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Shitte Station (尻手駅, Shitte-eki) is a passenger railway station located in Saiwai-ku, Kawasaki, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan, operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East).
JN02 Shitte Station 尻手駅 | ||||||||||||||||
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 Shitte Station, September 2019 | ||||||||||||||||
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| Location | 3 Minami-Saiwaichō, Saiwai-ku, Kawasaki-shi, Kanagawa-ken 212-0016 Japan | |||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 35°31′51″N 139°41′03″E / 35.5309°N 139.6841°E | |||||||||||||||
| Operated by | .svg){kind=logo} JR East | |||||||||||||||
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| Distance | 1.7 km from Kawasaki | |||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 1 side + 1 island platform | |||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 3 | |||||||||||||||
| Connections | Bus stop | |||||||||||||||
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| Status | Staffed ("Midori no Madoguchi" ) | |||||||||||||||
| Station code | JN02 | |||||||||||||||
| Website | Official website | |||||||||||||||
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| Opened | 9 March 1927 | |||||||||||||||
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| FY2019 | 15,067 daily | |||||||||||||||
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Lines
editShitte Station is served by the Nambu Line. The station is 1.7 km (1.1 mi) from the southern terminus of the 35.5 km (22.1 mi) line at Kawasaki Station. It is also the northern terminus and starting point of the 4.1 km (2.5 mi) Nambu Branch Line to Hama-Kawasaki.
Station layout
editThe station consists of a single side platform and an island platform serving three elevated tracks, connected by an underpass. The station has a "Midori no Madoguchi" staffed ticket office.
Platforms
edit| 1 | JN Nambu Line | for Kawasaki |
| 2 | JN Nambu Line | for Musashi-Kosugi, Musashi-Mizonokuchi, Noborito, and Tachikawa |
| 3 | JN Nambu Branch Line | for Hatchōnawate and Hama-Kawasaki |
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The station entrance in October 2015 -
The ticket office and ticket machines in January 2016 -
The passageway leading to the platforms in January 2016 -
Platform 1 viewed from the south end of platform 2 in January 2016 -
The view looking north from platform 1 in April 2011 -
The view looking south from platforms 2/3 in April 2011
History
editThe station opened on the Nambu Railway on 9 March 1927, initially named Shitte Halt (尻手停留場, Shitte-Teiryūjō).[1] It officially became a full station in 1929.[1] The Nambu Branch Line opened on 25 March 1930, initially as a freight-only line.[1] The Nambu Railway was nationalized on 1 April 1944, becoming part of the Japanese Government Railway (JGR) system, which became the Japanese National Railways (JNR) from 1949. A freight-only spur line to the Shin-Tsurumi Freight Terminal was opened on 1 October 1973 from the line just north of the station.[1] With the privatization of JNR on 1 April 1987, the station came under the control of JR East.[1]
Passenger statistics
editIn fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 15,067 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[2]
The passenger figures (boarding passengers only) for previous years are as shown below.
| Fiscal year | daily average |
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| 2005 | 11,079[3] |
| 2010 | 11,691[4] |
| 2015 | 13,702[5] |
Surrounding area
edit- Kawasaki City Central Wholesale Market
- Shioda General Hospital
- Hie Shrine
- Shitte Ginza Shopping Street
- Yokohama City Yako Elementary School
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b c d e Ishino, Tetsu, ed. (1998). 停車場変遷大辞典 国鉄・JR編 [Station Transition Directory - JNR/JR]. Vol. II. Japan: JTB. pp. 65–69. ISBN 4-533-02980-9.
- ^ 各駅の乗車人員 (2019年度) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2019)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. 2020. Retrieved 11 August 2020.
- ^ 神奈川県県勢要覧（平成18年度） [Kanagawa Prefecture official statistics (fiscal 2005)] (PDF) (in Japanese). Japan: Kanagawa Metropolitan Government. Retrieved 26 March 2021.
- ^ 神奈川県県勢要覧（平成23年度） [Kanagawa Prefecture official statistics (fiscal 2010)] (PDF) (in Japanese). Japan: Kanagawa Prefecture. Retrieved 26 March 2021.
- ^ 神奈川県県勢要覧（平成28年度 [Kanagawa Prefecture official statistics (fiscal 2010)] (PDF) (in Japanese). Japan: Kanagawa Prefecture. Retrieved 26 March 2021.
External links
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Media related to Shitte Station at Wikimedia Commons
- JR East Station information (in Japanese)