Kawasaki Station
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Kawasaki Station
川崎駅 |
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The east side of the station in October 2011
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| Location | Ekimae-Honchō, Kawasaki-ku, Kawasaki-shi, Kanagawa-ken 210-0007 Japan |
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| Platforms | 3 island platforms |
| Tracks | 6 |
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| Website | www |
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| Opened | 10 July 1872 |
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| Passengers (FY2014) | 204,153 daily |
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 Kawasaki Station
Location within Japan
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Kawasaki Station (川崎駅 Kawasaki-eki?) is a railway station in Kawasaki, Kanagawa, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East).
Kawasaki Station is served by the following JR East lines.
The station has three island platforms serving six tracks.
The station opened on July 10, 1872 (June 5 in original Japanese calendar then in use) as the first intermediate station of the first railway in Japan when it was providing a trial service on the section between Shinagawa Station and Sakuragichō Station in Yokohama before the official inauguration in October 1872.
The Nambu Railway, which later became the Nambu Line, opened on March 9, 1927.
Kawasaki City Tram operated a 6.7-kilometre long (4.2 mi) line from its Shiden Kawasaki terminal in front of this station to the now-closed Shiohama Station from 1944 to 1969.
In fiscal 2014, the JR East station was used by an average of 204,153 passengers daily (boarding passengers only), making it the tenth-busiest station operated by JR East. The passenger figures for previous years are as shown below.
Connected to the west side of the station is the Lazona Kawasaki Plaza shopping mall. Connected to the east of the station is the "Kawasaki BE" shopping complex. There are also various other commercial establishments around the station, including More-s Department Store, Yodobashi Camera, and Tokyu Hands. Keikyu Kawasaki Station, operated by the private railway operator Keikyu is located to the northeast.
The basement area of the adjoining More's department store is home to what is dubbed "the world's shortest escalator", with a height difference of just 83.4 cm (2 ft 8.8 in).
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