is a passenger

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located in

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, Japan, operated by

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(JR East).

Lines

Shin-Kawasaki Station is served by the

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and Shōnan-Shinjuku Line, and is located 12.7 km from Shinagawa Station and 19.5 km from

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Station layout

The station consists of a single

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serving two tracks. The platforms are capable of handling 15-car trains. The station is located adjacent to

JR Freight , or , is one of the seven constituent companies of Japan Railways Group (JR Group). It provides transportation of cargo nationwide throughout Japan. Its headquarters are in Shibuya, Tokyo near Shinjuku Station. The Japan Railways Group was foun ...

's Shin-Tsurumi locomotive depot. The station is located on the former Hinkaku freight spur line of the

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, but is not on the Tōkaidō Main Line itself, nor do trains from the Tōkaidō Main Line pass through the station. The station has a ''

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'' staffed ticket office.

Platforms

History

Shin-Kawasaki Station opened on 1 October 1980 as a commuter station for people living in the surrounding large residential areas working in Tokyo or Yokohama.Shin-Kawasaki station information
(JR East)

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 30,255 passengers daily (boarding passengers only). The passenger figures (boarding passengers only) for previous years are as shown below.

Surrounding area

* Keio University Shinkawasaki Town Campus * Yumemigasaki Zoological Park * Mitsubishi Fuso Truck and Bus Technical Center *

Kashimada Station is a passenger railway station located in Saiwai-ku, Kawasaki, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan, operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East). Lines Kashimada Station is served by the Nambu Line. The station is from the southern terminus o ...

on 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 an ...

lies approximately 400 meters to the east.

References

External links

JR East station information
{{Shonan-Shinjuku Line Railway stations in Kanagawa Prefecture Railway stations in Japan opened in 1980 Yokosuka Line Railway stations in Kawasaki, Kanagawa