Musashi-Mizonokuchi Station (武蔵溝ノ口駅, Musashi-Mizonokuchi-eki) is a passenger railway station located in Takatsu-ku, Kawasaki, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East).
JN10 Musashi-Mizonokuchi Station 武蔵溝ノ口駅 | |||||||||||||||
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 Station building in 2007 | |||||||||||||||
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| Location | Mizonokuchi, Takatsu-ku, Kawasaki-shi, Kanagawa-ken 213-0001 Japan | ||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 35°35′57″N 139°36′39.52″E / 35.59917°N 139.6109778°E | ||||||||||||||
| Operated by | .svg){kind=logo} JR East | ||||||||||||||
| Line(s) | JN Nambu Line | ||||||||||||||
| Distance | 12.7 km from Kawasaki | ||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 1 side + 1 island platform | ||||||||||||||
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| Status | Staffed (Midori no Madoguchi) | ||||||||||||||
| Station code | JN10 | ||||||||||||||
| Website | Official website | ||||||||||||||
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| Opened | 9 March 1927 | ||||||||||||||
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| FY2019 | 86,165 daily | ||||||||||||||
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Lines
editMusashi-Mizonokuchi Station is served by the Nambu Line, and is located 12.7 km (7.9 mi) from the terminus of the line at Kawasaki Station. Mizonokuchi Station on the Tōkyū Den-en-toshi and Oimachi lines is located next to this station.
Station layout
editThe station consists of one side platform for ascending traffic (for Kawasaki), and one island platform for descending traffic (for Tachikawa). Platform 3 is used for services originating at this station. The station building was rebuilt as an elevated station in 1998. The station has a Midori no Madoguchi staffed ticket office.
Platforms
edit| 1 | JN Nambu Line | for Musashi-Kosugi and Kawasaki |
| 2 | JN Nambu Line | for Noborito, Fuchū-Hommachi, and Tachikawa |
| 3 | JN Nambu Line | (starting/waiting trains for both directions) |
History
editMusashi-Mizonokuchi Station opened as a station on the Nambu Railway on 9 March 1927. The Nambu Railway was nationalized on 1 April 1944, becoming part of the Japanese Government Railway (JGR) system, which became the Japan National Railways (JNR) from 1946. Freight services were discontinued on 1 March 1976. Along with privatization and division of JNR, JR East started operating the station on 1 April 1987.
Passenger statistics
editIn fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 86,165 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 | 69,175[2] |
| 2010 | 75,653[3] |
| 2015 | 83,756[4] |
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. Retrieved 26 March 2021.
External links
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Media related to Musashi-Mizonokuchi Station at Wikimedia Commons
- Official website (in Japanese)