Shukugawara Station (Kanagawa)

Shukugawara Station (宿河原駅, Shukugawara-eki) is a railway station operated by JR East's Nambu Line located in Tama-ku, Kawasaki, Japan. It is 16.2 kilometers from the terminus of the Nambu Line at Kawasaki Station.

JN13 Shukugawara Station 宿河原駅
Shukugawara Station
Location	4-4, Shukugawara 3-chome, Tama, Kawasaki, Kanagawa （川崎市多摩区宿河原三丁目4-4） Japan
Coordinates	35°36′55″N 139°34′46″E
Operated by	JR East
Line(s)	JN Nambu Line
Connections	Bus stop
History
Opened	1927
Passengers
2008	7,288 daily

History

Shukugawara Station was opened on March 9, 1927 as a station on the Nambu Railway. The Nambu Railway was nationalized on April 1, 1944 becoming part of the Japanese Government Railways, and the station came under the control of the Japan National Railways (JNR) from 1949. Freight operations were discontinued after 1955. After the privatization of the JNR on April 1, 1987, the station was absorbed into the JR East network.

Lines

• East Japan Railway Company
  • Nambu Line

Station layout

Shukugawara Station has two opposed side platforms serving two tracks, connected by an overpass. The station is attended, but its operation is consigned to East Japan Eco Access Co., Ltd.

Platforms

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

Adjacent stations

«		Service	»
JR East
Nambu Line JN13
Rapid: Does not stop at this station
Kuji JN12		Local		Noborito JN14

Surrounding area

• Fujiko F Fujio Museum

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