Hotaruda Station
# Hotaruda Station

Hotaruda Station (螢田駅, Hotaruda-eki) is a passenger railway station located in the city of Odawara, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan, operated by the private railway operator Odakyu Electric Railway.

## Lines

Hotaruda Station is served by the Odakyu Odawara Line, and is located 79.2 kilometers from the line’s terminus at Shinjuku Station..

## Station layout

Hotaruda Station has two opposed side platforms with three tracks, connected to the station building by a footbridge.

### Platforms

| 1 | ■ Odakyu Odawara Line | Westbound (For Odawara, Hakone-Yumoto) |
| - | - | - |
| 2 | ■ Odakyu Odawara Line | Eastbound (For Shin-Matsuda, Sagami-Ono, Shin-Yurigaoka, Chiyoda line Ayase, and Shinjuku) |

## History

Hotaruda Station opened on 1 April 1952.

Station numbering was introduced in January 2014 with Hotaruda being assigned station number OH45.

## Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 6,059 passengers daily.

The passenger figures for previous years are as shown below.

| Fiscal year | daily average |
| - | - |
| 2005 | 5,672 |
| 2010 | 5,862 |
| 2015 | 6,241 |

## Surrounding area

* Izumi Junior High School
* Higashi Tomimizu Elementary School
