Kawasaki Station 

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
Postal Code 210-0007
(in Japanese) 神奈川県川崎市川崎区駅前本町
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.

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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.

Lines

Kawasaki Station is served by the following lines:

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

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.

Keikyū Kawasaki Station, operated by the Keihin Electric Express Railway is located to the northeast.

Adjacent stations

Nambu Line platform sign
« 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
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Stations of the JR Tōkaidō Line (East Japan Railway Company)
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Stations of the JR Keihin-Tōhoku Line—Negishi Line
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Stations of the Nambu Line
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Stations of the Tokyo-Yokohama Railway in 1872

Shimbashi - Shinagawa - Kawasaki - Tsurumi - Kanagawa - Yokohama
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Mass transit in the Greater Tokyo Area (Number of lines indicated in parentheses)
JR lines
(Tokyo Suburban Area)
■Akabane • ■Chūō (■Rapid • ■Local) • ■Hachikō • ■Itsukaichi • ■Jōban • ■Kawagoe • ■Keihin-Tōhoku • ■Keiyō • ■Mito • ■Musashino • ■Nambu • ■Narita • ■Negishi • ■Ōme • ■Ryōmō • ■Sagami • ■Saikyō • ■■Shōnan-Shinjuku • ■Sōbu (■Rapid • ■Local) • ■Sotobō • ■Takasaki • ■Tōgane • ■Tōhoku (Utsunomiya) • ■Tōkaidō • ■Tsurumi • ■Uchibō • ■Yamanote • ■Yokohama • ■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 private networks
Keikyū (5) • Keiō (7) • Keisei (7) • Odakyū (5) • Seibu (13) • Sōtetsu (2) • Tōbu (12) • Tōkyū (8)
Other lines
Major Terminals
Akihabara • Chiba • Ikebukuro • Kawasaki • Kita-Senju • Ōmiya • Ōtemachi • Shibuya • Shinagawa • Shinjuku • Tokyo • Ueno • Yokohama
Miscellaneous

Coordinates: 35°31′53.10″N 139°41′48.98″E / 35.5314167, 139.6969389