History
Ebina Station opened on 25 November 1941 as a joint station built by the Jinchū Railway to enable through running onto the Odakyū Odawara Line at Sagami-Atsugi (now Hon-Atsugi). Only Jinchū diesel cars stopped at first; Odakyū trains began calling on 1 April 1943 under wartime consolidation, and the predecessor Ebina-Kokubun Station was closed the same day. On 21 December 1973 the station was relocated about 400 metres toward Odawara to accommodate the new Odakyū depot and a redevelopment scheme. A JR East Sagami Line station opened on 21 March 1987 as a citizen-petitioned facility with the construction cost borne by Ebina City — eleven days before JNR privatisation. Limited Express Romancecar service began calling on 26 March 2016, and the Romancecar Museum opened beside the west exit on 19 April 2021.
History summarized from Japanese & English Wikipedia · last reviewed 2026-05-18.
Notes
When the train-approach jingle plays on the Odakyū platforms, you hear the Ikimonogakari song Sakura — the pop band's three members all grew up in Ebina or neighbouring Atsugi.