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Asano Station

Asano Station
浅野駅
Asano Station entrance - june 14 2015.jpg
Asano Station entrance, June 2015
Location 2 Suehirochō, Tsurumi, Yokohama, Kanagawa
(横浜市鶴見区末広町2丁目)
Japan
Operated by JR East
Line(s) Tsurumi Line
History
Opened 1926
Traffic
Passengers (FY2006) 876 daily

Asano Station (浅野駅 Asano-eki?) is a railway station on the Tsurumi Line in Tsurumi-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East).

Asano Station is served by the Tsurumi Line, and forms a junction between the Tsurumi Main Line and Umi-Shibaura Branch Line. It is located 3.0 kilometers from the western terminus at Tsurumi Station.

Asano Station has an island platform (platforms 1 and 2) and two opposed side platforms (platforms 3 and 4) serving four tracks.

The Tsurumi Line mainline platforms (1 and 2), June 2015

The Umi-Shibaura Branch Line platforms (3 and 4), June 2015

The station opened on March 10, 1926 on the privately owned Tsurumi Rinkō Railway (鶴見臨港鉄道 Tsurumi Rinkō Tetsudō?). The Tsurumi Rinkō line was nationalized on July 1, 1943, and was later absorbed into the Japanese National Railways (JNR) network. The station has been unstaffed since March 1, 1971. Upon the privatization of JNR on April 1, 1987, the station has been operated by JR East.


Coordinates: 35°29′51.19″N 139°41′44.6″E / 35.4975528°N 139.695722°E / 35.4975528; 139.695722


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