Ōgimachi Station (Kanagawa)

Ōgimachi Station (扇町駅, Ōgimachi-eki) is a passenger railway station located in Kawasaki-ku, Kawasaki, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East). It is also a freight depot for the Japan Freight Railway Company (JR Freight).

JI10 Ōgimachi Station 扇町駅
Ōgimachi Station
General information
Location	4-5 Ōgimachi, Kawasaki-ku, Kawasaki-shi, Kanagawa-ken 210-0867 Japan
Coordinates	35°30′6.27″N 139°43′20.8″E
Operated by	JR East JR Freight
Line(s)	JI Tsurumi Line
Distance	7.0 km from Tsurumi
Platforms	1 side platform
Other information
Station code	JI10
Website	Official website
History
Opened	28 October 1930 (1930-10-28)
Passengers
	611 daily
Services
Preceding station JR East Following station Shōwa JI09 towards Tsurumi Tsurumi Line Main Line Terminus
Location Ōgimachi Station Location within Kanagawa Prefecture Ōgimachi Station Ōgimachi Station (Japan)

Lines

Ōgimachi Station is the eastern terminus of the Tsurumi Line, and is 7.0 kilometers (4.3 mi) from the western terminus at Tsurumi Station.

Station layout

The station consists of a single side platform serving bi-directional traffic. The station is unattended.

Platforms

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JI Tsurumi Line

for Hama-Kawasaki, Asano, Bentembashi, and Tsurumi

History

Ōgimachi Station was opened on 20 July 1924 as a station on the privately held Tsurumi Rinkō Railway (鶴見臨港鉄道, Tsurumi Rinkō Tetsudō) initially for freight operations only. Passenger services were started from 28 October 1930. The line was nationalized on 1 July 1943 and was absorbed into the Japanese Government Railways network. The station has been unstaffed since 1 March 1971. Upon the privatization of the Japanese National Railways (JNR) on 1 April 1987 the station has been jointly operated by JR East and Japan Freight Railway Company.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2008, the station was used by an average of 611 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).

Surrounding area

• Showa Showa Denko Gas Products Kawasaki Factory
• Mitsui Wharf
• JXTG Energy Kawasaki Plant (formerly Mitsubishi Oil Kawasaki Refinery)
• Kawasaki Natural Gas Power Generation Kawasaki Natural Gas Power Generation
• JR East Kawasaki Thermal Power Station

See also

• List of railway stations in Japan

External links

Media related to Ōgimachi Station (Kanagawa) at Wikimedia Commons

• Ōgimachi Station (in Japanese)