Kagawa Station (香川駅, Kagawa-eki) is a passenger railway station located in the city of Chigasaki, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan, operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East).
Kagawa Station 香川駅 | |||||||||||
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 Kagawa Station, 2023 | |||||||||||
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| Location | Kagawa 5-1-1, Chigasaki-shi, Kanagawa-ken 253-0082 Japan | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 35°21′23.4″N 139°23′59.2″E / 35.356500°N 139.399778°E | ||||||||||
| Operated by | .svg){kind=logo} JR East | ||||||||||
| Line(s) | ■ Sagami Line | ||||||||||
| Distance | 3.4 km from Chigasaki. | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 1 side platform | ||||||||||
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| Status | Staffed | ||||||||||
| Website | Official website | ||||||||||
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| Opened | September 28, 1921 | ||||||||||
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| FY2019 | 5,709 daily (boarding passengers) | ||||||||||
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  Kagawa Station Location within Kanagawa Prefecture  Kagawa Station Kagawa Station (Japan) | |||||||||||
Lines edit
Kagawa Station is served by the Sagami Line, and is located 3.4 kilometers from the terminus of the line at Chigasaki.
Station layout edit
The station consists of a single side platform serving one bi-directional track. The station is staffed.
History edit
Kagawa Station was opened on September 28, 1921, as a station the Sagami Railway. On June 1, 1944, the Sagami Railway was nationalized and merged with the Japan National Railways. 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 edit
In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 5,709 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 | 4,140[2] |
| 2010 | 4,781[3] |
| 2015 | 5,080[4] |
Surrounding area edit
- Chigasaki City Hall Kagawa Branch Office
- Kayagasaki Satoyama Park
- Chigasaki New Hokuryo Hospital
- Nagaoka Hospital
- Kanagawa Prefectural Chigasaki Hokuryo High School
- Bunkyo University Shonan Campus
See also edit
References 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. Retrieved 26 March 2021.
External links edit
Media related to Kagawa Station (Kanagawa) at Wikimedia Commons