is a passenger railway station located in Saiwai-ku, Kawasaki, Kanagawa Prefecture,

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Lines

Shitte Station is served by the Nambu Line. The station is from the southern terminus of the line at Kawasaki Station. It is also the northern terminus and starting point of the

Nambu Branch 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 ...

to .

Station layout

The station consists of a single side platform and an island platform serving three elevated tracks, connected by an underpass. The station has a " Midori no Madoguchi" staffed ticket office.

Platforms

File:ShitteStation-side-Oct12-2015.jpg, The station entrance in October 2015 File:Shitte Station ticket machines 20160116.JPG, The ticket office and ticket machines in January 2016 File:Shitte Station underpass 20160116.JPG, The passageway leading to the platforms in January 2016 File:Shitte Station platform 2 20160116.JPG, Platform 1 viewed from the south end of platform 2 in January 2016 File:JR Shitte station kounai no1.JPG, The view looking north from platform 1 in April 2011 File:JR Shitte station kounai no2.JPG, The view looking south from platforms 2/3 in April 2011

History

The station opened on the Nambu Railway on 9 March 1927, initially named . It officially became a full station in 1929. The Nambu Branch Line opened on 25 March 1930, initially as a freight-only line. The Nambu Railway was nationalized on 1 April 1944, becoming part of the Japanese Government Railway (JGR) system, which became the Japanese National Railways (JNR) from 1949. A freight-only spur line to the Shin-Tsurumi Freight Terminal was opened on 1 October 1973 from the line just north of the station. With the privatization of 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 15,067 passengers daily (boarding passengers only). The passenger figures (boarding passengers only) for previous years are as shown below.

Surrounding area

* Kawasaki City Central Wholesale Market *Shioda General Hospital *Hie Shrine *Shitte Ginza Shopping Street * Yokohama City Yako Elementary School

References

External links

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