is an
interchange passenger
railway station
Rail transport (also known as train transport) is a means of transport that transfers passengers and goods on wheeled vehicles running on rails, which are incorporated in tracks. In contrast to road transport, where the vehicles run on a pre ...
in the
Noborito
is a neighborhood in Tama-ku, Kawasaki, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan just across the southwestern border of Tokyo on the Tama River and about 18 minutes south of Shinjuku on the Odakyu Odawara Line Express.
In 1927, Odakyu Line and Nanbu Line we ...
neighborhood of
Tama-ku, Kawasaki
is one of the seven wards of the city of Kawasaki in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. As of 2010, the ward has an estimated population of 211,221 and a population density of 10,310 persons per km². The total area is 20.49 km².
Geography
Tama ...
,
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, operated by
East Japan Railway Company
The is a major passenger railway company in Japan and is the largest of the seven Japan Railways Group companies. The company name is officially abbreviated as JR-EAST or JR East in English, and as in Japanese. The company's headquarters are ...
(JR East) and the private railway company
Odakyu Electric Railway
, commonly known as Odakyū, is a major railway company based in Tokyo, Japan, best known for its ''Romancecar'' series of limited express trains from Tokyo to Odawara, Enoshima, Tama New Town, and Hakone.
The Odakyu Electric Railway Company fo ...
.
Lines
Noborito 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 ...
and is from the terminus of the line at
Kawasaki Station Kawasaki station may refer to:
*Kawasaki-juku ( ja, 川崎宿, Kawasaki-shuku, Kawasaki lodging), a Tōkaidō waystation in Kawasaki-ku, Kawasaki, Kanagawa, Japan
*Kawasaki Station ( ja, 川崎駅, Kawasaki-eki, Kawasaki Station, a train station of ...
. It is also served by the
Odakyu Odawara Line
, commonly known as Odakyū, is a major railway company based in Tokyo, Japan, best known for its ''Romancecar'' series of limited express trains from Tokyo to Odawara, Kanagawa, Odawara, Enoshima, Tama New Town, and Hakone, Kanagawa, Hakone.
T ...
and is from the terminus of that line at
Shinjuku Station
is a major railway station in the Shinjuku and Shibuya wards in Tokyo, Japan. In Shinjuku, it is part of the Nishi-Shinjuku and Shinjuku districts. In Shibuya, it is located in the Yoyogi and Sendagaya districts. It is the world's busiest rai ...
.
Station layout
JR Noborito Station has one
side platform
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and one
island platform
An island platform (also center platform, centre platform) is a station layout arrangement where a single platform is positioned between two tracks within a railway station, tram stop or transitway interchange. Island platforms are popular on ...
serving three elevated tracks, connected by an
underpass
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. The station has a ''
Midori no Madoguchi
, which stands for ''Multi Access (originally Magnetic-electronic Automatic) seat Reservation System'', is a train ticket reservation system used by the railway companies of former Japanese National Railways, currently Japan Railways Group (JR Grou ...
'' staffed ticket office. Odakyu Noborito Station is an elevated station with two island platforms serving four elevated tracks.
JR platforms
Odakyu platforms
History
Noborito Station opened as a station on the Nambu Railway on 9 March 1927. The adjacent Odawara Line station opened on 1 April 1927 as .
The Nambu Railway was
nationalized
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on 1 April 1944 becoming part of the
Japanese Government Railway
The Japanese Government Railways (JGR) was the national railway system directly operated by the Japanese Ministry of Railways ( ja, 鉄道省, Tetsudō-shō, ) until 1949. It was a predecessor of Japanese National Railways and the later Japan Rai ...
(JGR) system, which became the
Japan 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) from 1949.
The adjacent Odawara Line station was renamed on April 1955, and the name shortened to its present name on 1 April 1958.
Freight services were discontinued on the Nambu Line from 1 April 1972. Along with
privatization
Privatization (also privatisation in British English) can mean several different things, most commonly referring to moving something from the public sector into the private sector. It is also sometimes used as a synonym for deregulation when ...
and division of
JNR
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 ...
,
JR East
The is a major passenger railway company in Japan and is the largest of the seven Japan Railways Group companies. The company name is officially abbreviated as JR-EAST or JR East in English, and as in Japanese. The company's headquarters are ...
started operating the Nambu Line station on 1 April 1987. The station building and platforms were extensively remodelled from 2003-2007.
Station numbering
Station numbering is a sign system which assigns station codes consisting of a few letters and numbers to train stations. It aims to facilitate navigation for foreign travelers not familiar with the local language by using globally understood ch ...
was introduced to the Odakyu Line in January 2014 with Noborito being assigned station number OH18.
Passenger statistics
In fiscal 2019, the JR station was used by an average of 82,838 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).
During the same period, the Odakyu Station was used by 167,685 passengers daily (total).
The daily passenger figures (boarding passengers only) for previous years are as shown below.
See also
*
List of railway stations in Japan
The links below contain all of the 8579 railway stations in Japan.
External links
{{Portal bar, Japan, Trains
*
Railway stations
Japan
Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It ...
References
External links
JR East Station information
Odakyu Station information
{{Odakyu Odawara Line
Railway stations in Kanagawa Prefecture
Railway stations in Japan opened in 1927
Odakyu Odawara Line
Stations of East Japan Railway Company
Stations of Odakyu Electric Railway
Railway stations in Kawasaki, Kanagawa