is a passenger railway station located in the city of Sagamihara, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan, operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East).
Lines Minami-Hashimoto Station is served by the Sagami Line, and is located 31.3 kilometers from the terminus of the line at .
Station layout The station consists of a single island platform, connected to a modern station building by a footbridge. The station is staffed.
Platforms
History Minami-Hashimoto Station was opened on November 1, 1932, as , a rail siding on the Sagami Railway. It was renamed in 1940. On April 1, 1941, it was elevated in status to a . On June 1, 1944, the Sagami Railway was nationalized and merged with the Japanese Government Railways, at which time the station received its current name. On April 1, 1987, with the dissolution and privatization of the Japanese National Railways, the station came under the operation of JR East. Scheduled freight services were discontinued from 1996. Automated turnstiles using the Suica IC card system came into operation from November 2001. The station building was complexly rebuilt in 2006.
Passenger statistics In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 5,595 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).
The passenger figures (boarding passengers only) for previous years are as shown below.
Fiscal year daily average 2005 5,125 2010 5,311 2015 5,467
Surrounding area Kanagawa Medical Reform School NEC Sagamihara Plant
Gallery
See also List of railway stations in Japan
References
External links
JR East page for Minami-Hashimoto Station