Shōwa Station (Kanagawa)

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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Shōwa Station

昭和駅
Shōwa Station entrance October 2018
General information
Location1 Ōgimachi, Kawasaki-ku, Kawasaki-shi, Kanagawa-ken 210-0867
Japan
Coordinates35°30′24.61″N 139°43′26.03″E / 35.5068361°N 139.7238972°E / 35.5068361; 139.7238972
Operated by JR East
Line(s)JI Tsurumi Line
Distance6.4 km from Tsurumi
Platforms1 side platform
Other information
Station codeJI09
WebsiteOfficial website
History
Opened1 July 1943; 81 years ago (1943-07-01)
Passengers
[1]569 daily
Services
Preceding station Logo of the East Japan Railway Company (JR East) JR East Following station
Hama-Kawasaki
JI08
towards Tsurumi
Tsurumi Line
Main Line
Ōgimachi
JI10
Terminus
Location
Shōwa Station is located in Kanagawa Prefecture
Shōwa Station
Shōwa Station
Location within Kanagawa Prefecture
Shōwa Station is located in Japan
Shōwa Station
Shōwa Station
Shōwa Station (Japan)

Lines

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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

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Station platform, May 2008

Shōwa Station has a single side platform serving bi-directional traffic. The station is unattended.

Platform

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/ JI Tsurumi Line for Ōgimachi
for Asano, Bentembashi, and Tsurumi

History

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Shōwa Station entrance May 2008

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 Showa Denko).[4] The Showa Denko factory still exists next to the station.

Passenger statistics

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In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 569 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).

Surrounding area

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  • Showa Denko Kawasaki Office
  • Toa Oil Keihin Refinery Ogimachi Factory
  • JFE Steel East Japan Works Keihin District

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Kawasaki City statistics Archived 2011-07-16 at the Wayback Machine. Average number of boarding passengers in 2008.
  2. ^ Ishino, Tetsu; et al., eds. (1998). 停車場変遷大事典 国鉄・JR編 [Station Transition Directory – JNR/JR] (in Japanese). Vol. II. Tokyo: JTB Corporation. p. 71. ISBN 4-533-02980-9.
  3. ^ "国電鶴見線の12駅- ラッシュ線、初の無人化 駅員76人"消えた"" [12 stations on the Tsurumi Line-Rush Line, the first unmanned station staff 76" disappeared]. Mainichi Shimbun. March 1, 1971. p. 3.
  4. ^ Sutēshon Kurabu, ed. (1988). Eki—JR Zensen Zen'eki (Jō) (in Japanese). Tokyo: Bungeishunjū. p. 64. ISBN 4-16-748701-2.
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