title: Sōbudai-mae Station
text: # Sōbudai-mae Station
  
  Sōbudai-mae Station (相武台前駅, Sōbudai-mae-eki) is a passenger railway station located in the city of Zama, Kanagawa, Japan, and operated by the private railway operator Odakyu Electric Railway.
  
  ## Lines
  
  Sōbudai-mae Station is served by Odakyu Odawara Line, and is located 36.9 km from the line's Tokyo terminal at Shinjuku Station. It is the closest station to the US Army's Camp Zama facility and is close to the border of Zama with the city of Sagamihara.
  
  ## Station layout
  
  Sōbudai-mae Station has two island platforms and four tracks, connected to the station building by footbridges. The station building is elevated, and is located above the tracks and platforms.
  
  ### Platforms
  
  | 1 | ■ Odakyu Odawara Line | for Hon-Atsugi, Shin-Matsuda, and Odawara |
  | - | - | - |
  | 2 | ■ Odakyu Odawara Line | for Hon-Atsugi, Shin-Matsuda, and Odawara |
  | 3 | ■ Odakyu Odawara Line | for Sagami-Ōno , Shimo-Kitazawa, Yoyogi-Uehara, and Shinjuku Tokyo Metro Chiyoda Line for Ayase |
  | 4 | ■ Odakyu Odawara Line | for Sagami-Ōno , Shimo-Kitazawa, Yoyogi-Uehara, and Shinjuku Tokyo Metro Chiyoda Line for Ayase |
  
  ## History
  
  Sōbudai-mae Station opened on 1 April 1927 as Zama Station (座間駅). With the opening of the nearby Imperial Japanese Army Academy (Rikugun Shikan Gakkō), the station was renamed Shikan-gakkō-mae Station (士官学校前駅) on 1 June 1937. However, as part of the counter-intelligence movement to eliminate the names of military facilities from maps, the station was renamed Sōbudai-mae Station on 1 January 1941.
  
  Station numbering was introduced in January 2014 with Sōbudai-mae being assigned station number OH30.
  
  ## Passenger statistics
  
  In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 40,324 passengers daily.
  
  The passenger figures for previous years are as shown below.
  
  | Fiscal year | daily average |
  | - | - |
  | 2005 | 40,814 |
  | 2010 | 39,160 |
  | 2015 | 38,851 |
  