History
Isehara Station opened on 1 April 1927 as a station of the Odakyu Odawara Line, with Limited Express (later Express) services calling here from 15 October of the same year. "Junkyū" (semi-express) trains were added on 1 October 1946. The station building was rebuilt as an overhead concourse in 1967, and freight operations ended on 31 January 1984. From 11 December 2004 the new Rapid Express category began calling at Isehara. Station numbering OH 36 was introduced in January 2014. From 26 March 2016 a small number of morning down-and-afternoon-up Romancecar limited-express services began calling here, and from 17 March 2018 the through-running zone with the Tokyo Metro Chiyoda Line was extended to Isehara. From 16 March 2019 a weekday-morning Chiyoda-Line-bound "Tsūkin-Junkyū" originating at Isehara was added. From 15 March 2025 a timetable change ended "Junkyū" service west of Hon-Atsugi, so Junkyū trains no longer stop at Isehara, although the Tsūkin-Junkyū does remain.
History summarized from Japanese & English Wikipedia · last reviewed 2026-05-22.
Notes
Isehara is the gateway station for Mount Ōyama and the Ōyama Afuri Shrine; on its north side stands the entrance torii to the shrine, and a bus-and-cable-car combination from the station reaches the lower shrine in about 90 minutes. As part of the railway's continuing commitment, in March 2023 Odakyu and the City of Isehara signed a "Partnership for Sustainable Town-making" agreement that includes plans for a new general rolling-stock depot and a new station between Isehara and Tsurumaki-Onsen, targeting fiscal-2026 groundbreaking and fiscal-2033 operation.