Ōkawa Station (大川駅, Ōkawa-eki) is a passenger railway station located in Kawasaki-ku, Kawasaki, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan,operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East). It is also a freight depot for the Japan Freight Railway Company (JR Freight).
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JI61 Ōkawa Station 大川駅 | |||||||||||
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Ōkawa Station in October 2008 | |||||||||||
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Location | Ōkawa-chō, Kawasaki-ku, Kawasaki-shi, Kanagawa-ken 210-0858 Japan | ||||||||||
Coordinates | 35°29′43.6″N 139°42′41″E | ||||||||||
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Line(s) | JI Tsurumi Line | ||||||||||
Distance | 5.1 km from Tsurumi | ||||||||||
Platforms | 1 side platform | ||||||||||
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Station code | JI61 | ||||||||||
Website | Official website | ||||||||||
History | |||||||||||
Opened | 10 March 1926 | ||||||||||
Passengers | |||||||||||
[1] | 1009 daily | ||||||||||
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Ōkawa Station is the terminus of the Ōkawa branch of the Tsurumi Line, and is 5.1 km from the western terminus of the line at Tsurumi Station.
The station consists of a single side platform serving a single track for both inbound and outbound trains. The station is unattended.
1 | JI Tsurumi Line (Ōkawa Branch) |
for Anzen, Bentembashi and Tsurumi |
Ōkawa Station opened on 10 March 1926, as a freight-handling station on the privately held Tsurumi Rinko Railway (鶴見臨港鉄道, Tsurumi Rinko Tetsudo).[2] Passenger services started on October 28, 1930.[2] The line was nationalized on July 1, 1943, and was later absorbed into the Japanese National Railways (JNR) network.[2] The station has been unattended since March 1, 1971.[citation needed] With the privatization of JNR on April 1, 1987, the station came under the control of JR East.[2]
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Stations of the Tsurumi Line | ||
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Umi-Shibaura Branch: |
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