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).

Samukawa Station

寒川駅
Samukawa Station, August 2018
General information
LocationOkada 148-1, Samukawa-machi, Kōza-gun, Kanagawa-ken 253-0105
Japan
Coordinates35°22′04″N 139°23′14″E / 35.367719°N 139.3873°E / 35.367719; 139.3873
Operated by JR East
Line(s) Sagami Line
Distance5.1 km from Chigasaki.
Platforms1 island platform
Connections
  • Bus stop
Other information
StatusStaffed (Midori no Madoguchi)
WebsiteOfficial website
History
OpenedSeptember 28, 1921
Passengers
FY20196,822 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
Samukawa Station is located in Japan
Samukawa Station
Samukawa Station
Samukawa Station (Japan)

Lines edit

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 edit

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 edit

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

History edit

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 edit

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 edit

  • Samukawa Town Hall
  • Nissan Koki head office

Gallery edit

See also edit

References edit

  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 edit

  Media related to Samukawa Station at Wikimedia Commons