Odasakae Station


Odasakae Station is a railway station on the Nambu Branch Line in Kawasaki-ku, Kawasaki, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company. It opened on 26 March 2016.

Lines

Odasakae Station is served by the 4.1 km Nambu Branch Line between and. Located between and Hama-Kawasaki, it is 2.7 km from the starting point of the line at Shitte.

Station layout

The station has two side platforms approximately 50 m long serving two tracks on the otherwise single-track line. The platforms are separated by the Odasakae level crossing, with the down platform located on the north-west side, and the up platform on the south-east side.

Platforms

Adjacent stations

History

Details of the proposed station were announced by JR East in January 2015, with the station provisionally named Odasakae-Shin Station. A public ballot was held in August 2015 to select the name of the new station from among three candidates: Odasakae Station, Oda-Kawasaki Station, and Oda-Yasaka-Shin Station. The name Odasakae was announced in September 2015.
The total construction cost of approximately 548 million yen was borne equally by JR East and the city of Kawasaki.
From 1 October 2016, JR East has introduced station numbering in the Tokyo area, with Odasakae Station becoming "JN 53".

Passenger statistics

The station is expected to be used by an average of approximately 3,500 passengers daily.

Surrounding area