Musashi-Nakahara Station


Musashi-Nakahara Station is a railway station on the Nambu Line in Nakahara-ku, Kawasaki, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company.

Lines

Musashi-Nakahara Station is served by the Nambu Line, and is located 9.2 kilometers from the terminus of the line at Kawasaki Station.

Station layout

The station is staffed and consists of two island platforms serving four tracks. Platforms 2 and 3 are used for trains starting from Musashi-Nakahara, as their tracks in the opposite direction lead to Nakahara Depot.

Platforms

Facilities

History

Musashi-Nakahara Station opened as a station on the Nambu Railway on March 9, 1927. The Nambu Railway was nationalized on April 1, 1944, becoming part of the Japanese Government Railway system, which became the Japanese National Railways from 1946. Freight operations were discontinued from January 16, 1961. Along with privatization and division of JNR, JR East started operating the station on April 1, 1987. The station was rebuilt in 1990, moving 200 meters towards Musashi-Kosugi Station, and with the tracks becoming elevated.