Ebina ( 海老名市 , Ebina-shi ) is a city located in Kanagawa Prefecture , Japan . As of 1 October 2024 , the city had an estimated population of 141,276 and a population density of 5300 persons per km . The total area of the city is 26.69 square kilometres (10.31 sq mi).
23-517: Ebina may refer to: Ebina, Kanagawa , a city in Japan Ebina Station in Ebina, Kanagawa Ebina (surname) , a Japanese surname Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Ebina . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to
46-512: A Lockheed Corporation style monorail system; the system was closed in 2001 when the amusement park was shut down. Since 2000, Odakyū has been adding track in both directions from Izumi-Tamagawa Station , on Tama River, the border station of Tokyo, to just outside Setagaya-Daita Station for expanding the availability of express trains, especially for morning commuter service. The lines between Setagaya-Daita and Higashi-Kitazawa Station are still under construction, however. Odakyu announced that
69-506: A humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa ) characterized by warm summers and cool winters with light to no snowfall. The average annual temperature in Ebina is 15.2 °C. The average annual rainfall is 1632 mm with September as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in August, at around 25.6 °C, and lowest in January, at around 5.2 °C. Per Japanese census data,
92-880: A bedroom community to the greater Tokyo and Yokohama area. Ebina has 13 public elementary schools and six public middle schools operated by the city government. The city has three public high schools operated by the Kanagawa Prefectural Board of Education, and the prefecture also operates two special education schools for the handicapped. [REDACTED] JR East – Sagami Line [REDACTED] Odakyu Electric Railway – Odakyū Odawara Line [REDACTED] Sagami Railway – Sagami Railway Main Line Odakyu Electric Railway The Odakyu Electric Railway Company, Ltd. ( 小田急電鉄株式会社 , Odakyū Dentetsu kabushiki gaisha ) , commonly known as Odakyū or Odawara Kyuko,
115-479: A fire on the compartment. The man escaped and was arrested hours later. Odakyu owns three railway lines directly, and another three lines via subsidiaries. It also operates trains onto the Tokyo Metro Chiyoda Line , JR East Jōban Line , and JR Central Gotemba Line . (As of March 17, 2018 timetable revision) Romancecar limited express services require a supplementary surcharge. Commuter service
138-695: 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 . The Odakyu Electric Railway Company forms the core of the Odakyu Group , which comprises 101 companies (as of July 14, 2017) and includes the Enoshima Electric Railway , Hakone Tozan Railway , Odakyu Bus [ ja ] , Odakyu Department Store [ ja ] , and Hyatt Regency Tokyo [ ja ] hotel. It
161-653: Is listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange and is a constituent of the Nikkei 225 . The 83 km (52 mi) line from Shinjuku to Odawara opened for service on 1 April 1927. Unlike the Odawara line, rarely were pre-World War II Japanese private railways constructed with double-track and fully electrified from the first day of operation. Two years later, on 1 April 1929, the Enoshima Line was added. The original full name of
184-588: Is roughly rectangular, 8.7 kilometers north-to-south by 6.15 kilometers east-to-west, with an elevation of 11 to 84 meters above sea level. It is in the middle of the Sagami Plain , part of western Kantō Plain . The city sits on the eastern bank of the Sagami River , and the Hikiji River flows through part of the city. The Tōmei Expressway cuts across the southern end of the city. Kanagawa Prefecture Ebina has
207-534: Is shown on each line's page. Commuter services are shown on each line's page. The Odakyu Railway has been included in several Japanese language train simulator programs as well as the English language Microsoft Train Simulator program. Microsoft Train Simulator includes the railway's Odawara and Hakone Tozan lines, collectively referred to as the "Tokyo-Hakone" route, with the 2000 series commuter trainset and
230-623: The Musashi region during the early Kamakura period . During the Edo period , the lands around Ebina were tenryō territory theoretically administered directly by the Tokugawa Shogunate in Edo ; however, in reality, the area was a patchwork of small fiefs held by various hatamoto , as well as exclaves under the control of Sakura Domain and Karasuyama Domain . After the Meiji Restoration ,
253-516: The lower house of the Diet of Japan . Ebina is home to over 150 factories. The town is a center of the production of electrical appliances , metal products, and machinery . Taito operates the Ebina Development Center in Ebina. The city was once known for its broad rice paddies , but agriculture now centers on the cultivation of strawberries, tomatoes, and ornamental plants. Ebina serves as
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#1733086173906276-613: The Hakone Tozan Railway is 1,435 mm ( 4 ft 8 + 1 ⁄ 2 in ) standard gauge , so one track of the section from Odawara to Hakone-Yumoto (6.1 km (3.8 mi)) was changed to a dual gauge system. Odakyu operated the first Romancecar ( 1710 series ) limited express in 1951. After the 1950s, due to rapid Japanese economic growth, Odakyu was faced with an explosive increase of population along with its lines. Commuter passengers had to use very crowded trains every morning, and complained strongly with
299-526: The Romancecar was celebrated in September 2007. Station numbers were introduced to all Odakyū Line stations in 2014, with stations numbered using the prefix "OH". Odakyu are the current shirt sponsors of football club Machida Zelvia . On 6 August 2021, a mass stabbing incident occurred on one of its commuter services when a man stabbed nine passengers , seriously injuring a woman before trying to ignite
322-687: The Tokyo-Yokohama Electric Railway company (now Tokyu Corporation ), which controlled all private railway services west and south of Tokyo by the end of World War II . The company regained its independence on June 1, 1948, and it obtained a large amount of Hakone Tozan Railway stocks, instead of separating Keio Inokashira Line for Keio Corporation . Odakyu restarted Non-stop Limited Express service between Shinjuku and Odawara in 1948. In 1950, Odakyu trains ran through to Hakone-Yumoto on Hakone Tozan Line . Odakyu uses 1,067 mm ( 3 ft 6 in ) narrow gauge tracks, but
345-590: The area became part of Kōza District , Kanagawa Prefecture and was administratively divided into Ebina Village and Arima Village on April 1, 1889 with the establishment of the modern municipalities system. The area was connected by rail in 1926 via the Sagami Railway and in 1927 by the Odakyu Electric Railway , leading to an increase in population and a change in status of Ebina from village to town in 1940. In 1955, Arima Village merged into Ebina Town. Ebina
368-633: The bottle-neck will be resolved by 2013. All of its lines are double- or quadruple-tracked within Tokyo Metropolis as of March 2018 , a project first decided in December 1964 but due to NIMBY land acquisition difficulties, complex and expensive workarounds were constructed and finished, taking a half century. The main or Odawara Line acts as a bypass route for the Tōkaidō Main Line from Tokyo to western Kanagawa. The Romancecar 3000 series "SE"
391-531: The delay of improvements from the railway company. Odakyu began construction on the - "Shinjuku Station Great Improvement Project" setting 5 lines and 10 platforms long enough for 10 standard commuter cars with service on the Chiyoda Line, among others. Plans for a four-track system in 1964 were prevented by residents of Setagaya Ward in Tokyo, as such the system remains uncompleted. The Setagaya Residents' opposition set
414-476: The intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ebina&oldid=815946733 " Categories : Disambiguation pages Place name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Ebina, Kanagawa Ebina is located approximately 50 kilometers from central Tokyo and 20 kilometers from Yokohama. The city
437-546: The population of Ebina has grown steadily over the past century. The area of modern Ebina has been settled since prehistoric times, and has a number of remains from the Kofun period . Ebina became the provincial capital of Sagami Province in the Nara period , and was the location of the kokubunji , or provincial temple . It was home to the Yokoyama clan, one of the seven warrior clans of
460-417: The railroad was Odawara Express Railway Company, Ltd. ( 小田原急行鉄道株式会社 , Odawara Kyūkō Tetsudō kabushiki gaisha ) , but this was often shortened to Odawara Kyūkō ( 小田原急行 , "Odawara Express") . The abbreviation Odakyu was made popular by the title song of the 1929 movie Tōkyō kōshinkyoku and eventually became the official name of the railroad on March 1, 1941. On 1 May 1942, Odakyu merged with
483-483: The stage for a long-term and remarkable case in the courts and legislature. Odakyu could not take main part of transport from Tama New Town Area, though Odakyu started the operation of Tama Line in 1974. To serve its Mukōgaoka-Yūen Amusement Park, Odakyu operated the Mukōgaoka-Yūen Monorail Line between Mukōgaoka-Yūen and Mukōgaoka-Yūen-Seimon (1.1 km (0.68 mi), 2 stations) beginning in 1966 using
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#1733086173906506-476: Was elevated to city status on November 1, 1971. Urban development projects in the 1980s and 1990s have modernized the city center. Ebina has a mayor-council form of government with a directly elected mayor and a unicameral city council of 22 members. Ebina contributes one member to the Kanagawa Prefectural Assembly. In terms of national politics, the city is part of Kanagawa 13th district of
529-537: Was tested at speeds of up to 145 km/h (90 mph) in 1957, achieving a world record for narrow gauge 1,067 mm ( 3 ft 6 in ) lines at the time. These tests also provided important data on high-speed electric multiple units (EMU), which Japanese National Railways (JNR) used for its limited express EMUs, 151 series , and 0 Series Shinkansen introduced in the early 1960s. Odakyu celebrated its 80th anniversary in April 2007. The 50th anniversary of
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