Kawasaki Station

Kawasaki Station 川崎駅
The east side of the station, October 2011
Location
Prefecture	Kanagawa (See other stations in Kanagawa)
City	Kawasaki
Ward	Kawasaki
Neighborhood	Ekimae-Honchō
Postal code	210-0007
Address in Japanese	神奈川県川崎市川崎区駅前本町
History
Opened	1872
Rail services
Operator(s)	JR East
Line(s)	Keihin-Tōhoku Line Tōkaidō Main Line Nambu Line
Statistics	197,010 passengers/day (FY2013)
Major bus terminal(s) attached to the station

East entrance of Kawasaki station with bus terminal

Kawasaki Station (川崎駅, Kawasaki-eki) is a railway station in Kawasaki, Kanagawa, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East).

Lines

Kawasaki Station is served by the following JR East lines.

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

Station layout

Adjacent stations

History

The station opened on July 10, 1872 (June 5 in original Japanese calendar then in use) 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, opened on March 9, 1927.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2013, the JR East station was used by an average of 197,010 passengers daily (boarding passengers only), making it the twelfth-busiest station operated by JR East.^[1]

The passenger figures for previous years are as shown below.

Surrounding area

Connected to the west side of the station is the Lazona Kawasaki Plaza shopping mall. 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.
Keikyū Kawasaki Station, operated by the private railway operator Keikyu is located to the northeast.

The basement area of the adjoining More's department store is home to what is dubbed "the world's shortest escalator", with a height difference of just 83.4 cm (2 ft 8.8 in).^[7]

References

External links

• JR East station information (Japanese)

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