Samukawa Station

Railway station in Samukawa, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan
35°22′04″N 139°23′14″E / 35.367719°N 139.3873°E / 35.367719; 139.3873Operated by JR EastLine(s)■ Sagami Line Distance5.1 km from Chigasaki.Platforms1 island platformConnections
  • Bus stop
Other informationStatusStaffed (Midori no Madoguchi)WebsiteOfficial websiteHistoryOpenedSeptember 28, 1921PassengersFY20196,822 daily Services
Preceding station Logo of the East Japan Railway Company (JR East) JR East Following station
Miyayama
towards Hachiōji
 Sagami Line Kagawa
towards Chigasaki
Location
Samukawa Station is located in Kanagawa Prefecture
Samukawa Station
Samukawa Station
Location within Kanagawa Prefecture
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Samukawa Station is located in Japan
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Samukawa Station (寒川駅, Samukawa-eki) is a passenger railway station located in the town of Samukawa, Kōza District. Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan, operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East).

Lines

Samukawa Station is served by the Sagami Line, and is located 5.1 kilometers from the terminal station of the line at Chigasaki.

Station layout

The station consists of a single island platform with an elevated station building built over the tracks and platform. The station has a Midori no Madoguchi staffed ticket office.

Platforms

1 ■ Sagami Line for Chigasaki
2 ■ Sagami Line for Atsugi, Hashimoto, Hachiōji

History

Samukawa Station was opened on September 28, 1921 as a station the Sagami Railway. A freight spur line, the Nishi-Samukawa Spur Line, began operations from May 10, 1922 (Its operations were discontinued in 1984). On June 1, 1944, the Sagami Railway was nationalized and merged with the Japan National Railways. Freight operations were discontinued in 1971. On April 1, 1987, with the dissolution and privatization of the Japan National Railways, the station came under the operation of JR East. Automated turnstiles using the Suica IC card system came into operation from November 2001. The station building was remodeled and expanded in 2006.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 6,822 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[1]

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

Fiscal year daily average
2005 6,595[2]
2010 6,604[3]
2015 6,787[4]

Surrounding area

  • Samukawa Town Hall
  • Nissan Koki head office

Gallery

  • Side view of Samukawa Station
    Side view of Samukawa Station
  • Inside Samukawa Station
    Inside Samukawa Station

See also

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 Samukawa Station at Wikimedia Commons

  • Official home page.(in Japanese)