Hama-Kawasaki Station
Hama-Kawasaki Station 浜川崎駅 | |
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| Nambu Line entrance, December 2004 | |
| Location | |
| Prefecture | Kanagawa (See other stations in Kanagawa) |
| City | Kawasaki |
| Ward | Kawasaki |
| Neighborhood etc. | 1-2 Minami-Watarida-chō |
| Postal code | 210-0855 |
| (in Japanese) | 川崎市川崎区南渡田町1-2 |
| History | |
| Year opened | 1918 |
| Rail services | |
| Operator(s) | JR East |
| Line(s) | Tsurumi Line Nambu Branch Line |
| Statistics | 2,606 passengers/day [1] |
 There is a bus stop near this station | |
Hama-Kawasaki Station (浜川崎駅 Hama-Kawasaki-eki) is a railway station operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East) in Kawasaki-ku, Kawasaki, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan.
Lines
Hama-Kawasaki Station is served by the Tsurumi Line and Nambu Branch Line, and is 5.7 kilometers from the terminus of the Tsurumi Line at Tsurumi Station.
Station layout
Hama-Kawasaki Station has two island platforms serving four tracks. The platforms for the Tsurumi Line and the Nambu Branch Line are in separate structures. Passengers have to cross a street to transfer from one line to the other.
Platforms
| 2 | ■Nambu Branch Line | for Hatchōnawate and Shitte |
| 3 | ■Tsurumi Line | for Ōgimachi |
| ■Tsurumi Line | for Asano, Bentembashi, and Tsurumi | |
| 4 | ■Tsurumi Line | for Asano, Bentembashi, and Tsurumi |
Adjacent stations
| « | Service | » | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tsurumi Line | ||||
| Musashi-Shiraishi | Local | Shōwa | ||
| Nambu Branch Line | ||||
| Kawasaki-Shimmachi | Local | Terminus | ||
History
Hama-Kawasaki Station was opened on May 1, 1918 as a dedicated freight depot on the Tōkaidō Main Line. The privately held Tsurumi Rinkō Railway (鶴見臨港鉄道 Tsurumi Rinkō Tetsudō) also began operations to Hama-Kawasaki from March 10, 1926. However, on March 14, 1929, the Tsurumi Rinkō Railway transferred its freight depot to the adjacent Watarida Station (渡田駅 Watarida-eki). On March 25, 1930, the Nambu Railway began freight operations to Shin-Hamakawasaki Station and Hama-Kawasaki Station. Shin-Hamakawasaki began accepting passenger traffic from April 10, 1930, as did Watarida Station on October 28 of the same year.
The Tsurumi Rinkō Railway was nationalized into the Japanese Government Railways on July 1, 1943.[2] at which time Watarida Station and Hama-Kawasaki Station were joined into a single station. The Nambu Line was likewise nationalized on April 1, 1944 and Shin-Hamakawasaki Station was merged into Hama-Kawasaki Station. The station has been unstaffed since March 1, 1971. Upon the privatization of the Japan National Railways (JNR) on April 1, 1987 the station has been operated by JR East and JR Freight.
References
- Harris, Ken and Clarke, Jackie. Jane's World Railways 2008-2009. Jane's Information Group (2008). ISBN 0-7106-2861-7
- ↑ Kawasaki City statistics. Average number of boarding passengers in 2008.
- ↑ Ishino, Tetsu et al. (eds.) (1998). 停車場変遷大事典 国鉄・JR編 [Station Transition Directory - JNR/JR] (in Japanese). Tokyo: JTB Corporation. p. 71, vol. II. ISBN 4533029809.
External links
Media related to Hama-Kawasaki Station at Wikimedia Commons
- Hama-Kawasaki Station (Japanese)
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Coordinates: 35°30′36″N 139°42′48.6″E / 35.51000°N 139.713500°E