Timetable information
Weekday departures: 291/day in the available timetable data · Sat & holiday departures: 196/day in the available timetable data
Earliest / latest departure in the available data (weekday): 4:51 / 24:47 (00:47 next day)
Busiest hour in the available data: 7:00–8:00 (28)
0:00 ─ 23:00
Figures are typical departures in the timetable data, not a live service count.
Timetable data as of 3 May 2026.
The timetable data is incomplete for some or all lines at this station, so the weekday and Sat & holiday figures are departures in the available timetable data, not totals.
Lines where the timetable data is incomplete:
- Tokaido Main Line: timetable covers only part of the line
Location
History
Hiratsuka Station opened on 11 July 1887 on the government railway between the original Yokohama and Kōzu, in what is now the city of Hiratsuka, Kanagawa Prefecture. It became part of the Tōkaidō Main Line under the 1909 line-naming reform. The 1923 Great Kantō earthquake destroyed the station building through soil liquefaction and brought down the nearby Banyū-gawa railway bridge over the Sagami River. On 26 June 1973, the Lusca Hiratsuka station building opened — the first JNR-invested station building in Japan and the prototype of the Lusca brand that later spread to Atami, Odawara and Chigasaki. The station passed to JR East at privatisation on 1 April 1987, and now hosts station number JT 11 on the Tōkaidō Line.
Notes
Since 5 July 2013, the platform departure melody has been the children's song "Tanabata-sama," the second East Japan Tōkaidō Line station to adopt a local melody after Shinagawa, marking the city's annual Shōnan Hiratsuka Tanabata Festival.
Sources
- Wikipedia (English) (opens in a new tab)
- Wikipedia (日本語) (opens in a new tab)
- Photo: 延岡 · CC0 (opens in a new tab) · Wikimedia Commons (opens in a new tab)
Last updated: 2026-05-18