Chigasaki Station

Chigasaki Station 茅ヶ崎駅
North side of the station
Location
Prefecture	Kanagawa (See other stations in Kanagawa)
City	Chigasaki
Neighborhood etc.	Motomachi 1-1
(in Japanese)	神奈川県茅ヶ崎市元町1-1
History
Year opened	1898
Rail services
Operator(s)	JR East
Line(s)	Tōkaidō Main Line Sagami Line
Statistics	55,990 passengers/day 2008
Major bus terminal(s) attached to the 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.

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:

• East Japan Railway Company
  • Tōkaidō Main Line
  • Sagami Line
  • Shōnan-Shinjuku Line

Station layout

Chigasaki Station has three island platforms connected by overpasses/

1・2	■Sagami Line	Ebina ・ Kamimizo ・ Hashimoto ・(Yokohama Line) Hachiōji
3	■Tōkaidō Line (Shōnan Liner)	Shinagawa ・ Tokyo ・ Shinjuku
4	■Tōkaidō Line (Shōnan Liner)	Hiratsuka ・ Odawara
5	■Tōkaidō Line	Ōfuna ・ Yokohama ・ Shinagawa ・ Tokyo
	■Shōnan-Shinjuku Line (through service for Takasaki Line)	Shibuya ・ Shinjuku ・ Ikebukuro ・ Ōmiya ・ Kumagaya ・ Takasaki ・ Maebashi
6	■Tōkaidō Line	Hiratsuka ・ Odawara ・ Atami ・ Numazu ・ (Itō Line) Itō ・(Gotemba Line) Yamakita

Adjacent stations

«		Service		»
Tsujidō		Tōkaidō Line		Hiratsuka
Fujisawa		Rapid Acty	Hiratsuka
Fujisawa		Commuter Rapid	Hiratsuka
		Shōnan-Shinjuku Line
Tsujidō		Rapid	Hiratsuka
Fujisawa		Special Rapid	Hiratsuka
Terminus		Sagami Line		Kita-Chigasaki

References

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

External links

• JR East station information (Japanese)

Coordinates: 35°19′49″N 139°24′24″E / 35.33028°N 139.40667°E / 35.33028; 139.40667