Chigasaki Station

Chigasaki Station (茅ヶ崎駅, Chigasaki-eki) is a station in Chigasaki, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. It is operated by the East Japan Railway Company. It is 56.8 rail kilometers from Tokyo Station.

JT10
Chigasaki Station

茅ヶ崎駅
North side of the station
LocationMotomachi 1-1, Chigasaki, Kanagawa
(神奈川県茅ヶ崎市元町1-1)
Japan
Operated byJR East
Line(s)
Connections
  • Bus terminal
History
Opened1898
Traffic
Passengers (2008)55,990 daily

History

Chigasaki Station was opened on June 15, 1898 for both passenger and freight service as part of the section of the Japan National Railway (JNR) Tōkaidō Main Line connecting Yokohama with Kōzu. The adjacent Sagami Line station (then operated by the Sagami Railway opened on September 28, 1921. It was nationalized on June 1, 1944, becoming part of the Japan National Railways. Scheduled freight services were discontinued from 1984, and small parcel services from 1985. With the dissolution and privatization of the JNR on April 1, 1987, the station came under the operational control of the East Japan Railway Company. The north exit bus terminal was greatly expanded in 1996 and 1998. Automated turnstiles using the Suica IC Card system came into operation on November 18, 2001. The station building was reconstructed in 2006 to include a multi-story department store.

Lines

This station is served by the following lines:

Station layout

Chigasaki Station has three island platforms connected by overpasses:

1,2  Sagami Line for Ebina, Kamimizo, Hashimoto, Hachiōji (via JH Yokohama Line)
3  Tōkaidō Line (Shōnan Liner) for Shinagawa and Tokyo
for Shinjuku
4  Tōkaidō Line (Shōnan Liner) for Hiratsuka and Odawara
5 JT Tokaido Line
(Ueno-Tokyo Line)
for Yokohama, Tokyo, Ueno, Ōmiya
JU Utsunomiya Line for Utsunomiya and Kuroiso
JU Takasaki Line for Takasaki and Maebashi
JS Shōnan-Shinjuku Line for Yokohama, Shibuya, Shinjuku, Ikebukuro, Ōmiya, Takasaki and Maebashi (via JU Takasaki Line)
6 JT Tōkaidō Line for Kōzu, Odawara, Atami, Numazu
JT Itō Line for Itō

The song "Kibō no Wadachi" by the Southern All-Stars began to be used as the departure melody for platforms 5 and 6 from 1 October 2014.

Adjacent stations

Service
Tōkaidō Line JT10
Hiratsuka JT11   Commuter Rapid   Fujisawa JT08
Hiratsuka JT11   Rapid Acty   Fujisawa JT08
Hiratsuka JT11   Local   Tsujidō JT09
Shōnan-Shinjuku Line JT10
Hiratsuka JT11   Special Rapid   Fujisawa JT08
Hiratsuka JT11   Rapid   Tsujidō JT09
Sagami Line
Terminus - Kita-Chigasaki

References

  • Yoshikawa, Fumio. Tokaido-sen 130-nen no ayumi. Grand-Prix Publishing (2002) ISBN 4-87687-234-1 (in Japanese)

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