Ōkawa Station

Location
	Ōkawa Station Location within Kanagawa Prefecture Ōkawa Station Ōkawa Station (Japan)

JI61
Ōkawa Station

大川駅
JI61; Ōkawa Station; 大川駅
	Ōkawa Station in October 2008
General information
Location	Ōkawa-chō, Kawasaki-ku, Kawasaki-shi, Kanagawa-ken 210-0858; Japan
Coordinates	35°29′43.6″N 139°42′41″E / 35.495444°N 139.71139°E
Operated by	JR East; JR Freight;
Line(s)	JI Tsurumi Line
Distance	5.1 km from Tsurumi
Platforms	1 side platform
Other information
Station code	JI61
Website	Official website
History
Opened	10 March 1926
Passengers
	1009 daily
Services
Location
Location
	Ōkawa Station Location within Kanagawa Prefecture Ōkawa Station Ōkawa Station (Japan)

Ōkawa Station (大川駅, Ōkawa-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).

Lines

Ōkawa Station is the terminus of the Ōkawa branch of the Tsurumi Line, and is 5.1 km from the western terminus of the line at Tsurumi Station. Services on the Ōkawa branch only run during peak hours.

Station layout

Ōkawa Station platform in August 2005

The station consists of a single side platform serving a single track for both inbound and outbound trains. The station is unattended.

Platforms

1

JI Tsurumi Line
(Ōkawa Branch)

for Anzen, Bentembashi and Tsurumi

History

Ōkawa Station opened on 10 March 1926, as a freight-handling station on the privately held Tsurumi Rinko Railway (鶴見臨港鉄道, Tsurumi Rinko Tetsudo).^[2] Passenger services started on October 28, 1930.^[2] The line was nationalized on July 1, 1943, and was later absorbed into the Japanese National Railways (JNR) network.^[2] The station has been unattended since March 1, 1971.^{[citation needed]} With the privatization of JNR on April 1, 1987, the station came under the control of JR East.^[2]

Surrounding area

Nisshin Seifun Tsurumi Factory
Showa Denko Kawasaki Office
Mitsubishi Kakoki Headquarters, Kawasaki Seisakusho
Okawa Industrial Park

References

^ Kawasaki City statistics. Average number of boarding passengers in 2008.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Ishino, Tetsu, ed. (1998). 停車場変遷大辞典国鉄・JR編 [Station Transition Directory - JNR/JR] (in Japanese). Vol. II. Japan: JTB. p. 73. ISBN 4-533-02980-9.

External links

Media related to Ōkawa Station at Wikimedia Commons

JR East Ōkawa Station (in Japanese)

[1] Kawasaki City statistics. Average number of boarding passengers in 2008.

[teishajo1998-2] Ishino, Tetsu, ed. (1998). 停車場変遷大辞典国鉄・JR編 [Station Transition Directory - JNR/JR] (in Japanese). Vol. II. Japan: JTB. p. 73. ISBN 4-533-02980-9.

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