Kita-Chigasaki Station

Kita-Chigasaki Station (北茅ヶ崎駅, Kita-Chigasaki-eki) is a passenger railway station located in the city of Chigasaki, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan, operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East).

Kita-Chigasaki Station

北茅ヶ崎駅
Kita-Chigasaki Station in 2023
General information
LocationChigasaki 3-1-1, Chigasaki-shi, Kanagawa-ken 253-0041
Japan
Coordinates35°20′20.8″N 139°24′27.3″E
Operated by JR East
Line(s)■ Sagami Line
Distance1.3 km from Chigasaki.
Platforms1 island platform
Connections
    Other information
    StatusStaffed
    WebsiteOfficial website
    History
    Opened2,870
    Previous namesNitto (until 1944)
    Passengers
    FY20195,709 daily (boarding passengers)
    Services
    Preceding station Logo of the East Japan Railway Company (JR East) JR East Following station
    Kagawa
    towards Hachiōji
    		 Sagami Line Chigasaki
    Terminus
    Location
    Kita-Chigasaki Station is located in Kanagawa Prefecture
    Kita-Chigasaki Station
    Kita-Chigasaki Station
    Location within Kanagawa Prefecture
    Kita-Chigasaki Station is located in Japan
    Kita-Chigasaki Station
    Kita-Chigasaki Station
    Kita-Chigasaki Station (Japan)
    Kita-Chigasaki Station in 2023

    Lines

    Kita-Chigasaki Station is served by the Sagami Line, and is located 1.3 kilometers from the terminus of the line at Chigasaki.

    Station layout

    The station consists of a single island platform connected to a small station building by a footbridge. The station is staffed.

    History

    Kita-Chigasaki was opened on February 1, 1940 as Nitto Station (日東駅, Nitto-eki) on the Sagami Railway. It assumed its present name on June 1, 1944, when the Sagami Railway was nationalized and merged with the Japan National Railways. Freight services were discontinued from November 1986. On April 1, 1987, with the dissolution and privatization of the Japan National Railways, the station came under the operation of JR East. Automated turnstiles using the Suica IC card system came into operation from November 2001.

    Passenger statistics

    In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 2,870 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[1]

    The passenger figures (boarding passengers only) for previous years are as shown below.

    Fiscal yeardaily average
    20052,595[2]
    20102,601[3]
    20152,837[4]

    Surrounding area
    • Chigasaki Municipal Hospital
    • Kanagawa Prefectural Tsurumine High School
    • Toho Titanium / Chigasaki Factory
    • AGC Seimi Chemical / Chigasaki Factory
    • Tokai Carbon Shonan Factory

    See also

    References
    1. 各駅の乗車人員 (2019年度) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2019)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. 2020. Retrieved 11 August 2020.
    2. 神奈川県県勢要覧（平成18年度） [Kanagawa Prefecture official statistics (fiscal 2005)] (PDF) (in Japanese). Japan: Kanagawa Metropolitan Government. Retrieved 26 March 2021.
    3. 神奈川県県勢要覧（平成23年度） [Kanagawa Prefecture official statistics (fiscal 2010)] (PDF) (in Japanese). Japan: Kanagawa Prefecture. Retrieved 26 March 2021.
    4. 神奈川県県勢要覧（平成28年度 [Kanagawa Prefecture official statistics (fiscal 2010)] (PDF) (in Japanese). Japan: Kanagawa Prefecture. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 August 2017. Retrieved 26 March 2021.

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