Kita-Chigasaki Station (北茅ヶ崎駅, Kita-Chigasaki-eki) is a passenger railway station located in the city of Chigasaki, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan, operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East).
Kita-Chigasaki Station 北茅ヶ崎駅 | |||||||||||
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 Kita-Chigasaki Station in 2023 | |||||||||||
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| Location | Chigasaki 3-1-1, Chigasaki-shi, Kanagawa-ken 253-0041 Japan | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 35°20′20.8″N 139°24′27.3″E / 35.339111°N 139.407583°E | ||||||||||
| Operated by | .svg){kind=logo} JR East | ||||||||||
| Line(s) | ■ Sagami Line | ||||||||||
| Distance | 1.3 km from Chigasaki. | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 1 island platform | ||||||||||
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| Status | Staffed | ||||||||||
| Website | Official website | ||||||||||
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| Opened | 2,870 | ||||||||||
| Previous names | Nitto (until 1944) | ||||||||||
| Passengers | |||||||||||
| FY2019 | 5,709 daily (boarding passengers) | ||||||||||
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Lines
editKita-Chigasaki Station is served by the Sagami Line, and is located 1.3 kilometers from the terminus of the line at Chigasaki.
Station layout
editThe station consists of a single island platform connected to a small station building by a footbridge. The station is staffed.
History
editKita-Chigasaki was opened on February 1, 1940 as Nitto Station (日東駅, Nitto-eki) on the Sagami Railway. It assumed its present name on June 1, 1944, when the Sagami Railway was nationalized and merged with the Japan National Railways. Freight services were discontinued from November 1986. 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.
Passenger statistics
editIn fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 2,870 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[1]
The passenger figures (boarding passengers only) for previous years are as shown below.
| Fiscal year | daily average |
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| 2005 | 2,595[2] |
| 2010 | 2,601[3] |
| 2015 | 2,837[4] |
Surrounding area
edit- Chigasaki Municipal Hospital
- Kanagawa Prefectural Tsurumine High School
- Toho Titanium / Chigasaki Factory
- AGC Seimi Chemical / Chigasaki Factory
- Tokai Carbon Shonan Factory
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 August 2017. Retrieved 26 March 2021.
External links
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