Ōgimachi Station (Kanagawa)
JI10 Ōgimachi Station 扇町駅 | |||||||||||
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 Ōgimachi Station | |||||||||||
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| Location | 4-5 Ōgimachi, Kawasaki-ku, Kawasaki-shi, Kanagawa-ken 210-0867 Japan | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 35°30′6.27″N 139°43′20.8″E / 35.5017417°N 139.722444°E | ||||||||||
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| Line(s) | JI Tsurumi Line | ||||||||||
| Distance | 7.0 km from Tsurumi | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 1 side platform | ||||||||||
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| Station code | JI10 | ||||||||||
| Website | Official website | ||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
| Opened | 28 October 1930 | ||||||||||
| Passengers | |||||||||||
| [1] | 611 daily | ||||||||||
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Ōgimachi Station (扇町駅, Ōgimachi-eki) is a passenger railway station located in Kawasaki-ku, Kawasaki, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East). It is also a freight depot for the Japan Freight Railway Company (JR Freight).
Lines
[edit]Ōgimachi Station is the eastern terminus of the Tsurumi Line, and is 7.0 kilometers (4.3 mi) from the western terminus at Tsurumi Station.
Station layout
[edit]The station consists of a single side platform serving bi-directional traffic. The station is unattended.
Platforms
[edit]| / | JI Tsurumi Line | for Hama-Kawasaki, Asano, Bentembashi, and Tsurumi |
History
[edit]Ōgimachi Station was opened on 20 July 1924 as a station on the privately held Tsurumi Rinkō Railway (鶴見臨港鉄道, Tsurumi Rinkō Tetsudō) initially for freight operations only. Passenger services were started from 28 October 1930. The line was nationalized on 1 July 1943 and was absorbed into the Japanese Government Railways network. The station has been unstaffed since 1 March 1971. Upon the privatization of the Japanese National Railways (JNR) on 1 April 1987 the station has been jointly operated by JR East and Japan Freight Railway Company.
Passenger statistics
[edit]In fiscal 2008, the station was used by an average of 611 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).
Surrounding area
[edit]- Showa Showa Denko Gas Products Kawasaki Factory
- Mitsui Wharf
- JXTG Energy Kawasaki Plant (formerly Mitsubishi Oil Kawasaki Refinery)
- Kawasaki Natural Gas Power Generation Kawasaki Natural Gas Power Generation
- JR East Kawasaki Thermal Power Station
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Kawasaki City statistics. Average number of boarding passengers in 2008.
External links
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Media related to Ōgimachi Station (Kanagawa) at Wikimedia Commons
- Ōgimachi Station (in Japanese)