History
Minami-Rinkan Station opened on 1 April 1929 as Minami-Rinkantoshi Station, a stop on the Odakyū Enoshima Line tied to the "Rinkan Toshi" (forest-city) development plan in southern Yamato. It was renamed Minami-Rinkan on 15 October 1941, when the "toshi" suffix was stripped from neighbouring Chūō-Rinkan and Higashi-Rinkan as well. Semi-express services began stopping in October 1946, joined later by commuter-express trains in 1955 and standard express trains in November 1965. When ten-car express operation arrived, the original island platforms with passing loops were rebuilt as two side platforms, the redundant passing tracks repurposed for paid bicycle parking and elevator access. A departure-information display was installed on 26 July 2012.
History summarized from Japanese & English Wikipedia · last reviewed 2026-06-09.
Notes
Until passing tracks were lifted during the ten-car express conversion, the station's outer platforms (originally 1 and 4) were used by Romancecar limited expresses overtaking slower trains; their footprint now hosts a paid cycle park and elevator approach.