Shitte Station

Shitte Station (尻手駅, Shitte-eki) is a railway station on the Nambu Line in Saiwai-ku, Kawasaki, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East).

This article is about the station in Kanagawa Prefecture. For the freight terminal in Ibaraki Prefecture, see Shitte Freight Terminal.
JN02
Shitte Station

尻手駅
The station building in October 2015
Location3 Minami-Saiwaichō, Saiwai-ku, Kawasaki-shi, Kanagawa-ken 212-0016
Japan
Operated by JR East
Line(s)
Distance1.7 km from Kawasaki
Tracks3
ConnectionsBus stop
Other information
Websitewww.jreast.co.jp/estation/station/info.aspx?StationCd=786
History
Opened9 March 1927 (1927-03-09)
Passengers
FY201312,873 daily
Location
Shitte Station
Location within Kanagawa Prefecture
Shitte Station
Shitte Station (Japan)

Lines

Shitte Station is served by the 35.5 km Nambu Line from Tachikawa to Kawasaki, and lies 1.7 km from the southern terminus of the line at Kawasaki. It is also the northern terminus and starting point of the 4.1 km Nambu Branch Line to Hama-Kawasaki.

Station layout

Shitte Station has a single side platform and an island platform serving three elevated tracks, connected by an underpass. The station has a "Midori no Madoguchi" staffed ticket office.

Platforms
1 JN Nambu Line for Kawasaki
2 JN Nambu Line for Musashi-Kosugi, Musashi-Mizonokuchi, Noborito, and Tachikawa
3 JN Nambu Branch Line for Hatchōnawate and Hama-Kawasaki
  • The station entrance in October 2015
  • The ticket office and ticket machines in January 2016
  • The passageway leading to the platforms in January 2016
  • Platform 1 viewed from the south end of platform 2 in January 2016
  • The view looking north from platform 1 in April 2011
  • The view looking south from platforms 2/3 in April 2011

Adjacent stations
« Service »
Nambu Line JN02
Rapid: Does not stop at this station
Kawasaki
KWSJN01
   Local   Yakō JN03
Nambu Branch Line JN02
Terminus Local Hatchōnawate JN51

History

The station opened on the Nambu Railway on March 9, 1927, initially named Shitte Halt (尻手停留場, Shitte-Teiryūjō).[1] It officially became a full station in 1929.[1] The Nambu Branch Line opened on 25 March 1930, initially as a freight-only line.[1] The Nambu Railway was nationalized on April 1, 1944, becoming part of the Japanese Government Railway (JGR) system, which became the Japanese National Railways (JNR) from 1949. A freight-only spur line to the Shin-Tsurumi Freight Terminal was opened on 1 October 1973 from the line just north of the station.[1] With the privatization of JNR on 1 April 1987, the station came under the control of JR East.[1]

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2013, the station was used by an average of 12,873 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[2] The passenger figures for previous years are as shown below.

Fiscal yearDaily average
20009,990[3]
200511,079[4]
201011,691[5]
201312,873[2]

Surrounding area

See also

References
  1. Ishino, Tetsu, ed. (1998). 停車場変遷大辞典 国鉄・JR編 [Station Transition Directory - JNR/JR]. II. Japan: JTB. pp. 65–69. ISBN 4-533-02980-9.
  2. 各駅の乗車人員 (2013年度) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2013)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. 2014. Retrieved 30 October 2014.
  3. 各駅の乗車人員 (2000年度) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2000)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. 2001. Retrieved 30 October 2014.
  4. 各駅の乗車人員 (2005年度) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2005)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. 2006. Retrieved 30 October 2014.
  5. 各駅の乗車人員 (2010年度) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2010)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. 2011. Retrieved 30 October 2014.

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