Musashi-Nakahara Station
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is a railway station operated by JR East's
Nambu Line
located in Nakahara Ward
of Kawasaki
, Kanagawa
, Japan
. It is 9.2 kilometers from the terminus of the Nambu Line at Kawasaki Station
.
of on April 1, 1944, becoming part of the Japanese Government Railway (JGR) system, which became the Japan National Railways (JNR) from 1946. Freight operations were discontinued from January 16, 1961. Along with privatization
and division of JNR, JR East
started operating the station on April 1, 1987. The station was rebuilt in 1990, moving 200 meters towards Musashi-Kosugi Station
, and with the tracks becoming elevated.
s serving four tracks. The station is attended. Platforms 2 and 3 are deadhead
platforms used for trains starting from Musashi-Nakahara, as their tracks in the opposite direction lead to Nakahara Garage.
East Japan Railway Company
is the largest passenger railway company in the world and one of the seven Japan Railways Group companies. The company name is officially abbreviated as JR East in English, and as in Japanese. The company's headquarters are in Yoyogi, Shibuya, Tokyo....
Nambu Line
Nambu Line
The is a Japanese railway line which connects Tachikawa Station in Tachikawa, Tokyo and Kawasaki Station in Kawasaki, Kanagawa Prefecture. For most of its length, it parallels the Tama River, the natural border between Tokyo and Kanagawa prefectures. It is part of the East Japan Railway Company ...
located in Nakahara Ward
Nakahara-ku, Kawasaki
is one of the 7 wards of the city of Kawasaki in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. As of 2010, the ward had an estimated population of 229,867 and a density of 15,640 persons per km²...
of Kawasaki
Kawasaki, Kanagawa
is a city located in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan, between Tokyo and Yokohama. It is the 9th most populated city in Japan and one of the main cities forming the Greater Tokyo Area and Keihin Industrial Area....
, Kanagawa
Kanagawa Prefecture
is a prefecture located in the southern Kantō region of Japan. The capital is Yokohama. Kanagawa is part of the Greater Tokyo Area.-History:The prefecture has some archaeological sites going back to the Jōmon period...
, Japan
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
. It is 9.2 kilometers from the terminus of the Nambu Line at Kawasaki Station
Kawasaki Station
is a railway station in Kawasaki, Kanagawa, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company .-Lines:Kawasaki Station is served by the following JR East lines.*Keihin-Tōhoku Line*Tōkaidō Main Line*Nambu Line-Station layout:-Adjacent stations:...
.
History
Musashi-Nakahara Station opened as a station on the Nambu Railway on March 9, 1927. The Nambu Railway was nationalizedNationalization
Nationalisation, also spelled nationalization, is the process of taking an industry or assets into government ownership by a national government or state. Nationalization usually refers to private assets, but may also mean assets owned by lower levels of government, such as municipalities, being...
of on April 1, 1944, becoming part of the Japanese Government Railway (JGR) system, which became the Japan National Railways (JNR) from 1946. Freight operations were discontinued from January 16, 1961. Along with privatization
Privatization
Privatization is the incidence or process of transferring ownership of a business, enterprise, agency or public service from the public sector to the private sector or to private non-profit organizations...
and division of JNR, JR East
East Japan Railway Company
is the largest passenger railway company in the world and one of the seven Japan Railways Group companies. The company name is officially abbreviated as JR East in English, and as in Japanese. The company's headquarters are in Yoyogi, Shibuya, Tokyo....
started operating the station on April 1, 1987. The station was rebuilt in 1990, moving 200 meters towards Musashi-Kosugi Station
Musashi-Kosugi Station
is a railway interchange station located in Nakahara Ward of eastern Kawasaki, Kanagawa, Japan. It is served by JR East's Nambu Line, Yokosuka Line and Shōnan-Shinjuku Line, as well as Tokyu Corporation's Tōyoko Line and Meguro Line.-JR East:-Station layout:...
, and with the tracks becoming elevated.
Station layout
Hirama Station has two island platformIsland platform
An island platform is a station layout arrangement where a single platform is positioned between two tracks within a railway station, tram stop or transitway interchange...
s serving four tracks. The station is attended. Platforms 2 and 3 are deadhead
Deadhead
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platforms used for trains starting from Musashi-Nakahara, as their tracks in the opposite direction lead to Nakahara Garage.
Platforms
Facilities
- Kiosks
- Let's KIOSK Musashi-Nakahara No. 1
- NEWDAYS Musashi-Nakahara
- Midori no Madoguchi
- Automatic ticket gates