is a railway station operated by JR East's

East Japan Railway Company

is the largest passenger railway company in the world and one of the seven Japan Railways Group companies. The company name is officially abbreviated as JR East in English, and as in Japanese. The company's headquarters are in Yoyogi, Shibuya, Tokyo....

  Nambu Line

Nambu Line

The is a Japanese railway line which connects Tachikawa Station in Tachikawa, Tokyo and Kawasaki Station in Kawasaki, Kanagawa Prefecture. For most of its length, it parallels the Tama River, the natural border between Tokyo and Kanagawa prefectures. It is part of the East Japan Railway Company ...

 located in Saiwai Ward

Saiwai-ku, Kawasaki

is one of the 7 wards of the city of Kawasaki in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. As of 2010, the ward had an estimated population of 153,255 and a density of 15,250 persons per km²...

 of Kawasaki

Kawasaki, Kanagawa

is a city located in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan, between Tokyo and Yokohama. It is the 9th most populated city in Japan and one of the main cities forming the Greater Tokyo Area and Keihin Industrial Area....

, Kanagawa

Kanagawa Prefecture

is a prefecture located in the southern Kantō region of Japan. The capital is Yokohama. Kanagawa is part of the Greater Tokyo Area.-History:The prefecture has some archaeological sites going back to the Jōmon period...

, Japan

Japan

Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...

. It is 4.1 kilometers from the terminus of the Nambu Line at Kawasaki Station

Kawasaki Station

is a railway station in Kawasaki, Kanagawa, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company .-Lines:Kawasaki Station is served by the following JR East lines.*Keihin-Tōhoku Line*Tōkaidō Main Line*Nambu Line-Station layout:-Adjacent stations:...

.

History

Kashimada Station opened as on the Nambu Railway on March 9, 1927. The stop was raised in status to that of a full station along with nationalization

Nationalization

Nationalisation, also spelled nationalization, is the process of taking an industry or assets into government ownership by a national government or state. Nationalization usually refers to private assets, but may also mean assets owned by lower levels of government, such as municipalities, being...

 of Nambu Railway on April 1, 1944 into the Japanese Government Railway (JGR) system, which became part of the Japan National Railways (JNR) from 1946. Freight operations were discontinued in 1973. Along with privatization

Privatization

Privatization is the incidence or process of transferring ownership of a business, enterprise, agency or public service from the public sector to the private sector or to private non-profit organizations...

 and division of JNR, JR East

East Japan Railway Company

is the largest passenger railway company in the world and one of the seven Japan Railways Group companies. The company name is officially abbreviated as JR East in English, and as in Japanese. The company's headquarters are in Yoyogi, Shibuya, Tokyo....

 started operating the station on April 1, 1987.

Station layout

Kashimada Station has two opposed side platform

Side platform

A Side platform is a platform positioned to the side of a pair of tracks at a railway station, a tram stop or a transitway. A pair of side platforms are often provided on a dual track line with a single side platform being sufficient for a single track line...

s serving two tracks, connected by an overpass

Overpass

An overpass is a bridge, road, railway or similar structure that crosses over another road or railway...

 to an elevated station building. The station is attended, but its operation is consigned to East Japan Eco Access Co., Ltd.

Surrounding area

• Shin-Kawasaki Station
  Shin-Kawasaki Station
  is a railway station operated by JR East's Yokosuka Line located in Saiwai-ku, Kawasaki, Kanagawa, Japan. It is located 12.7 kilometers from Shinagawa switch point, and 19.5 kilometers from the Tokyo Station.-History:...
  
   on the Yokosuka Line
  Yokosuka Line
  The is a railway line in Japan operated by the East Japan Railway Company .The Yokosuka Line connects in Chūō, Tokyo and in Yokosuka, Kanagawa...
  
   is located 400 meters to the west, but there is no public transportation service between the stations. When trouble occurs on the Nambu Line, passengers are often re-directed to Shin-Kawasaki Station.
• Shin-Kawasaki Mitsui Building
• Maruetsu
• McDonald's
  McDonald's
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• Yoshinoya
  Yoshinoya
  Yoshinoya is the largest chain of beef bowl restaurants and one of the Japanese chains of fast food, which was established in Japan in 1899. Its motto is "Tasty, low-priced, and quick"...
  
  
• Sukiya
  Sukiya (restaurant chain)
  ' is a Japanese restaurant chain serving gyūdon, other donburi, and curry. , Sukiya has over 1000 restaurants throughout all 47 Japanese prefectures as well as six in Shanghai, China; two in Suzhou, China; and three in São Paulo, Brazil...
  
  
• Doutor Coffee
  Doutor Coffee
  Doutor Coffee is a Japanese company that specializes in coffee roasting and coffee shop franchising. It was founded by Toriba Hiromichi....
  
  
• Mister Donut
  Mister Donut
  Mister Donut is a fast food franchise founded in the United States in 1956. The primary offerings include donuts, coffee, muffins and pastries. After being acquired by Allied Lyons in 1990, most North American locations became Dunkin' Donuts. Today its main market is in Japan, where it has more...
  
  
• Lawson
  Lawson (store)
  Lawson, Inc. is a convenience store franchise chain in Japan. The store originated in the U.S. State of Ohio, but today exists as a Japanese company and is the second largest convenience store chain in the country....
  
  

Bus services

bus stop

• • Kawasaki Tsurumi Rinko Bus
    • <川60>Motosumiyoshi
      Motosumiyoshi Station
      is a railway station on the Tokyu Corporation's Tōyoko Line located in located in Nakahara Ward, Kawasaki, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. It is 12.1 kilometers from the terminus of the Tōyoko Line at Shibuya Station and 10.4 kilometers from the terminus of the Meguro Line at Meguro...
      
      
    • <川60>Kawasaki Station West Exit
      Kawasaki Station
      is a railway station in Kawasaki, Kanagawa, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company .-Lines:Kawasaki Station is served by the following JR East lines.*Keihin-Tōhoku Line*Tōkaidō Main Line*Nambu Line-Station layout:-Adjacent stations:...
      
      bus stop (takes 3 minutes on foot)
  • Kawasaki Tsurumi Rinko Bus
    • <川60>Motosumiyoshi
    • <川60>Kawasaki Station West Exit

Adjacent stations

External links

JR East Station info