanagawa
(See other stations in Kanagawa)
City Sagamihara
Ward Minami
Neighborhood etc. Kamitsuruma 7-7-1
Postal code252-0302
(in Japanese)神奈川県相模原市南区上鶴間7-7-1
History
Year opened 1929
Former name Higashi-Rikantoshi Station
Present name since 1941
Rail services
Operator(s) Odakyu Electric Railway
Line(s) Enoshima Line
Statistics 22,176 passengers/day (2008)
There is a bus terminal at this station

Higashi Rinkan Station (東林間駅 Higashi-Rinkan-eki) is a train station on the Odakyu Enoshima Line in the city of Sagamihara, Kanagawa, Japan. It is 33.8 rail kilometers from the terminus of the Odakyu Railway at Shinjuku Station in Tokyo.

History

Higashi-Rikan Station was opened on April 1, 1929 as the Higashi-Rinkan Metropolis Station (東林間都市駅 Higashi-Rikantoshi-eki). Its name was shortened to its present form on October 15, 1941. The station building was reconstructed in 1982.

Lines

Station layout

Higashi-Rikan Station has two opposed side platforms serving two tracks. The station building is elevated on an overpass above the platforms and tracks.

Platforms

1 Odakyu Enoshima Line For Fujisawa and Katase-Enoshima
2 Odakyu Enoshima Line For Sagami-Ōno and Shinjuku

Adjacent stations

«Service»
Odakyu Enoshima Line
Sagami-Ōno   Local   Chūō-Rinkan

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Coordinates: 35°31′13.87″N 139°26′20.01″E / 35.5205194°N 139.4388917°E