History
Hashimoto Station opened on 23 September 1908 when the private Yokohama Railway completed the Higashi-Kanagawa–Hachiōji line. The station was not in the original plan; villagers from Aihara, led by mayor Aizawa Kikutarō and his brother Yasuemon, formed a committee, donated land, and saw the stop built. The line was leased by the Railway Bureau in 1910 and nationalised in October 1917. The Sagami Railway's Sagami Line, which had reached the station from Atsugi on 29 April 1931, was nationalised in June 1944. JR East took over on 1 April 1987. Keio Sagamihara Line platforms opened on 30 March 1990 when that line was extended from Minami-Ōsawa. JR East and Keio are now coded JH 28 and KO45 respectively. The Chūō Shinkansen "Kanagawa Prefecture Station (provisional)" is planned alongside.
History summarized from Japanese & English Wikipedia · last reviewed 2026-05-18.
Notes
When Keio extended the Sagamihara Line to Hashimoto in March 1990, the company's very first automatic ticket gates were installed here.