Hatchōnawate Station

Hatchōnawate Station
八丁畷駅
Hatchōnawate Station
Location
Prefecture Kanagawa
(See other stations in Kanagawa)
City Kawasaki
Neighborhood etc. Ikeda 1-6-1
Postal code210 - 0022
(in Japanese)川崎市川崎区池田一丁目6-1
History
Year opened 1916
Rail services
Station number(s) KK27
Operator(s) Keikyū
JR East
Line(s) Keikyū Main Line
Nambu Branch Line
Statistics 13,759 (Keikyū)
1,132 (Nambu Branch Line) passengers/day 2008
There is a bus stop near this station

Hatchōnawate Station (八丁畷駅 Hatchōnawate-eki) is an interchange railway station operated by Keikyū. jointly used by the Keikyū Main Line and by JR East's Nambu Branch Line. The station is located in Kawasaki Ward, Kawasaki, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. It is located 1.1 rail kilometers from the Shitte junction on the Nambu Branch Line, and 13.1 rail kilometers from the northern terminus of the Keikyū Main Line at Shinagawa Station, in Tokyo.

History

Hatchōnawate Station opened on December 25, 1916 as a station on the Keihin Electric Railway. The Nambu Line connected to the station on March 25, 1930 initially for freight operations, and with passenger operations from April 10 of the same year. The Nambu line was nationalized on April 1, 1944 and freight operations abolished the same year. It later became part of the Japan National Railway (JNR) system. The level crossing at the station was replaced by an overpass on October 28, 1974. Along with privatization and division of JNR, JR East assumed operations of the Nambu Branch Line from April 1, 1987. The station building was rebuilt in 1989.

Lines

Station layout

Hatchōnawate Station has two opposed side platforms connected to the station building by an overpass for Keikyū operations, and one side platform serving a single track for Nambu Line operations.

Platforms

1 Keikyū Main Line for Yokohama, Shin-Zushi, Uraga, Misakiguchi
2 Keikyū Main Line for Keikyū Kamata, Haneda Airport, Shinagawa, Sengakuji, Oshiage
3 Nambu Branch Line for Shitte, Hamakawasaki

Adjacent stations

« Service »
Keikyū Main Line
Keikyū Kawasaki   Local   Tsurumi-ichiba
Ltd. Exp.: no stop
Rapid Ltd. Exp.: no stop
Keikyu Wing: no stop
Nambu Branch Line
Shitte   Local   Kawasaki-Shinmachi

References

    External links

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    Coordinates: 35°31′22″N 139°41′29″E / 35.5229°N 139.6914°E