Chigasaki Station
Chigasaki 茅ヶ崎 | |
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 North side of the station | |
| Location |
Motomachi 1-1, Chigasaki, Kanagawa （神奈川県茅ヶ崎市元町1-1） Japan |
| Operated by | JR East |
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| History | |
| Opened | 1898 |
| Traffic | |
| Passengers (2008) | 55,990 daily |
Chigasaki Station (茅ヶ崎駅 Chigasaki-eki) is a station in Chigasaki, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. It is operated by the East Japan Railway Company. It is 56.8 rail kilometers from Tokyo Station.
History
Chigasaki Station was opened on June 15, 1898 for both passenger and freight service as part of the section of the Japan National Railway (JNR) Tōkaidō Main Line connecting Yokohama with Kōzu. The adjacent Sagami Line station (then operated by the Sagami Railway opened on September 28, 1921. It was nationalized on June 1, 1944, becoming part of the Japan National Railways. Scheduled freight services were discontinued from 1984, and small parcel services from 1985. With the dissolution and privatization of the JNR on April 1, 1987, the station came under the operational control of the East Japan Railway Company. The north exit bus terminal was greatly expanded in 1996 and 1998. Automated turnstiles using the Suica IC Card system came into operation on November 18, 2001. The station building was reconstructed in 2006 to include a multi-story department store.
Lines
This station is served by the following lines:
- East Japan Railway Company
Station layout
Chigasaki Station has three island platforms connected by overpasses:
| 1・2 | ■ Sagami Line | Ebina ・ Kamimizo ・ Hashimoto ・(Yokohama Line) Hachiōji |
| 3 | ■ Tōkaidō Line (Shōnan Liner) | Shinagawa ・ Tokyo ・ Shinjuku |
| 4 | ■ Tōkaidō Line (Shōnan Liner) | Hiratsuka ・ Odawara |
| 5 | ■ Tōkaidō Line | Ōfuna ・ Yokohama ・ Shinagawa ・ Tokyo |
| ■ Shōnan-Shinjuku Line (through service for Takasaki Line) |
Shibuya ・ Shinjuku ・ Ikebukuro ・ Ōmiya ・ Kumagaya ・ Takasaki ・ Maebashi | |
| 6 | ■ Tōkaidō Line | Hiratsuka ・ Odawara ・ Atami ・ Numazu ・ (Itō Line) Itō |
The song "Kibō no Wadachi" by the Southern All-Stars began to be used as the departure melody for platforms 5 and 6 from 1 October 2014.
Adjacent stations
| ← | Service | → | ||
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| Tsujidō | Tōkaidō Line | Hiratsuka | ||
| Fujisawa | Rapid Acty | Hiratsuka | ||
| Fujisawa | Commuter Rapid | Hiratsuka | ||
| Shōnan-Shinjuku Line | ||||
| Tsujidō | Rapid | Hiratsuka | ||
| Fujisawa | Special Rapid | Hiratsuka | ||
| Terminus | Sagami Line | Kita-Chigasaki | ||
References
- Yoshikawa, Fumio. Tokaido-sen 130-nen no ayumi. Grand-Prix Publishing (2002) ISBN 4-87687-234-1 (Japanese)
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Chigasaki Station. |
- JR East station information (Japanese)
Coordinates: 35°19′49″N 139°24′24″E / 35.33028°N 139.40667°E