Kita-Chigasaki Station

Kita-Chigasaki Station
北茅ヶ崎駅
Location Chigasaki 3-1-1, Chigasaki, Kanagawa
（神奈川県茅ヶ崎市茅ヶ崎三丁目3-1）
Japan
Operated by JR East
Line(s) Sagami Line
Connections
    History
    Opened 1940
    Previous names Nitto (until 1944)
    Traffic
    Passengers (2008) 2,709 daily
    Kita-Chigasaki Station in 2004

    Kita-Chigasaki Station (北茅ヶ崎駅, Kita-Chigasaki-eki) is a train station in the city of Chigasaki, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. It is 1.3 rail kilometers from the terminal station of the Sagami Line, Chigasaki.

    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. The station has been unmanned since June 2007.

    Line

    Kita-Chigasaki Station is served by the following line:

    Station layout

    The station consists of a single island platform connected to a small station building by an overpass.

    Platforms

    1 ■ JR Sagami Line Trains in the direction of Hashimoto
    2 ■ JR Sagami Line Trains in the direction of Chigasaki

    Adjacent stations

    ←Service→
    Chigasaki   JR Sagami Line   Kagawa

    Coordinates: 35°20′20.8″N 139°24′27.3″E / 35.339111°N 139.407583°E / 35.339111; 139.407583

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