Shin-Kawasaki Station
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JR EastJO14 JS14 Shin-Kawasaki Station 新川崎駅 | ||||||||||||||||
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 Station entrance in July 2021 | ||||||||||||||||
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| Location | 1-2 Kashimada, Saiwai-ku, Kawasaki-shi, Kanagawa-ken 212-0058 Japan | |||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 35°33′04″N 139°40′19″E / 35.551°N 139.672°E | |||||||||||||||
| Operated by | JR East | |||||||||||||||
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| Distance | 19.5 km from Tokyo. | |||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 1 island platform | |||||||||||||||
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| Status | Staffed (Midori no Madoguchi) | |||||||||||||||
| Station code | JO14 | |||||||||||||||
| Website | Official website | |||||||||||||||
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| Opened | 1 October 1980 | |||||||||||||||
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| FY2019 | 30,255 daily | |||||||||||||||
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Shin-Kawasaki Station (新川崎駅, Shin-Kawasaki-eki) is a passenger railway station located in Saiwai-ku, Kawasaki, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East).
Shin-Kawasaki Station is served by the Yokosuka Line and Shōnan-Shinjuku Line, and is located 12.7 km from Shinagawa Station and 19.5 km from Tokyo Station.
Station layout
The station consists of a single island platform serving two tracks. The platforms are capable of handling 15-car trains. The station is located adjacent to JR Freight's Shin-Tsurumi locomotive depot.[1] The station is located on the former Hinkaku freight spur line of the Tōkaidō Main Line, but is not on the Tōkaidō Main Line itself, nor do trains from the Tōkaidō Main Line pass through the station. The station previously had a Midori no Madoguchi staffed ticket office that closed on September 28th, 2021.[2]
Platforms
| 1 |  Yokosuka Line |
for Yokohama, Ōfuna, Kamakura, Zushi, Yokosuka, and Kurihama |
 Shōnan-Shinjuku Line |
for Yokohama, Ōfuna, and Zushi | |
| 2 | Yokosuka Line |
for Shinagawa, Tokyo, Funabashi, Chiba, and Narita Airport (Terminal 2·3 and Terminal 1) |
| Shōnan-Shinjuku Line |
for Ōsaki, Shibuya, Shinjuku, Ikebukuro, Ōmiya, Oyama, and Utsunomiya |
History
Shin-Kawasaki Station opened on 1 October 1980 as a commuter station for people living in the surrounding large residential areas working in Tokyo or Yokohama.[3]
Passenger statistics
Surrounding area
- Keio University Shinkawasaki Town Campus
- Yumemigasaki Zoological Park
- Mitsubishi Fuso Truck and Bus Technical Center
- Kashimada Station on the Nambu Line lies approximately 400 meters to the east.
