Mukaigawara Station


Mukaigawara Station 向河原駅
Location
Prefecture	Kanagawa (See other stations in Kanagawa)
City	Kawasaki
Ward	Nakahara
Neighborhood etc.	Shimo-Numabe 1757
Postal code	211-0011
(in Japanese)	神奈川県川崎市中原区下沼部 1757
History
Year opened	1927
Former name	Nihon-Denki-mae Station
Present name since	1942
Rail services
Operator(s)	East Japan Railway Company
Line(s)	Nambu Line
There is a bus stop near this station

Mukaigawara Station (向河原駅, Mukaigawara-eki) is a railway station operated by JR East's Nambu Line located in Nakahara-ku, Kawasaki, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. It is 6.6 kilometers from the terminus of the Nambu Line at Kawasaki Station.

History

Mukaigawara Station opened as a station on the Nambu Railway on March 9, 1927. It was renamed Nihon-Denki-mae Station (日本電気前駅, Nihon-Denki-mae-eki) on August 5, 1940. Along with nationalization of Nambu Railway, the station reverted to its original name under the Japanese Government Railway Nambu Line on April 1, 1944, and became part of the Japan National Railways (JNR) system from 1946. Freight operations were discontinued from 1973. Along with privatization and division of JNR, JR East started operating the station on April 1, 1987.

Lines

East Japan Railway Company
- Nambu Line

Station layout

Mukaigawara Station has two opposed side platforms serving two tracks, connected by an overpass. The station is attended, but is a Kan'i itaku station operated by the East Japan Eco Access Co., Ltd