Musashi-Kosugi Station

Musashi-Kosugi Station 武蔵小杉駅
JR East Musashi-Kosugi Station, north exit
Location
Prefecture	Kanagawa (See other stations in Kanagawa)
City	Kawasaki
Ward	Nakahara

Musashi-Kosugi Station (武蔵小杉駅, Musashi-Kosugi-eki^?) is a railway interchange station located in Nakahara Ward of eastern Kawasaki, Kanagawa, Japan. It is served by JR East's Nambu Line, Yokosuka Line and Shōnan-Shinjuku Line, as well as Tokyu Corporation's Tōyoko Line and Meguro Line.

JR East

JR East
Musashi-Kosugi Station 武蔵小杉駅
Location
Neighborhood etc.	3-492 Kosugimachi
Postal Code	211-0063
(in Japanese)	神奈川県川崎市中原区小杉町3-492
History
Year opened	1927
Rail services
Operator(s)	JR East
Line(s)	Nambu Line Yokosuka Line Shōnan-Shinjuku Line
Statistics	76,831 passengers/day 2009[1]
Large bus terminal(s) attached to the station

Station layout

JR Musashi-Kosugi Station has two opposed side platforms serving the two tracks (Platform 1 and Platform 2) of the Nambu Line and one island platform serving the two tracks (Platform 3 and Platform 4) of the Yokosuka Line. The Shōnan-Shinjuku Line and Narita Express share the Yokosuka Line platforms. The two sections of the JR station are located separately and connected by a 400 m long passage. All platforms are elevated, as is the station building.

Platforms

1	■Nambu Line	for Mukaigawara, Yakō, Kawasaki
2	■Nambu Line	for Musashi-Mizonokuchi, Noborito, Tachikawa
3	■Yokosuka Line	for Yokohama, Ōfuna, Kurihama
	■Shōnan-Shinjuku Line (for the Tokaido Line)	for Yokohama, Hiratsuka, Odawara
	■Narita Express	for Yokohama, Ōfuna
	■Super View Odoriko	for Atami, Izukyū-Shimoda
4	■Yokosuka Line	for Tokyo, Chiba, Narita Airport
	■Narita Express	for Narita Airport
	■Shōnan-Shinjuku Line	for Shibuya, Shinjuku, Ōmiya
	■Super View Odoriko	for Shinjuku, Ikebukuro

Adjacent stations

«		Service	»
Nambu Line
Mukaigawara		-	Musashi-Nakahara
Yokosuka Line
Nishi-Ōi		-	Shin-Kawasaki
Shōnan-Shinjuku Line
Nishi-Ōi		Ustsunomiya Line - Yokosuka Line through trains (Local)	Shin-Kawasaki
Ōsaki		Takasaki Line - Tokaido Line through trains (Rapid, Special Rapid)	Yokohama

Tokyu

Tokyu
Musashi-Kosugi Station 武蔵小杉駅
Location
Neighborhood etc.	3-472 Kosugimachi
Postal Code	211-0063
(in Japanese)	神奈川県川崎市中原区小杉町3-472
History
Year opened	1945
Rail services
Operator(s)	Tokyu Corporation
Line(s)	Tōyoko Line Meguro Line
Statistics	205,822 passengers/day 2008

Station layout

Tokyu Musashi-Kosugi Station has two island platforms serving four tracks. The outer tracks (Platform 1 and Platform 4) are used by the Tōkyū Tōyoko Line, and the inner tracks (Platform 2 and Platform 3) are used by the Tōkyū Meguro Line. All platforms are elevated, as is the station building.

Platforms

1	■Tōkyū Tōyoko Line	for Kikuna, Yokohama, Minatomirai, Motomachi-Chūkagai
2	■Tōkyū Meguro Line	for Hiyoshi
3	■Tōkyū Meguro Line	for Ōokayama, Meguro, Akabane-Iwabuchi (Tokyo Metro Namboku Line), Urawa-Misono (Saitama Rapid Railway Line), Nishi-Takashimadaira (Toei Mita Line)
4	■Tōkyū Tōyoko Line	for Jiyūgaoka, Naka-Meguro, Shibuya, Kita-Senju (Tokyo Metro Hibiya Line)

Adjacent stations

«		Service	»
Tōkyū Tōyoko Line
Shin-Maruko		Local		Motosumiyoshi
Tamagawa		Express		Hiyoshi
Jiyūgaoka		Commuter Ltd. Exp.		Hiyoshi
Jiyūgaoka		Ltd. Exp.		Kikuna
Tōkyū Meguro Line
Shin-Maruko		Local		Motosumiyoshi
Tamagawa		Express		Hiyoshi

History

The area around the station was served by the Nambu and Tōyoko lines since 1920s, but it took long time to have this integrated Musashi-Kosugi Station in 1945. Since then, the station has functioned as a major transfer point for people residing in Kawasaki (along the Nambu Line) who commute to Tokyo.

Although the station was already a major station along the two lines in 1990s, the station started further expansion of its role when the Meguro Line opened in 2000 with direct service to the Tokyo subway lines. The 2010 opening of the new platform for the Yokosuka Line and Shōnan-Shinjuku Line connected the station with many directions in Kantō region, including Narita Airport.

Musashi-Kosugi Station opened as Ground-mae Stop (グラウンド前停留場, Guraundomae-Teiryūjō^?) and as Musashi-Kosugi Stop (武蔵小杉停留場, Musashi-Kosugi-Teiryūjō^?) on the Nambu Railway on November 1, 1927. The nearby Kōgyōtoshi Station (工業都市駅, Kōgyōtoshi-eki^?) on the Tōyoko Line opened on December 11, 1939. The Nambu Railway was nationalized on April 1, 1944, becoming part of into the Japanese Government Railway (JGR) system. Ground-mae Stop became Musashi-Kosugi Station, and the former Musashi-Kosugi Stop was abolished. After the end of World War II, the JGR became the Japan National Railways (JNR). On June 16, 1945, Musashi-Kosugi Station on the Tōyoko Line opened, and on March 31, 1953 Kōgyōtoshi Station was abolished.

On November 27, 1988, Grade separation work removed the level crossings on Tachikawa-bound tracks, and by December 20, 1988, grade separation work removed the level crossings on Kawasaki-bound tracks. Along with privatization and division of JNR, JR East started operating the former JNR portion of the station on April 1, 1987. On August 6, 2000, the Tōkyū Meguro Line opened; the line was extended to connect to the Tōkyū Meguro Line on June 22, 2008. The station was further expanded on March 13, 2010, when Yokosuka Line and Shōnan-Shinjuku Line trains began stopping.

Surrounding area

Musashi-Kosugi

• Nippon Medical School Musashi-kosugi Campus
• Nippon Medical University Musashi Kosugi Hospital
• Todoroki Ryokuchi athletic park

See also

Media related to Musashi-Kosugi Station at Wikimedia Commons

• List of railway stations in Japan

References

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

1. ^ JR East statistics (2009). Boarding passengers only.

External links

• Musashi-Kosugi Station (JR East) (Japanese)
• Musashi-Kosugi Station (Tokyu Corporation) (Japanese)

Coordinates: 35°34′33″N 139°39′35″E / 35.575736°N 139.659665°E / 35.575736; 139.659665