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Railway station in Chigasaki, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan
Kita-Chigasaki Station
北茅ヶ崎駅
Kita-Chigasaki Station in 2023
General information
LocationChigasaki 3-1-1, Chigasaki-shi, Kanagawa-ken 253-0041
Japan
Coordinates35°20′20.8″N 139°24′27.3″E / 35.339111°N 139.407583°E / 35.339111; 139.407583
Operated by JR East
Line(s)■ Sagami Line
Distance1.3 km from Chigasaki.
Platforms1 island platform
Connections
Other information
StatusStaffed
WebsiteOfficial website
History
Opened2,870
Previous namesNitto (until 1944)
Passengers
FY20195,709 daily (boarding passengers)
Services
Preceding station Logo of the East Japan Railway Company (JR East) JR East Following station
Kagawatowards Hachiōji Sagami Line ChigasakiTerminus
Location
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Kita-Chigasaki Station in 2023

Kita-Chigasaki Station (北茅ヶ崎駅, Kita-Chigasaki-eki) is a passenger railway station located in the city of Chigasaki, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan, operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East).

Lines

Kita-Chigasaki Station is served by the Sagami Line, and is located 1.3 kilometers from the terminus of the line at Chigasaki.

Station layout

The station consists of a single island platform connected to a small station building by a footbridge. The station is staffed.

History

Kita-Chigasaki was opened on February 1, 1940 as Nitto Station (日東駅, Nitto-eki) on the Sagami Railway. It assumed its present name on June 1, 1944, when the Sagami Railway was nationalized and merged with the Japan National Railways. Freight services were discontinued from November 1986. On April 1, 1987, with the dissolution and privatization of the Japan National Railways, the station came under the operation of JR East. Automated turnstiles using the Suica IC card system came into operation from November 2001.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 2,870 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).

The passenger figures (boarding passengers only) for previous years are as shown below.

Fiscal year daily average
2005 2,595
2010 2,601
2015 2,837

Surrounding area

  • Chigasaki Municipal Hospital
  • Kanagawa Prefectural Tsurumine High School
  • Toho Titanium / Chigasaki Factory
  • AGC Seimi Chemical / Chigasaki Factory
  • Tokai Carbon Shonan Factory

See also

References

  1. 各駅の乗車人員 (2019年度) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2019)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. 2020. Retrieved 11 August 2020.
  2. 神奈川県県勢要覧（平成18年度） [Kanagawa Prefecture official statistics (fiscal 2005)] (PDF) (in Japanese). Japan: Kanagawa Metropolitan Government. Retrieved 26 March 2021.
  3. 神奈川県県勢要覧（平成23年度） [Kanagawa Prefecture official statistics (fiscal 2010)] (PDF) (in Japanese). Japan: Kanagawa Prefecture. Retrieved 26 March 2021.
  4. 神奈川県県勢要覧（平成28年度 [Kanagawa Prefecture official statistics (fiscal 2010)] (PDF) (in Japanese). Japan: Kanagawa Prefecture. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 August 2017. Retrieved 26 March 2021.

External links

Media related to Kita-Chigasaki Station at Wikimedia Commons

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