is an interchange passenger

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located in

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Kanagawa Prefecture is a prefecture of Japan located in the Kantō region of Honshu. Kanagawa Prefecture is the second-most populous prefecture of Japan at 9,221,129 (1 April 2022) and third-densest at . Its geographic area of makes it fifth-smallest. Kana ...

, Japan, jointly operated by

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(JR East) and the

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operator

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Lines

The station is served by the

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and JR East's

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. It is located 1.1 kilometers from the Shitte junction on the Nambu Branch Line, and 13.1 kilometers from the starting point of the Keikyū Main Line at

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, in

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Station layout

The Keikyū station has two opposed

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s connected to the station building by a footbridge, and the JR East station has one side platform serving a single track.

Platforms

History

Hatchōnawate Station opened on December 25, 1916, as a station on the Keihin Electric Railway. The Nambu Line connected to the station on March 25, 1930 initially for freight operations, and with passenger operations from April 10 of the same year. The Nambu line was nationalized on April 1, 1944 and freight operations abolished the same year. It later became part of the

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(JNR) system. The level crossing at the station was replaced by a footbridge on October 28, 1974. Along with

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and division of JNR,

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assumed operations of the Nambu Branch Line from April 1, 1987. The station building was rebuilt in 1989. Keikyū introduced

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to its stations on 21 October 2010; Hatchōnawate Station was assigned station number KK27.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2019, the JR station was used by an average of 1,792 passengers daily (boarding passengers only). During the same period, the Keikyū Station was used by an average of 16,165 passengers daily (total passengers). The passenger figures (boarding passengers only) for previous years are as shown below.

Surrounding area

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* Kawasaki Kyomachi Post Office * Mashima Hospital

References

External links

Keikyu Hatchōnawate Station

JR East station information
{{DEFAULTSORT:Hatchonawate Station Railway stations in Kanagawa Prefecture Railway stations in Kawasaki, Kanagawa Railway stations in Japan opened in 1916