History
Ōiso Station opened on 11 July 1887 on the Tōkaidō Main Line of the Japanese Government Railways, then a brand-new section between the old Yokohama Station and Kōzu. The stop was not part of the original route plan; it was added after the physician Matsumoto Ryōjun lobbied for a station to support a new seaside-bathing resort. Freight traffic ended in 1962 and parcel handling in 1972. Operation passed to JR East at the privatisation of the Japanese National Railways on 1 April 1987. Suica IC fare gates were introduced on 18 November 2001, and the Midori no Madoguchi ticket office closed in September 2021.
History summarized from Japanese & English Wikipedia · last reviewed 2026-05-18.
Notes
The station was added to the Tōkaidō Main Line only after physician Matsumoto Ryōjun lobbied for a stop to support his nearby sea-bathing resort.