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).
JI09 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 / 35.5068361°N 139.7238972°E | ||||||||||
| Operated by | .svg){kind=logo} JR East | ||||||||||
| Line(s) | JI 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
editShōwa 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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Shōwa Station has a single side platform serving bi-directional traffic. The station is unattended.
Platform
edit| / | JI Tsurumi Line | for Ōgimachi for Asano, Bentembashi, and Tsurumi |
History
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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
editIn fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 569 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).
Surrounding area
edit- Showa Denko Kawasaki Office
- Toa Oil Keihin Refinery Ogimachi Factory
- JFE Steel East Japan Works Keihin District
See also
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edit- ^ Kawasaki City statistics Archived 2011-07-16 at the Wayback Machine. Average number of boarding passengers in 2008.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "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.
- ^ Sutēshon Kurabu, ed. (1988). Eki—JR Zensen Zen'eki (Jō) (in Japanese). Tokyo: Bungeishunjū. p. 64. ISBN 4-16-748701-2.
External links
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Media related to Shōwa Station (Kanagawa) at Wikimedia Commons
- Shōwa Station (in Japanese)