Musashi-Nakahara Station

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JN08
Musashi-Nakahara Station

武蔵中原駅
Musashi-Nakahara-Sta-S.JPG
Musashi-Nakahara Station, November 2011
Location6 Kami-Kodanaka, Nakahara-ku, Kawasaki-shi, Kanagawa-ken 211-0053
Japan
Coordinates35°34′54″N 139°38′24″E / 35.5816°N 139.6401°E / 35.5816; 139.6401Coordinates: 35°34′54″N 139°38′24″E / 35.5816°N 139.6401°E / 35.5816; 139.6401
Operated byJR logo (east).svg JR East
Line(s)JN Nambu Line
Distance9.2 km from Kawasaki
Platforms2 island platforms
Connections
  • Bus terminal
Other information
StatusStaffed (Midori no Madoguchi)
Station codeJN08
WebsiteOfficial website
History
OpenedMarch 9, 1927
Passengers
FY201934,198 daily
Services
Preceding station JR logo (east).svg JR East Following station
Musashi-Shinjō
JN09
towards Tachikawa
 Nambu Line
  Rapid
Local
 Musashi-Kosugi
MKGJN07
towards Kawasaki
Location
Musashi-Nakahara Station is located in Kanagawa Prefecture
Musashi-Nakahara Station
Musashi-Nakahara Station
Location within Kanagawa Prefecture

Musashi-Nakahara Station (武蔵中原駅, Musashi-Nakahara-eki) is a passenger railway station located in Nakahara-ku, Kawasaki, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan, operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East).

Lines[]

Musashi-Nakahara Station is served by the Nambu Line. The station is 9.2 km from the southern terminus of the line at Kawasaki Station.

Station layout[]

View of the platforms, November 2011

The station is staffed and consists of two island platforms serving four tracks. Platforms 2 and 3 are used for trains starting from Musashi-Nakahara, as their tracks in the opposite direction lead to Nakahara Depot. The station has a Midori no Madoguchi staffed ticket office an automatic ticket gates.

Platforms[]

1,2 JN Nambu Line for Musashi-Kosugi, Yakō, and Kawasaki
3,4 JN Nambu Line for Musashi-Mizonokuchi, Noborito, and Tachikawa

History[]

Musashi-Nakahara Station opened as a station on the Nambu Railway on March 9, 1927. The Nambu Railway was nationalized on April 1, 1944, becoming part of the Japanese Government Railway (JGR) system, which became the Japanese National Railways (JNR) from 1946. Freight operations were discontinued from January 16, 1961. Along with privatization and division of JNR, JR East started operating the station on April 1, 1987. The station was rebuilt in 1990, moving 200 meters towards Musashi-Kosugi Station, and with the tracks becoming elevated.[citation needed]

Passenger statistics[]

In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 34,198 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[1]

The passenger figures (boarding passengers only) for previous years are as shown below.

Fiscal year daily average
2005 30,416[2]
2010 32,613[3]
2015 34,563[4]

Surrounding area[]

  • Fujitsu Kawasaki Factory (Registered Head Office)
  • Todoroki Athletics Stadium (J League Kawasaki Frontale home stadium)
  • Kawasaki City Museum
  • Kanagawa Prefectural Shinjo High School
  • Kawasaki City Oto Elementary School
  • Kawasaki City Nishinakahara Junior High School

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ 各駅の乗車人員 (2019年度) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2019)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. 2020. Retrieved 11 August 2020.
  2. ^ 神奈川県県勢要覧（平成18年度） [Kanagawa Prefecture official statistics (fiscal 2005)] (PDF) (in Japanese). Japan: Kanagawa Metropolitan Government. Retrieved 26 March 2021.
  3. ^ 神奈川県県勢要覧（平成23年度） [Kanagawa Prefecture official statistics (fiscal 2010)] (PDF) (in Japanese). Japan: Kanagawa Prefecture. Retrieved 26 March 2021.
  4. ^ 神奈川県県勢要覧（平成28年度 [Kanagawa Prefecture official statistics (fiscal 2010)] (PDF) (in Japanese). Japan: Kanagawa Prefecture. Retrieved 26 March 2021.

External links[]

Media related to Musashi-Nakahara Station at Wikimedia Commons

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