Shōwa Station (Kanagawa)
Railway station in Kawasaki, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan
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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).
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JR East
Tsurumi LineJI09 Shōwa Station 昭和駅 | |||||||||||
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Shōwa Station entrance October 2018 | |||||||||||
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| Location | 1 Ōgimachi, Kawasaki-ku, Kawasaki-shi, Kanagawa-ken 210-0867 Japan | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 35°30′24.61″N 139°43′26.03″E | ||||||||||
| Operator | JR East | ||||||||||
| Line | Tsurumi Line | ||||||||||
| Distance | 6.4 km from Tsurumi | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 1 side platform | ||||||||||
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| Station code | JI09 | ||||||||||
| Website | Official website | ||||||||||
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| Opened | 1 July 1943 | ||||||||||
| Passengers | |||||||||||
| [1] | 569 daily | ||||||||||
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Lines
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
Shōwa Station has a single side platform serving bi-directional traffic. The station is unattended.
Platform
| / | Tsurumi Line |
for Ōgimachi for Asano, Bentembashi, and Tsurumi |
History
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 Resonac).[4] The Resonac factory still exists next to the station.
Passenger statistics
In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 569 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).
Surrounding area
- Showa Denko Kawasaki Office
- Toa Oil Keihin Refinery Ogimachi Factory
- JFE Steel East Japan Works Keihin District
