Kawasaki Station

Kawasaki Station (川崎駅, Kawasaki-eki) is a railway station in Kawasaki, Kanagawa, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East).

This article is about the station in Kanagawa. For other uses, see Kawasaki (disambiguation).
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Kawasaki Station

川崎駅
The east side of the station in October 2011
LocationEkimae-Honchō, Kawasaki-ku, Kawasaki-shi, Kanagawa-ken 210-0007
Japan
Operated by JR East
Line(s)
Platforms3 island platforms
Tracks6
Connections
Other information
Websitewww.jreast.co.jp/estation/station/info.aspx?StationCd=526
History
Opened10 July 1872
Passengers
FY2014204,153 daily
Location
Kawasaki Station
Location within Kanagawa Prefecture
Kawasaki Station
Kawasaki Station (Japan)

Lines

Kawasaki Station is served by the following JR East lines.

Station layout
The east entrance of Kawasaki station with bus terminal

The station has three island platforms serving six tracks.

Platforms
1 JT Tokaido Main Line for Yokohama, Odawara, and Atami
2 JT Tokaido Main Line (Ueno-Tokyo Line) for Shinagawa, Tokyo, Ueno, Ōmiya
JU Utsunomiya Line for Utsunomiya
JU Takasaki Line for Takasaki
3 JK Keihin-Tohoku Line for Tsurumi, Yokohama, Isogo, and Ōfuna
4 JK Keihin-Tohoku Line for Kamata, Shinagawa, Tokyo, Ueno, and Ōmiya
5,6 JN Nambu Line for Musashi-Kosugi, Noborito, Fuchū-Hommachi, and Tachikawa

Adjacent stations
« Service »
Tōkaidō Main Line JT04
Yokohama
YHMJT05
 Odoriko Shinagawa
SGWJT03
Commuter Rapid: Does not stop at this station
Yokohama
YHMJT05
   Rapid Acty   Shinagawa
SGWJT03
Yokohama
YHMJT05
   Local   Shinagawa
SGWJT03
Keihin-Tōhoku Line JK16
Tsurumi JK15   Rapid   Kamata JK17
Tsurumi JK15   Local   Kamata JK17
Nambu Line JN01
Terminus   Rapid   Kashimada JN04
Terminus   Local   Shitte JN02

History
The station entrance in 1901

The station opened on July 10, 1872 (June 5 in original Japanese calendar then in use) as the first intermediate station of the first railway in Japan when it was providing a trial service on the section between Shinagawa Station and Sakuragichō Station in Yokohama before the official inauguration in October 1872.

The Nambu Railway, which later became the Nambu Line, opened on March 9, 1927.

Kawasaki City Tram operated a 6.7-kilometre long (4.2 mi) line from its Shiden Kawasaki terminal in front of this station to the now-closed Shiohama Station from 1944 to 1969.[1][2]

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2014, the JR East station was used by an average of 204,153 passengers daily (boarding passengers only), making it the tenth-busiest station operated by JR East.[3] The passenger figures for previous years are as shown below.

Fiscal yearDaily average
2000156,291[4]
2005163,495[5]
2010185,300[6]
2011185,651[7]
2012188,193[8]
2013197,010[9]
2014204,153[3]

Surrounding area
The short escalator beneath the More's department store

Connected to the west side of the station is the Lazona Kawasaki Plaza shopping mall. Connected to the east of the station is the "Atre Kawasaki" shopping complex. There are also various other commercial establishments around the station, including More-s Department Store, Yodobashi Camera, and Tokyu Hands. Keikyu Kawasaki Station, operated by the private railway operator Keikyu is located to the northeast.

The basement area of the adjoining More's department store is home to what is dubbed "the world's shortest escalator", with a height difference of just 83.4 cm (2 ft 8.8 in).[10]

See also

References
  1. Imao, Keisuke, ed. (2008). 日本鉄道旅行地図帳 - 全線・全駅・全廃線 [Japan Railway Travel Atlas - All Lines, Stations and Closed Lines] (in Japanese). Shinchosha. ISBN 978-4-10-790022-7.
  2. Sekita, Katsutaka; Miyata, Michikazu (2003). 川崎市電の25年 [25 Years of Kawasaki City Tram] (in Japanese). Neko Publishing Co., Ltd. ISBN 4-87366-333-4.
  3. 各駅の乗車人員　（2014年度） [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2014)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. 2015. Archived from the original on 6 May 2001. Retrieved 27 June 2016.
  4. 各駅の乗車人員　（2000年度） [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2000)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. 2001. Archived from the original on 9 October 2014. Retrieved 2 September 2014.
  5. 各駅の乗車人員　（2005年度） [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2005)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. 2006. Archived from the original on 9 October 2014. Retrieved 2 September 2014.
  6. 各駅の乗車人員　（2010年度） [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2010)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. 2011. Archived from the original on 6 October 2014. Retrieved 2 September 2014.
  7. 各駅の乗車人員　（2011年度） [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2011)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. 2012. Archived from the original on 8 October 2014. Retrieved 2 September 2014.
  8. 各駅の乗車人員　（2012年度） [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2012)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. 2013. Archived from the original on 7 October 2014. Retrieved 2 September 2014.
  9. 各駅の乗車人員　（2013年度） [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2013)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. 2014. Retrieved 27 June 2016.
  10. Wojnowski, Todd (March 2013). "World's Shortest Escalator". Japan Travel. Japan Travel K.K. Retrieved 16 December 2014.

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