Musashi-Mizonokuchi Station
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Japan
JN10 Musashi-Mizonokuchi Station 武蔵溝ノ口駅 | |||||||||||||||
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| Location | Mizonokuchi, Takatsu-ku, Kawasaki-shi, Kanagawa-ken 213-0001 Japan | ||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 35°35′57″N 139°36′39.52″E / 35.59917°N 139.6109778°E | ||||||||||||||
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| Distance | 12.7 km from Kawasaki | ||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 1 side + 1 island platform | ||||||||||||||
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| Status | Staffed (Midori no Madoguchi) | ||||||||||||||
| Station code | JN10 | ||||||||||||||
| Website | Official website | ||||||||||||||
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| Opened | 9 March 1927 | ||||||||||||||
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| FY2019 | 86,165 daily | ||||||||||||||
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Musashi-Mizonokuchi Station (武蔵溝ノ口駅, Musashi-Mizonokuchi-eki) is a passenger railway station located in Takatsu-ku, Kawasaki, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East).
Musashi-Mizonokuchi Station is served by the Nambu Line, and is located 12.7 km (7.9 mi) from the terminus of the line at Kawasaki Station. Mizonokuchi Station on the Tōkyū Den-en-toshi and Oimachi lines is located next to this station.
Station layout
The station consists of one side platform for ascending traffic (for Kawasaki), and one island platform for descending traffic (for Tachikawa). Platform 3 is used for services originating at this station. The station building was rebuilt as an elevated station in 1998. The station has a Midori no Madoguchi staffed ticket office.
Platforms
| 1 | for Musashi-Kosugi and Kawasaki | |
| 2 | for Noborito, Fuchū-Hommachi, and Tachikawa | |
| 3 | (starting/waiting trains for both directions) |
History
Musashi-Mizonokuchi Station opened as a station on the Nambu Railway on 9 March 1927. The Nambu Railway was nationalized on 1 April 1944, becoming part of the Japanese Government Railway (JGR) system, which became the Japan National Railways (JNR) from 1946. Freight services were discontinued on 1 March 1976. Along with privatization and division of JNR, JR East started operating the station on 1 April 1987.