Nakanoshima Station (中野島駅, Nakanoshima-eki) is a passenger railway station located in Tama-ku, Kawasaki, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan, operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East).

Lines

Nakanoshima Station is served by the Nambu Line. The station is 19.5 km (12.1 mi) the southern terminus of the line at Kawasaki Station.

Station layout

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

Platforms

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

History

Nakanoshima Station was opened on 1 November 1927, as a station on the Nambu Railway. Freight operations began in 1929. The Nambu Railway was nationalized on 1 April 1944, and the station came under the control of the Japan National Railways (JNR). The station was relocated 400 m (1,300 ft) towards Noborito Station in December 1945. Freight operations were discontinued after 1955. After the privatization of the JNR on 1 April 1987, the station was absorbed into the JR East network.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 14,824 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[1]

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

Fiscal year daily average
2005 13,646[2]
2010 14,238[3]
2015 14,507[4]

Surrounding area

  • Nakanoshima Kitaguchi Dori Shopping Street
  • Nakanoshima Chuo-dori Shopping Street.

See also

References

  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.

External links

Media related to Nakanoshima Station (Kanagawa) at Wikimedia Commons