Shonandai Station
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Union station
A union station is the term used for a train station where tracks and facilities are shared by two or more railway companies, allowing passengers to connect conveniently between them...

 railway station located in Fujisawa
Fujisawa, Kanagawa
is a city located in Kanagawa, Japan. As of 2010, the city had an estimated population of 407,731 and a population density of 5,870 people per km². The total area is 69.51 km²-Geography:...

, 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
Japan
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. It is operated by Odakyū 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....

, Sagami Railway
Sagami Railway
The , or , is a railway company operating three lines in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. It ranks among the "big 15" major railways in Japan.- Overview :Sagami Railway is one of the core companies of the Sotetsu group...

 (Sōtetsu), and Yokohama City Transportation Bureau
Yokohama City Transportation Bureau
The is the administrative agency in charge of public transportation services in the city of Yokohama, Japan.-Subway operations:The Yokohama Municipal Subway consists of the following lines:...

 (subway service). It is 15.8 kilometers from the terminus of the Odakyū Enoshima Line at Sagami-Ōno Station
Sagami-Ono Station
is a railway station in the city of Sagamihara, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan, served by both the Odawara Line and the Enoshima Line of the Odakyū Electric Railway....

 and is a terminal station
Terminal Station
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 for both the Sagami Railway Izumino Line and the Yokohama Subway Blue Line.

The ticket wickets of the three lines converge on one wide underground concourse.

Lines

  • 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....

  • Sagami Railway
    Sagami Railway
    The , or , is a railway company operating three lines in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. It ranks among the "big 15" major railways in Japan.- Overview :Sagami Railway is one of the core companies of the Sotetsu group...

    • Izumino Line
      Sagami Railway Izumino Line
      The is a railroad owned by Sagami Railway . It runs from Futamatagawa in Yokohama to Shōnandai in Fujisawa. Rapid services stop at every station on this line. Most trains run to Yokohama on the Main Line.-History:...

  • Yokohama Municipal Subway
    Yokohama Municipal Subway
    is the metro network in the city of Yokohama, Japan, south of Tokyo In Kanagawa pref. It is operated by Yokohama City Transportation Bureau, and is operated as two lines, though 3 continuous lines exist.-Lines:Line 1 and 3 are operated as a single line...

    • Blue Line
      Blue Line (Yokohama)
      The is a line in the Yokohama Municipal Subway system of Yokohama, Japan, operated by Yokohama City Transportation Bureau. Line 3 runs from Azamino to Kannai, and Line 1 runs from Kannai to Shōnandai. All the trains join these two lines.-History:...

       (B01)

History

Shōnandai Station was opened on November 7, 1966 as a station on the Odakyū Enoshima Line. The station was greatly expanded in 1999 with the addition of the Sagami Railway Izumino Line on March 10, and the Yokohama Subway Blue Line on August 29.

Station layout

The Odakyū Enoshima Line has two elevated 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, connected to the station building by an underpass. The Sōtetsu and Yokohama Municipal Subway stations are both underground, and both have a single island platform
Island platform
An island platform is a station layout arrangement where a single platform is positioned between two tracks within a railway station, tram stop or transitway interchange...

.

Odakyū platforms

Sōtetsu platforms

Yokohama Municipal Subway platforms

Public facilities

  • Shonandai culture centre
  • Akibadai cultural gymnasium
  • Shonandai park
  • Engyo park
  • Fujisawa north police station
  • Fujisawa north firestation

Adjacent stations

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