Kawasaki-Shimmachi Station
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is a railway station operated by JR East's
Nambu Branch Line
located in Kawasaki Ward
of eastern Kawasaki
, Kanagawa
, Japan
. It is 2.0 kilometers from the terminus of the Nambu Branch Line at Shitte Station
.
on April 1, 1944, becoming part of the Japanese Government Railway (JGR) system, at which time freight services at the station were discontinued. The JGR became the Japan National Railways (JNR) from 1949. Along with privatization
and division of JNR, JR East
started operating the station on April 1, 1987.
s serving two ground level tracks, connected by an underpass. The station is attended, but its operation is consigned to East Japan Eco Access Co., Ltd.
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 Branch 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 Kawasaki Ward
Kawasaki-ku, Kawasaki
is one of the seven wards of the city of Kawasaki in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. As of 2010, the ward had an estimated population of 216,826 and a density of 5,530 persons per km². The total area was 39.21 km²...
of eastern 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 2.0 kilometers from the terminus of the Nambu Branch Line at Shitte Station
Shitte Station
is an interchange railway station operated by JR East's Nambu Line located in Saiwai Ward of eastern Kawasaki, Kanagawa, Japan. It is 1.7 kilometers from the terminus of the Nambu Line at Kawasaki Station, and is the terminal station of the Nambu Branch Line....
.
History
Kawasaki-Shimmachi Station opened a freight depot on the Nambu Railway's Nambu Branch Line on March 25, 1930. Passenger service began a few days later, on April 10, 1935. The Nambu Railway was nationalizedNationalization
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...
on April 1, 1944, becoming part of the Japanese Government Railway (JGR) system, at which time freight services at the station were discontinued. The JGR became the Japan National Railways (JNR) from 1949. 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
Kawasaki-Shimmachi Station has two opposed side platformSide 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 ground level tracks, connected by an underpass. The station is attended, but its operation is consigned to East Japan Eco Access Co., Ltd.
Platforms
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