History
Hayakawa Station opened on 21 December 1922 with the Atami Line's extension from Odawara to Manazuru in Odawara, Kanagawa Prefecture. The station building was destroyed in the 1 September 1923 Great Kantō Earthquake. The stop was absorbed into the Tōkaidō Main Line on 1 December 1934 after the Tanna Tunnel completed the trunk route. Scheduled freight ended on 1 December 1959 and parcel handling on 15 March 1972. The 1 April 1987 JNR privatisation transferred operations to JR East. Suica IC card service began on 18 November 2001, and the Midori-no-madoguchi staffed counter closed in 2007. The single curved island platform serves up to fifteen-car trains via a door-cut system, and the stop carries JR East number JT17.
History summarized from Japanese & English Wikipedia · last reviewed 2026-05-18.
Notes
Owing to its proximity to Odawara fishing port, the station has been promoted by Odawara city tourism material as "the JR station closest to a harbour in Japan."