is a passenger railway station located in Nakahara-ku, Kawasaki, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan, operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East).
Lines Mukaigawara Station is served by the Nambu Line. The station is from the southern terminus of the line at Kawasaki Station.
Station layout The station consists of two opposed side platforms serving two tracks, connected by a footbridge. The station is attended.
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History Mukaigawara Station opened as a station on the Nambu Railway on 9 March 1927. It was renamed on 5 August 1940. Along with nationalization of Nambu Railway, the station reverted to its original name under the Japanese Government Railway Nambu Line on 1 April 1944, and became part of the Japan National Railways (JNR) system from 1946. Freight operations were discontinued from 1973. Along with privatization and division of JNR, JR East started operating the station on 1 April 1987.
Lines Passenger statistics In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 12,385 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).
The passenger figures (boarding passengers only) for previous years are as shown below.
Fiscal year daily average 2005 13,897 2010 15,077 2015 12,342
Surrounding area NEC Tamagawa Plant (NEC Tamagawa Renaissance City) Kawasaki Municipal Tachibana High School
See also List of railway stations in Japan
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