Minami-Hashimoto Station

Minami-Hashimoto Station (南橋本駅) 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 Chigasaki.

Station layout
The station consists of a single island platform, connected to a modern station building by a footbridge. The station is staffed.

History
Minami-Hashimoto Station was opened on November 1, 1932, as Okawara Siding (大河原停留場), a rail siding on the Sagami Railway. It was renamed Sagamimachi Siding (相模町停留場) in 1940. On April 1, 1941, it was elevated in status to a Sagamimachi Station (相模町駅). 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.

Surrounding area

 * Kanagawa Medical Reform School
 * NEC Sagamihara Plant