Kawasaki Station

Kawasaki Station

川崎駅
Kawasaki Station; 川崎駅
	The east side of the station in October 2011
General information
Location	Ekimae-Honchō, Kawasaki-ku, Kawasaki-shi, Kanagawa-ken 210-0007; Japan
Operated by	JR East
Line(s)	■ Keihin-Tohoku Line; ■ Tokaido Main Line; ■ Nambu Line;
Platforms	3 island platforms
Tracks	6
Connections	Bus terminal; Keikyu Kawasaki Station;
Other information
Website	www.jreast.co.jp/estation/station/info.aspx?StationCd=526
History
Opened	10 July 1872
Passengers
FY2014	204,153 daily
Location
	Kawasaki Station Location within Japan

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.

Station layout

The station has three island platforms serving six tracks.

Platforms

1	■ Tokaido Main Line	for Yokohama, Odawara, and Atami
2	■ Tokaido Main Line (Ueno-Tokyo Line)	for Shinagawa, Tokyo, Ueno, Saitama, Utsunomiya (via Utsunomiya Line), and Takasaki (via Takasaki Line)
3	■ Keihin-Tohoku Line	for Tsurumi, Yokohama, Isogo, and Ōfuna
4	■ Keihin-Tohoku Line	for Tokyo, Shinagawa, Tokyo, Ueno, and Saitama
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
Tokyo	Rapid	Tsurumi
Kamata	Local	Tsurumi
Nambu Line
Terminus	Rapid	Kashimada
Terminus	Local	Shitte

History

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.^{[citation needed]}

Kawasaki City Tram operated a 6.7-kilometre long (4.2 mi) line from its Shiden Kawasaki terminal in front of this station to the now-closed Shiohama Station from 1944 to 1969.^[1]^{[page needed]}^[2]^{[page needed]}

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2014, the JR East station was used by an average of 204,153 passengers daily (boarding passengers only), making it the tenth-busiest station operated by JR East.^[3] The passenger figures for previous years are as shown below.

Fiscal year	Daily average
2000	156,291^[4]
2005	163,495^[5]
2010	185,300^[6]
2011	185,651^[7]
2012	188,193^[8]
2013	197,010^[9]
2014	204,153^[3]

Surrounding area

The short escalator beneath the More's department store

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 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).^[10]

References

^ Imao, Keisuke, ed. (2008). 日本鉄道旅行地図帳 - 全線・全駅・全廃線 [Japan Railway Travel Atlas - All Lines, Stations and Closed Lines] (in Japanese). Shinchosha. ISBN 978-4-10-790022-7.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
^ Sekita, Katsutaka; Miyata, Michikazu (2003). 川崎市電の25年 [25 Years of Kawasaki City Tram] (in Japanese). Neko Publishing Co., Ltd. ISBN 4-87366-333-4.
^ ^a ^b 各駅の乗車人員　（2014年度） (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. 2015. Archived from the original on 6 May 2001. Retrieved 27 June 2016. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help); Unknown parameter |trans_title= ignored (|trans-title= suggested) (help)
^ 各駅の乗車人員　（2000年度） (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. 2001. Archived from the original on 9 October 2014. Retrieved 2 September 2014. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help); Unknown parameter |trans_title= ignored (|trans-title= suggested) (help)
^ 各駅の乗車人員　（2005年度） (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. 2006. Archived from the original on 9 October 2014. Retrieved 2 September 2014. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help); Unknown parameter |trans_title= ignored (|trans-title= suggested) (help)
^ 各駅の乗車人員　（2010年度） (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. 2011. Archived from the original on 6 October 2014. Retrieved 2 September 2014. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help); Unknown parameter |trans_title= ignored (|trans-title= suggested) (help)
^ 各駅の乗車人員　（2011年度） (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. 2012. Archived from the original on 8 October 2014. Retrieved 2 September 2014. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help); Unknown parameter |trans_title= ignored (|trans-title= suggested) (help)
^ 各駅の乗車人員　（2012年度） (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. 2013. Archived from the original on 7 October 2014. Retrieved 2 September 2014. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help); Unknown parameter |trans_title= ignored (|trans-title= suggested) (help)
^ 各駅の乗車人員　（2013年度） (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. 2014. Retrieved 27 June 2016. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |trans_title= ignored (|trans-title= suggested) (help)
^ Wojnowski, Todd (March 2013). "World's Shortest Escalator". Japan Travel. Japan Travel K.K.,. Retrieved 16 December 2014.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: extra punctuation (link)