title: Hotaruda Station
text: # Hotaruda Station
  
  Hotaruda Station (螢田駅, Hotaruda-eki) is a passenger railway station located in the city of Odawara, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan, operated by the private railway operator Odakyu Electric Railway.
  
  ## Lines
  
  Hotaruda Station is served by the Odakyu Odawara Line, and is located 79.2 kilometers from the line’s terminus at Shinjuku Station..
  
  ## Station layout
  
  Hotaruda Station has two opposed side platforms with three tracks, connected to the station building by a footbridge.
  
  ### Platforms
  
  | 1 | ■ Odakyu Odawara Line | Westbound (For Odawara, Hakone-Yumoto) |
  | - | - | - |
  | 2 | ■ Odakyu Odawara Line | Eastbound (For Shin-Matsuda, Sagami-Ono, Shin-Yurigaoka, Chiyoda line Ayase, and Shinjuku) |
  
  ## History
  
  Hotaruda Station opened on 1 April 1952.
  
  Station numbering was introduced in January 2014 with Hotaruda being assigned station number OH45.
  
  ## Passenger statistics
  
  In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 6,059 passengers daily.
  
  The passenger figures for previous years are as shown below.
  
  | Fiscal year | daily average |
  | - | - |
  | 2005 | 5,672 |
  | 2010 | 5,862 |
  | 2015 | 6,241 |
  
  ## Surrounding area
  
  * Izumi Junior High School
  * Higashi Tomimizu Elementary School
  