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JN06 Mukaigawara Station 向河原駅
Mukaigawara Station, September 2019
General information
Location	Shimo-Numabe 1757, Nakahara-ku, Kawasaki-shi, Kanagawa-ken 211-0011 Japan
Coordinates	35°34′18″N 139°40′00″E / 35.5716°N 139.6667°E / 35.5716; 139.6667
Operated by	JR East
Line(s)	JN Nambu Line
Distance	20.8 km from Kawasaki
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	2
Other information
Station code	JN06
Website	Official website
History
Opened	9 March 1927
Previous names	Nihon-Denki-mae (until 1942)
Passengers
FY2019	12,385 daily
Services
Preceding station JR East Following station Musashi-KosugiMKGJN07towards Tachikawa Nambu LineLocal HiramaJN05towards Kawasaki
Location Mukaigawara StationLocation within Kanagawa PrefectureShow map of Kanagawa PrefectureMukaigawara StationMukaigawara Station (Japan)Show map of Japan

Mukaigawara Station (向河原駅, Mukaigawara-eki) is a passenger railway station located in Nakahara-ku, Kawasaki, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan, operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East).

Lines

Mukaigawara Station is served by the Nambu Line. The station is 6.6 km (4.1 mi) from the southern terminus of the line at Kawasaki Station.

Station layout

The station consists of two opposed side platforms serving two tracks, connected by a footbridge. The station is attended.

Platforms

History

Mukaigawara Station opened as a station on the Nambu Railway on 9 March 1927. It was renamed Nihon-Denki-mae Station (日本電気前駅, Nihon-Denki-mae-eki) on 5 August 1940. Along with nationalization of Nambu Railway, the station reverted to its original name under the Japanese Government Railway Nambu Line on 1 April 1944, and became part of the Japan National Railways (JNR) system from 1946. Freight operations were discontinued from 1973. Along with privatization and division of JNR, JR East started operating the station on 1 April 1987.

Lines

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 12,385 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).

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

Surrounding area

• NEC Tamagawa Plant (NEC Tamagawa Renaissance City)
• Kawasaki Municipal Tachibana High School

See also

• List of railway stations in Japan

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. Retrieved 26 March 2021.

External links

Media related to Mukaigawara Station at Wikimedia Commons

• Official website (in Japanese)

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• Railway stations in Kanagawa Prefecture
• Railway stations in Japan opened in 1927
• Railway stations in Kawasaki, Kanagawa
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