Shōwa Station (Kanagawa)
JI09 Shōwa Station 昭和駅 | |||||||||||
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 Shōwa Station entrance October 2018 | |||||||||||
| General information | |||||||||||
| 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°E | ||||||||||
| Operated by | .svg){kind=logo} 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 | ||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
| Opened | 1 July 1943 | ||||||||||
| Passengers | |||||||||||
| [1] | 569 daily | ||||||||||
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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
[edit]Shōwa Station is served by the Tsurumi Line, and is 6.4 kilometers (4.0 mi) from the terminus of the line at Tsurumi Station
Station layout
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Shōwa Station has a single side platform serving bi-directional traffic. The station is unattended.
Platform
[edit]| / | JI Tsurumi Line | for Ōgimachi for Asano, Bentembashi, and Tsurumi |
History
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Shōwa Station was opened on 20 March 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 1 July 1943.[2] at which time the stop was upgraded to a full station. The station has been unattended since 1 March 1971.[3] Upon the privatization of the Japanese National Railways on 1 April 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
[edit]In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 569 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).
Surrounding area
[edit]- Showa Denko Kawasaki Office
- Toa Oil Keihin Refinery Ogimachi Factory
- JFE Steel East Japan Works Keihin District
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ 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). Vol. II. Tokyo: JTB Corporation. p. 71. ISBN 4-533-02980-9.
- ^ "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.
External links
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Media related to Shōwa Station (Kanagawa) at Wikimedia Commons
- Shōwa Station (in Japanese)