Musashi-Shinjō Station (武蔵新城駅, Musashi-Shinjō-eki) is a passenger railway station located in Nakahara-ku, Kawasaki, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan, operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East).
JN09 Musashi-Shinjō Station 武蔵新城駅 | |||||||||||
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Musashi-Shinjō Station North Exit | |||||||||||
General information | |||||||||||
Location | Kami-Shinjō 2-11-1, Nakahara-ku, Kawasaki-shi, Kawasaki, Kanagawa-ken 211-0044 Japan | ||||||||||
Coordinates | 35.5875°N 139.6291°E / 35.5875; 139.6291 | ||||||||||
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Line(s) | JN Nambu Line | ||||||||||
Distance | 10.5 km from Kawasaki | ||||||||||
Platforms | 1 island | ||||||||||
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Station code | JN09 | ||||||||||
Website | Official website | ||||||||||
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Opened | April 1, 1944 | ||||||||||
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2019 | 37,642 daily | ||||||||||
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Musashi-Shinjō Station is served by the Nambu Line. The station is 10.5 km the southern terminus of the line at Kawasaki Station.
The station consists of a single elevated island platform serving two tracks with the station building underneath. The station is attended.
1 | JN Nambu Line | for Musashi-Kosugi and Kawasaki |
2 | JN Nambu Line | for Musashi-Mizonokuchi, Noborito, Fuchū-Hommachi, and Tachikawa |
Musashi-Shinjō Station opened as Musashi-Shinjō Stop (武蔵新城停車場, Musashi-Shinjō-Teishajo) on the Nambu Railway on August 11, 1927. The stop was raised in status to that of a full station on April 1, 1944 with the nationalization of Nambu Railway, into the Japanese Government Railway (JGR) Nambu Line system. The JGR became the Japan National Railways (JNR) from 1946. Along with privatization and division of JNR, JR East started operating the station on April 1, 1987. The tracks were elevated and the station rebuilt in 1990.
In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 37,642 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[1]
The passenger figures (boarding passengers only) for previous years are as shown below.
Fiscal year | daily average |
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2005 | 28,679[2] |
2010 | 31,620[3] |
2015 | 35,325[4] |
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