is a 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 ...

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, operated by the

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(JR East).

Lines

Kashimada Station is served by the

Nambu Line The Nambu Line ( ja, 南武線,) is a Japanese railway line which connects Tachikawa Station in Tachikawa, Tokyo and Kawasaki Station in Kawasaki, Kanagawa. For most of its length, it parallels the Tama River, the natural border between Tokyo and ...

. The station is from the southern terminus of the line at

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Station layout

Kashimada Station has two opposed

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s serving two tracks, connected by a footbridge to an elevated station building. The station has a ''

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'' staffed ticket office.

Platforms

File:JREast-Nambu-line-JN04-Kashimada-station-entrance-east-20210708-155914.jpg, The east entrance in July 2021 File:KashimadaStation-exit-nov17-2015.jpg, The west entrance in November 2015 File:JR Nambu-Line Kashimada Station Gates.jpg, The ticket barriers in September 2019 File:JREast-Nambu-line-JN04-Kashimada-station-platform-20210708-160715.jpg, The platforms in July 2021 looking north

History

The station opened on 9 March 1927. With the privatization of

Japanese National Railways The abbreviated JNR or , was the business entity that operated Japan's national railway network from 1949 to 1987. Network Railways As of June 1, 1949, the date of establishment of JNR, it operated of narrow gauge () railways in all 46 pref ...

(JNR) on 1 April 1987, the station came under the control of JR East.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 19,557 passengers daily (boarding passengers only). The passenger figures (boarding passengers only) for previous years are as shown below.

Surrounding area

Shin-Kawasaki Station is a passenger railway station located in Saiwai-ku, Kawasaki, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East). Lines Shin-Kawasaki Station is served by the Yokosuka Line and Shōnan-Shinjuku Line, and is located 12.7 km from Shi ...

on the

Yokosuka Line The is a railway line in Japan operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East). The Yokosuka Line connects Tokyo Station with in Yokosuka, Kanagawa. Officially, the name Yokosuka Line is assigned to the 23.9 km segment between and ...

is located 400 meters to the west.

References

External links

JR East Station information
{{Nambu Line Stations of East Japan Railway Company Nambu Line Railway stations in Kawasaki, Kanagawa Railway stations in Japan opened in 1927