Sōbudai-mae Station

Sōbudai-mae Station 相武台前駅
South Exit of Sōbudai-mae Station
Location	1-4759 Sōbudai, Zama, Kanagawa （神奈川県座間市相武台1-4759） Japan
Operated by	Odakyu Electric Railway
Line(s)	Odakyu Odawara Line
Connections	Bus terminal
History
Opened	1927
Previous names	Zama; Shikan-Gakkō-mae (until 1941)
Traffic
Passengers (FY2011)	37,931 daily

Sōbudai-mae Station (相武台前駅, Sōbudai-mae-eki^?) is a railway station on the Odakyu Odawara Line in Zama, Kanagawa, Japan, operated by the private railway operator Odakyu Electric Railway.

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.

Sōbudai-mae Station has two island platforms and four tracks, connected to the station building by overpasses. The station building is elevated, and is located above the tracks and platforms.

Sōbudai-mae Station opened on April 1, 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 June 1, 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 January 1, 1941.