Shibusawa Station is in Hadano, Kanagawa Prefecture. Odakyu Electric Railway runs it on the Odakyu Odawara Line (OH). It opened on 1 April 1927.
History
The station opened on 1 April 1927 and became a stop for direct (直通) services. Local trains then ran only between Shinjuku and Inada-Noborito, now Mukōgaoka-Yūen, and did not reach this station. In June 1945 local trains began running the whole line and stopping here, and the direct services were abolished.
In October 1946 a semi-express (準急) service was introduced and stopped here. The express (急行) was revived on 1 October 1949. A commuter express (通勤急行) was introduced on 25 March 1955. A commuter semi-express (通勤準急) was introduced on 25 March 1960.
On 17 February 1993 a new elevated station building in a mountain-hut style was completed, together with a north-south free passage. A plan to rename the station Tanzawa Kōgen was put forward at that time, but it was not adopted. In 2004 an elevator and a multi-purpose toilet were added as part of barrier-free work. On 11 December 2004 a rapid express and a section semi-express were introduced, and the station became a stop for them.
The south rotary was completed on 25 March 2007 and opened for use the next day. On 17 March 2012 the semi-express between Hon-Atsugi and points west ended, and the station was dropped from its stops. In January 2014 Odakyu's station numbering was introduced. On 23 December 2014, as part of a city anniversary project, the arrival melody was changed to songs by ZARD, Yureru Omoi and Makenaide. The vocalist, Izumi Sakai, was from Hadano.
On 17 March 2018 the semi-express west of Isehara ended, and the station was dropped from its stops. On 29 March 2018 a background music trial was started inside the station for a planned six months.
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