Yugawara Station

Yugawara Station (湯河原駅, Yugawara-eki) is a passenger railway station located in the town of Yugawara, Ashigarashimo District, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan, operated by JR East.

When work began on the Tōkaidō Main Line, technology for long tunneling was limited.

Initially (from 1895) the line was routed from Yugawara north to Gotemba to avoid the mountains before reaching Numazu, Shizuoka.

Service to Atami began the following year initially by human-powered trolleys, followed by a steam-driven omnibus.

On December 1, 1934 the Tanna Tunnel was completed, and through service on the Tōkaidō Main Line to Mishima and Numazu begun.