is a passenger railway station located in Kawasaki-ku, Kawasaki, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East).
Lines Shōwa Station is served by the Tsurumi Line, and is from the terminus of the line at Tsurumi Station
Station layout
Shōwa Station has a single side platform serving bi-directional traffic. The station is unattended.
Platform
History
Shōwa Station was opened on 20 March 1931 as a temporary stop on the privately held . Tsurumi Rinkō Railway was nationalized into the Japanese Government Railways on 1 July 1943. at which time the stop was upgraded to a full station. The station has been unattended since 1 March 1971. Upon the privatization of the Japanese National Railways on 1 April 1987 the station has been operated by JR East. The station was named Shōwa because it was adjacent to a factory of Shōwa Fertilizer Company (present-day Resonac). The Resonac factory still exists next to the station.
Passenger statistics In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 569 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).
Surrounding area Showa Denko Kawasaki Office Toa Oil Keihin Refinery Ogimachi Factory JFE Steel East Japan Works Keihin District
See also List of railway stations in Japan
References
External links
Shōwa Station