Shibusawa Station
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is a railway station on 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 Odakyu Odawara Line in the city of Hadano
Hadano, Kanagawa
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, Kanagawa Prefecture
Kanagawa Prefecture
is a prefecture located in the southern Kantō region of Japan. The capital is Yokohama. Kanagawa is part of the Greater Tokyo Area.-History:The prefecture has some archaeological sites going back to the Jōmon period...

, Japan
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Lines

Shibusawa Station is served by the Odakyu Odawara Line, and lies 65.6 rail kilometers from the line's Tokyo terminal
Terminal Station
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 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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Station layout

Shibusawa Station has two opposed side platform
Side 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 with two tracks, connected to the station building by an overpass
Overpass
An overpass is a bridge, road, railway or similar structure that crosses over another road or railway...

. The station building is constructed on a cantilever above and at a right angle to the platforms and tracks.

Platforms

Adjacent stations

History

Shibusawa Station was opened on April 1, 1927 on the Odakyu Odawara Line of 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....

with normal and 6-car limited express services. The current station building was completed in 1993 and the bus terminal outside the south exit was expanded in 2007.

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