Shōwa Station (Kanagawa)
JI09 Shōwa Station 昭和駅 | |||||||||||
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Location | 1 Ōgimachi, Kawasaki-ku, Kawasaki-shi, Kanagawa-ken 210-0867 Japan | ||||||||||
Coordinates | 35°30′24.61″N 139°43′26.03″E / 35.5068361°N 139.7238972°ECoordinates: 35°30′24.61″N 139°43′26.03″E / 35.5068361°N 139.7238972°E | ||||||||||
Operated by | JR East | ||||||||||
Line(s) | JI Tsurumi Line | ||||||||||
Distance | 6.4 km from Tsurumi | ||||||||||
Platforms | 1 side platform | ||||||||||
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Station code | JI09 | ||||||||||
Website | Official website | ||||||||||
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Opened | July 1, 1943 | ||||||||||
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[1] | 569 daily | ||||||||||
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Shōwa Station Location within Kanagawa Prefecture |
Shōwa Station (昭和駅, Shōwa-eki) is a passenger railway station located in Kawasaki-ku, Kawasaki, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East).
Lines[]
Shōwa Station is served by the Tsurumi Line, and is 6.4 kilometers from the terminus of the line at Tsurumi Station
Station layout[]
Shōwa Station has a single side platform serving bi-directional traffic. The station is unattended.
Platform[]
/ | JI Tsurumi Line | for Ōgimachi for Asano, Bentembashi, and Tsurumi |
History[]
Shōwa Station was opened on March 20, 1931 as a temporary stop on the privately held Tsurumi Rinkō Railway (鶴見臨港鉄道, Tsurumi Rinkō Tetsudō). Tsurumi Rinkō Railway was nationalized into the Japanese Government Railways on July 1, 1943.[2] at which time the stop was upgraded to a full station. The station has been unattended since March 1, 1971.[3] Upon the privatization of the Japanese National Railways on April 1, 1987 the station has been operated by JR East. The station was named Shōwa because it was adjacent to a factory of Shōwa Fertilizer Company (present-day Showa Denko).[4] The Showa Denko factory still exists next to the station.
Passenger statistics[]
In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 569 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).
Surrounding area[]
- Showa Denko Kawasaki Office
- Toa Oil Keihin Refinery Ogimachi Factory
- JFE Steel East Japan Works Keihin District
See also[]
References[]
- ^ Kawasaki City statistics Archived 2011-07-16 at the Wayback Machine. 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). II. Tokyo: JTB Corporation. p. 71. ISBN 4533029809.
- ^ "国電鶴見線の12駅- ラッシュ線、初の無人化 駅員76人"消えた"" [12 stations on the Tsurumi Line-Rush Line, the first unmanned station staff 76" disappeared]. Mainichi Shimbun. March 1, 1971. p. 3.
- ^ Sutēshon Kurabu (ed.) (1988). Eki—JR Zensen Zen'eki (Jō) (in Japanese). Tokyo: Bungeishunjū. p. 64. ISBN 4-16-748701-2.CS1 maint: extra text: authors list (link)
External links[]
Media related to Shōwa Station (Kanagawa) at Wikimedia Commons
- Shōwa Station (in Japanese)
- Tsurumi Line
- Stations of East Japan Railway Company
- Railway stations in Kanagawa Prefecture
- Railway stations in Japan opened in 1931
- Railway stations in Kawasaki, Kanagawa