Ōfuna Station

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Ōfuna Station (大船駅 Ōfuna Eki) is a train station in Kamakura, Kanagawa, Japan. It is located on the Tōkaidō Main Line, Shōnan-Shinjuku Line, Keihin-Tōhoku Line(Negishi Line), Yokosuka Line and Shonan Monorail.

Ōfuna is known for the Ōfuna Kannon, a very large bust of the bodhisattva Kuan Yin, known as Kannon in Japan. The bust is visible from the railway line and is considered a landmark indicating that journeys to Tokyo are nearing their end.

1 Lines
2 Station layout
3 History
4 Adjacent stations
5 External links

[edit] Lines

Ōfuna Station is served by the following lines:

East Japan Railway Company

Shonan Monorail Co.
- Enoshima Line

[edit] Station layout

JR East platforms.

1-2	■Tōkaidō Main Line	Yokohama ・Kawasaki ・ Tokyo
1-2	■Shōnan-Shinjuku Line (through service to Takasaki Line)	Shinjuku・Ikebukuro・Ōmiya・Kumagaya・Takasaki・Maebashi
3-4	■Tōkaidō Main Line	Odawara・Atami
5-6	■Yokosuka Line	Shinagawa・Tokyo ・ (Sōbu Main Line) Chiba ・ (Narita Line) Narita Airport (Uchibō Line) Kimitsu・(Sotobō Line) Kazusa-Ichinomiya
5-6	■Shōnan-Shinjuku Line (through service to Utsunomiya Line)	Shinjuku・Ikebukuro・Ōmiya・Oyama・Utsunomiya
7	■Yokosuka Line	Zushi・Kamakura・Yokosuka・Kurihama
7	■Shōnan-Shinjuku Line (through service to Utsunomiya Line)	Shibuya ・Shinjuku ・Ōmiya
8	■Yokosuka Line	Zushi・Kamakura・Yokosuka・Kurihama
9-10	■Negishi Line (through service for Keihin-Tōhoku Line	Isogo・Kannai・Ueno・Ōmiya
9-10	■Yokohama Line	Shin-Yokohama・Machida・Hashimoto・Hachiōji

[edit] History

November 1, 1888: Opened as a station of Tōkaidō Main Line.
June 16, 1889: Yokosuka Line between Ōfuna and Yokosuka opened.
May 2, 1966: Dreamland Monorail opened.
September 24, 1967: Dreamland Monorail stopped operating.
March 7, 1970: Negishi Line between Yokodai and Ōfuna opened.

[edit] Adjacent stations

«	Service	»
Tōkaidō Main Line
Totsuka	Local	Fujisawa
Totsuka	Rapid ACTY	Fujisawa
Shinagawa	Commuter Rapid	Fujisawa
Yokosuka Line
Totsuka	Local	Kita-Kamakura
Shōnan-Shinjuku Line
Totsuka	Local	Kita-Kamakura
Totsuka	Rapid	Fujisawa
Totsuka	Special Rapid	Fujisawa
Keihin-Tōhoku Line—Negishi Line
Hongōdai	Local	Terminus
Hongōdai	Rapid	Terminus
Shōnan Monorail Enoshima Line
Terminus	Local	Fujimichō

v • d • e Stations of the JR Tōkaidō Line (East Japan Railway Company)

Tokyo - Shimbashi - Shinagawa - Kawasaki - Yokohama - (Shinjuku >>) Totsuka - Ōfuna - Fujisawa - Tsujidō - Chigasaki - Hiratsuka - Ōiso - Ninomiya - Kōzu - Kamonomiya - Odawara - Hayakawa - Nebukawa - Manazuru - Yugawara - Atami (>> Itō, Numazu, Shizuoka)

v • d • e Stations of the Sōbu Line (Rapid) / Yokosuka Line

Chiba - Inage - Tsudanuma - Funabashi - Ichikawa - Shin-Koiwa - Kinshichō - Bakurocho - Shin-Nihombashi - Tokyo - Shimbashi - Shinagawa - Nishi-Ōi - Shin-Kawasaki - Yokohama - Hodogaya - Higashi-Totsuka - Totsuka - Ōfuna - Kita-Kamakura - Kamakura - Zushi - Higashi-Zushi - Taura - Yokosuka - Kinugasa - Kurihama