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Mukaigawara Station

Coordinates: 35°34′18″N 139°40′00″E / 35.5716°N 139.6667°E / 35.5716; 139.6667
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JN06
Mukaigawara Station

向河原駅
Mukaigawara Station, September 2019
General information
LocationShimo-Numabe 1757, Nakahara-ku, Kawasaki-shi, Kanagawa-ken 211-0011
Japan
Coordinates35°34′18″N 139°40′00″E / 35.5716°N 139.6667°E / 35.5716; 139.6667
Operated by JR East
Line(s)JN Nambu Line
Distance20.8 km from Kawasaki
Platforms2 side platforms
Tracks2
Other information
Station codeJN06
WebsiteOfficial website
History
Opened9 March 1927
Previous namesNihon-Denki-mae (until 1942)
Passengers
FY201912,385 daily
Services
Preceding station Logo of the East Japan Railway Company (JR East) JR East Following station
Musashi-Kosugi
MKGJN07
towards Tachikawa
Nambu Line
Local
Hirama
JN05
towards Kawasaki
Location
Mukaigawara Station is located in Kanagawa Prefecture
Mukaigawara Station
Mukaigawara Station
Location within Kanagawa Prefecture
Mukaigawara Station is located in Japan
Mukaigawara Station
Mukaigawara Station
Mukaigawara Station (Japan)

Mukaigawara Station (向河原駅, Mukaigawara-eki) is a passenger railway station located in Nakahara-ku, Kawasaki, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan, operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East).

Lines

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Mukaigawara Station is served by the Nambu Line. The station is 6.6 km (4.1 mi) from the southern terminus of the line at Kawasaki Station.

Station layout

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The station consists of two opposed side platforms serving two tracks, connected by a footbridge. The station is attended.

Platforms

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1 JN Nambu Line for Kawasaki
2 JN Nambu Line for Musashi-Kosugi, Noborito, Fuchū-Hommachi, and Tachikawa

History

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Mukaigawara Station opened as a station on the Nambu Railway on 9 March 1927. It was renamed Nihon-Denki-mae Station (日本電気前駅, Nihon-Denki-mae-eki) on 5 August 1940. Along with nationalization of Nambu Railway, the station reverted to its original name under the Japanese Government Railway Nambu Line on 1 April 1944, and became part of the Japan National Railways (JNR) system from 1946. Freight operations were discontinued from 1973. Along with privatization and division of JNR, JR East started operating the station on 1 April 1987.

Lines

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Passenger statistics

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In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 12,385 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[1]

The passenger figures (boarding passengers only) for previous years are as shown below.

Fiscal year daily average
2005 13,897[2]
2010 15,077[3]
2015 12,342[4]

Surrounding area

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  • NEC Tamagawa Plant (NEC Tamagawa Renaissance City)
  • Kawasaki Municipal Tachibana High School

See also

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References

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  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ 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.
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