is a passenger railway station located in Saiwai-ku, Kawasaki, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan, operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East).
Lines Shitte Station is served by the Nambu Line. The station is from the southern terminus of the line at Kawasaki Station. It is also the northern terminus and starting point of the Nambu Branch Line to .
Station layout The station consists of a single side platform and an island platform serving three elevated tracks, connected by an underpass. The station has a "Midori no Madoguchi" staffed ticket office.
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History The station opened on the Nambu Railway on 9 March 1927, initially named . It officially became a full station in 1929. The Nambu Branch Line opened on 25 March 1930, initially as a freight-only line. The Nambu Railway was nationalized on 1 April 1944, becoming part of the Japanese Government Railway (JGR) system, which became the Japanese National Railways (JNR) from 1949. A freight-only spur line to the Shin-Tsurumi Freight Terminal was opened on 1 October 1973 from the line just north of the station. With the privatization of JNR on 1 April 1987, the station came under the control of JR East.
Passenger statistics In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 15,067 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).
The passenger figures (boarding passengers only) for previous years are as shown below.
Fiscal year daily average 2005 11,079 2010 11,691 2015 13,702
Surrounding area Kawasaki City Central Wholesale Market Shioda General Hospital Hie Shrine Shitte Ginza Shopping Street Yokohama City Yako Elementary School
See also List of railway stations in Japan
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External links
JR East Station information