Hirama Station (平間駅, Hirama-eki) is a passenger railway station located in Nakahara-ku, Kawasaki, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan, operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East).
JN05 Hirama Station 平間駅 | |||||||||||
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Hirama Station entrance in November 2011 | |||||||||||
General information | |||||||||||
Location | Tajiri-chō, Nakahara-ku, Kawasaki-shi, Kanagawa-ken 211-0014 Japan | ||||||||||
Coordinates | 35.5606°N 139.6712°E / 35.5606; 139.6712 | ||||||||||
Operated by | ![]() | ||||||||||
Line(s) | JN Nambu Line | ||||||||||
Distance | 5.3 km from Kawasaki | ||||||||||
Platforms | 2 side platforms | ||||||||||
Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
Connections | Bus stop | ||||||||||
Other information | |||||||||||
Station code | JN05 | ||||||||||
Website | Official website | ||||||||||
History | |||||||||||
Opened | 9 March 1927 | ||||||||||
Passengers | |||||||||||
FY2019 | 14,930 daily | ||||||||||
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Hirama Station is served by the Nambu Line. The station is 5.3 km from the southern terminus of the line at Kawasaki Station.
The station consists of two opposed side platforms serving two tracks, connected by a footbridge. The station is staffed.
1 | JN Nambu Line | for Kawasaki |
2 | JN Nambu Line | for Musashi-Kosugi, Musashi-Mizonokuchi, Noborito, and Tachikawa |
Hirama Station opened as a station on the Nambu Railway on March 9, 1927.[1] The Nambu Railway was nationalized on April 1, 1944, and the station came under the control of Japanese National Railways (JNR).[1] With the privatization of JNR on April 1, 1987, the station was absorbed into the JR East network.[1]
In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 14,930 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[2]
The passenger figures (boarding passengers only) for previous years are as shown below.
Fiscal year | daily average |
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2005 | 13,918[3] |
2010 | 14,136[4] |
2015 | 14,509[5] |
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