Mukaigawara Station

Mukaigawara Station (向河原駅, Mukaigawara-eki) is a railway station operated by JR East's Nambu Line located in Nakahara-ku, Kawasaki, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. It is 6.6 kilometers from the terminus of the Nambu Line at Kawasaki Station.

JN06 Mukaigawara Station 向河原駅
Location	Shimo-Numabe 1757, Nakahara, Kawasaki, Kanagawa （神奈川県川崎市中原区下沼部 1757） Japan
Operated by	JR East
Line(s)	JN Nambu Line
Connections	Bus stop
History
Opened	1927
Previous names	Nihon-Denki-mae (until 1942)

History

Mukaigawara Station opened as a station on the Nambu Railway on March 9, 1927. It was renamed Nihon-Denki-mae Station (日本電気前駅, Nihon-Denki-mae-eki) on August 5, 1940. Along with nationalization of Nambu Railway, the station reverted to its original name under the Japanese Government Railway Nambu Line on April 1, 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 April 1, 1987.

Lines

• East Japan Railway Company
  • Nambu Line

Station layout

Mukaigawara Station has two opposed side platforms serving two tracks, connected by an overpass. The station is attended, but is a Kan'i itaku station operated by the East Japan Eco Access Co., Ltd

Platforms

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

Adjacent stations

«		Service	»
Nambu Line JN06
Rapid: Does not stop at this station
Hirama JN05		Local		Musashi-Kosugi MKGJN07

See also

• List of railway stations in Japan

References

• Harris, Ken and Clarke, Jackie. Jane's World Railways 2008-2009. Jane's Information Group (2008). ISBN 0-7106-2861-7

External links

• (in Japanese) JR East Station info