Kawasaki Station

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Kawasaki Station 川崎駅
East entrance of Kawasaki station with bus terminal.
Location
Prefecture	Kanagawa (See other stations in Kanagawa)
City	Kawasaki
Ward	Kawasaki
Neighborhood etc.	Ekimae-Honchō
(in Japanese)	神奈川県川崎市川崎区駅前本町
Postal Code	210-0007
History
Year opened	1872
Rail services
Operator(s)	East Japan Railway Company
Line(s)	JR East Keihin-Tōhoku Line Tōkaidō Main Line< Nambu Line
Major bus terminal(s) attached to station

Kawasaki Station (川崎駅, Kawasaki-eki^?) is a railway station of the East Japan Railway Company (JR East) located in Kawasaki, Kanagawa, Japan.

The station is one of two major rail transportation hubs for the city of Kawasaki, as it forms the downtown area.

Contents 1 History 2 Lines 3 Around the station 4 Adjacent stations

[edit] History

The station opened on July 10, 1872 (Gregorian calendar) as the first intermediate station of the first railway in Japan when it was providing a trial service on the section between Shinagawa Station and Sakuragichō Station in Yokohama before the official inauguration in October 1872.

The Nambu Railway, which later became the Nambu Line, started its operation on March 9, 1927.

[edit] Lines

Kawasaki Station is served by the following lines:

• Keihin-Tōhoku Line
• Tōkaidō Main Line
• Nambu Line

Platforms

1	■Tōkaidō Main Line	Yokohama・Odawara・Atami
2	■Tōkaidō Main Line	Shinagawa・Tokyo
3	■Keihin-Tōhoku Line	Tsurumi・Yokohama・Isogo・Ōfuna
4	■Keihin-Tōhoku Line	Kamata・Shinagawa・Tokyo・Ueno・Akabane・Ōmiya
5・6	■Nambu Line	Musashi-Kosugi・Fuchū-honmachi・Tachikawa

[edit] Around the station

Connected to the east of the station is the "Kawasaki BE" shopping complex. There are also various other commercial establishments around the station, including More-s Department Store, Yodobashi Camera, and Tokyu Hands to name a few.

Keikyu Kawasaki Station, operated by the Keihin Electric Express Railway is located to the Northeast.

[edit] Adjacent stations

«		Service	»
Tōkaidō Main Line
Shinagawa		Local	Yokohama
Shinagawa		Rapid Acty	Yokohama
Commuter Rapid: no stop
Keihin-Tōhoku Line
Kamata		Local	Tsurumi
Kamata		Rapid	Tsurumi
Nambu Line
Terminus		Local	Shitte

v • d • e Stations of the JR Tōkaidō Line (East Japan Railway Company) Tokyo - Shimbashi - Shinagawa - Kawasaki - Yokohama - (Shinjuku >>) Totsuka - Ōfuna - Fujisawa - Tsujidō - Chigasaki - Hiratsuka - Ōiso - Ninomiya - Kōzu - Kamonomiya - Odawara - Hayakawa - Nebukawa - Manazuru - Yugawara - Atami (>> Itō, Numazu, Shizuoka)

v • d • e Stations of the JR Keihin-Tōhoku Line—Negishi Line Ōmiya - Saitama-Shintoshin - Yono - Kita-Urawa - Urawa - Minami-Urawa - Warabi - Nishi-Kawaguchi - Kawaguchi - Akabane - Higashi-Jūjō - Ōji - Kami-Nakazato - Tabata - Nishi-Nippori - Nippori - Uguisudani - Ueno - Okachimachi - Akihabara - Kanda - Tokyo - Yūrakuchō - Shimbashi - Hamamatsuchō - Tamachi - Shinagawa - Ōimachi - Ōmori - Kamata - Kawasaki - Tsurumi - Shin-Koyasu - Higashi-Kanagawa - Yokohama - Sakuragichō - Kannai - Ishikawachō - Yamate - Negishi - Isogo - Shin-Sugita - Yōkōdai - Kōnandai - Hongōdai - Ōfuna

v • d • e Stations of the Nambu Line Kawasaki - Shitte - Yakō - Kashimada - Hirama - Mukaigawara - Musashi-Kosugi - Musashi-Nakahara - Musashi-Shinjō - Musashi-Mizonokuchi - Tsudamyama - Kuji - Shukugawara - Noborito - Nakanoshima - Inadazutumi - Yanokuchi - Inagi-Naganuma - Minami-Tama - Fuchū-Honmachi - Bubaigawara - Yaho - Yagawa - Nishi-Kunitachi - Tachikawa

v • d • e Stations of the Tokyo-Yokohama Railway in 1872 Shimbashi - Shinagawa - Kawasaki - Tsurumi - Kanagawa - Yokohama

v • d • e Mass transit in the Tokyo area (Number of lines indicated in parentheses) JR lines ■Yamanote • ■Chūō • ■Chūō-Sōbu • ■Jōban • ■Keihin-Tōhoku • ■Keiyō • ■Saikyō •■Shōnan-Shinjuku • ■Sōbu Rapid • ■Tōkaidō • ■Utsunomiya • ■Yokosuka Tokyo Metro lines ○Chiyoda (C) • ○Fukutoshin (F) • ○Ginza (G) • ○Hibiya (H) • ○Marunouchi (M) • ○Namboku (N) • ○Tōzai (T) • ○Yūrakuchō (Y) • ○Hanzōmon (Z) Toei lines Subway: ○Asakusa (A) • ○Ōedo (E) • ○Mita (I) • ○Shinjuku (S) • Guideway: Nippori-Toneri • Streetcar: Arakawa Major / semi-major lines Keikyū (5) • Keiō (7) • Keisei (7) • Odakyū (5) • Seibu (13) • Shin-Keisei • Sōtetsu (2) • Tōbu (12) • Tōkyū (8) Other lines Disney Resort Line • Tama Monorail • Tokyo Monorail • TWR • TX • Yurikamome Suburban, JR ■Hachikō • ■Kawagoe • ■Mito • ■Musashino • ■Nambu • ■Narita • ■Negishi • ■Ōme • ■Ryōmō • ■Sagami • ■Sōbu Main • ■Sotobō • ■Takasaki • ■Tōgane • ■Tsurumi • ■Uchibō • ■Yokohama Suburban, Non-JR Chiba Monorail • Nagareyama • New Shuttle • Saitama • Seaside Line • Shōnan Monorail • Yokohama MM • Yokohama Subway (3) Terminals Akihabara • Chiba • Ikebukuro • Kawasaki • Kita-Senju • Ōmiya • Ōtemachi • Shibuya • Shinagawa • Shinjuku • Tokyo • Ueno • Yokohama Miscellaneous Shinkansen (commuter) • PASMO • Passnet • Suica • Transportation in Greater Tokyo • Rail transport in Japan

Coordinates: 35°31′53.10″N, 139°41′48.98″E