Kuji Station (Kanagawa)

JN12
Kuji Station
JN12; Kuji Station; 久地駅
	Kuji Station
Location	Kuji 4-24-1, Takatsu, Kawasaki, Kanagawa; （川崎市高津区久地四丁目24-1）; Japan
Operated by	JR East
Line(s)	JN Nambu Line
Distance	14.9 km from Kawasaki
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	2
Other information
Website	www.jreast.co.jp/estation/station/info.aspx?StationCd=615
History
Opened	1927
Previous names	Kuji-Bairin (until 1942)
Passengers
FY2018	14,324 daily

Kuji Station (久地駅, Kuji-eki) is a railway station operated by JR East's Nambu Line located in Takatsu-ku, Kawasaki, Japan. It is 14.9 kilometers from the terminus of the Nambu Line at Kawasaki Station.

History

Kuji Station opened as Kuji-Bairin Stop (久地梅林停車場, Kuji-Bairin-Teishajo) on the Nambu Railway on August 11, 1927. The stop was raised in status to that of a full station on April 16, 1942. Along with nationalization of Nambu Railway, the station became Kuji Station of Japanese Government Railway Nambu Line on April 1, 1944, and part of the Japan National Railways (JNR) from 1946. Along with privatization and division of JNR, JR East started operating the station on April 1, 1987.

Lines

East Japan Railway Company
- Nambu Line

Station layout

Kuji Station has two opposed side platforms serving two tracks, connected by an overpass. The station is attended, but is a Kan'i itaku station operated by the East Japan Eco Access Co., Ltd

Platforms

1	JN Nambu Line	for Musashi-Mizonokuchi, Musashi-Kosugi, and Kawasaki
2	JN Nambu Line	for Noborito, Fuchū-Hommachi, and Tachikawa

Old station building (September 2007)
Ticket barrier (September 2019)
Closed Midori no Madoguchi ticket office (February 2016)
Side platforms (September 2019)

Adjacent stations

«	Service
JR East
Nambu Line JN12
Rapid: Does not stop at this station
Tsudayama JN11	Local	Shukugawara JN13

References

Harris, Ken and Clarke, Jackie. Jane's World Railways 2008-2009. Jane's Information Group (2008). ISBN 0-7106-2861-7

External links

(in Japanese) JR East Station info

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