Umi-Shibaura Station

Umi-Shibaura Station 海芝浦駅
Umi-Shibaura Station viewed from the Toshiba premises, April 2007
Location	2 Suehiro-chō, Tsurumi, Yokohama, Kanagawa （横浜市鶴見区末広町2丁目） Japan
Operated by	JR East
Line(s)	Tsurumi Line
Connections
History
Opened	1940

Umi-Shibaura Station (海芝浦駅, Umi-shibaura-eki^?) is a railway station on the Tsurumi Line in Tsurumi-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East).

Umi-Shibaura station is the terminus of the Umi-Shibaura branch of the Tsurumi Line and lies 4.7 kilometres (2.9 mi) from the terminus at Tsurumi Station.

A single side platform, located on the waterfront of Tokyo Bay, serves one line for both inbound and outbound trains. The exit is located opposite the buffer stop, with simplified Suica terminals and a ticket disposal box. There is also an automatic ticket machine.

View of the platform and adjacent Tokyo Bay, December 2009

View of the platform, April 2007

The station exit, Toshiba plant entrance, and Shibaura Park, April 2007

Panorama of the view from the platform, June 2015

Umi-Shibaura is served hourly during off-peak times (midday, night and weekends), with more frequent services during morning and evening rush hours.

Umi-Shibaura Station was opened on 1 November 1940 as a station on a spur line of the privately held Tsurumi Rinkō Railway (鶴見臨港鉄道, Tsurumi Rinkō Tetsudō^?). The Tsurumi Rinkō line was nationalized on 1 July 1943, and was later absorbed into the Japanese National Railways (JNR) network. The station has been unstaffed since 1 March 1971, although the adjacent Toshiba guardhouse is staffed 24 hours a day. Following the privatization of JNR on 1 April 1987, the station was transferred to operation by JR East. In 2000, Umi-Shibaura Station was selected as one of the top 100 stations in the Kantō region by a public poll conducted by the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism.