Kawasaki Station

Kawasaki Station 川崎駅
The east side of the station, October 2011
Location	Ekimae-Honchō, Kawasaki-ku, Kawasaki, Kanagawa （神奈川県川崎市川崎区駅前本町） Japan
Operated by	JR East
Line(s)	Keihin-Tohoku Line Tokaido Main Line Nambu Line
Connections	Bus terminal Keikyu Kawasaki Station
History
Opened	1872
Traffic
Passengers (FY2013)	197,010 daily
Location
Kawasaki Station Location within Japan

East entrance of Kawasaki station with bus terminal

Kawasaki Station (川崎駅 Kawasaki-eki) is a railway station in Kawasaki, Kanagawa, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East).

Lines

Kawasaki Station is served by the following JR East lines.

• Keihin-Tohoku Line
• Tokaido Main Line
• Nambu Line

Station layout

1	■ Tokaido Main Line	for Yokohama, Odawara, and Atami
2	■ Tokaido Main Line (Ueno-Tokyo Line)	for Shinagawa and Tokyo, Ueno, Ōmiya, Utsunomiya (via Utsunomiya Line), and Takasaki (via Takasaki Line)
3	■ Keihin-Tohoku Line	for Tsurumi, Yokohama, Isogo, and Ōfuna
4	■ Keihin-Tohoku Line	for Kamata, Shinagawa, Tokyo, Ueno, and Ōmiya
5/6	■ Nambu Line	for Musashi-Kosugi, Noborito, Fuchū-Hommachi, and Tachikawa

Adjacent stations

«		Service	»
Tokaido Main Line
Commuter Rapid: Does not stop at this station
Shinagawa		Rapid Acty		Yokohama
Shinagawa		Local		Yokohama
Keihin-Tohoku Line
Kamata		Rapid		Tsurumi
Kamata		Local		Tsurumi
Nambu Line
Terminus		Rapid		Kashimada
Terminus		Local		Shitte

History

The station entrance in 1901

The station opened on July 10, 1872 (June 5 in original Japanese calendar then in use) as the first intermediate station of the first railway in Japan when it was providing a trial service on the section between Shinagawa Station and Sakuragichō Station in Yokohama before the official inauguration in October 1872.

The Nambu Railway, which later became the Nambu Line, opened on March 9, 1927.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2013, the JR East station was used by an average of 197,010 passengers daily (boarding passengers only), making it the twelfth-busiest station operated by JR East.^[1]

The passenger figures for previous years are as shown below.

Fiscal year	Daily average
2000	156,291[2]
2005	163,495[3]
2010	185,300[4]
2011	185,651[5]
2012	188,193[6]
2013	197,010[1]

Surrounding area

Connected to the west side of the station is the Lazona Kawasaki Plaza shopping mall. Connected to the east of the station is the "Kawasaki BE" shopping complex. There are also various other commercial establishments around the station, including More-s Department Store, Yodobashi Camera, and Tokyu Hands.
Keikyu Kawasaki Station, operated by the private railway operator Keikyu is located to the northeast.

The short escalator beneath the More's department store

The basement area of the adjoining More's department store is home to what is dubbed "the world's shortest escalator", with a height difference of just 83.4 cm (2 ft 8.8 in).^[7]

See also

• List of railway stations in Japan

References

1. 各駅の乗車人員　（2013年度） [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2013)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. Retrieved 2 September 2014.
2. 各駅の乗車人員　（2000年度） [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2000)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. Retrieved 2 September 2014.
3. 各駅の乗車人員　（2005年度） [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2005)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. Retrieved 2 September 2014.
4. 各駅の乗車人員　（2010年度） [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2010)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. Retrieved 2 September 2014.
5. 各駅の乗車人員　（2011年度） [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2011)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. Retrieved 2 September 2014.
6. 各駅の乗車人員　（2012年度） [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2012)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. Retrieved 2 September 2014.
7. Wojnowski, Todd (March 2013). "World's Shortest Escalator". Japan Travel. Japan Travel K.K.,. Retrieved 16 December 2014.

External links

• JR East station information (Japanese)

Coordinates: 35°31′53.10″N 139°41′48.98″E / 35.5314167°N 139.6969389°E