Musashi-Mizonokuchi Station

Musashi-Mizonokuchi Station 武蔵溝ノ口駅
The platforms
Location
Prefecture	Kanagawa (See other stations in Kanagawa)
City	Kawasaki
Ward	Takatsu
Neighborhood etc.	Mizonokuchi
Postal Code	213-0001
(in Japanese)	神奈川県川崎市高津区溝口
History
Year opened	1927
Rail services
Operator(s)	JR East
Line(s)	Nambu Line
Statistics	73,315 passengers/day 2008
Large bus terminal(s) attached to the station

Musashi-Mizonokuchi Station (武蔵溝ノ口駅, Musashi-Mizonokuchi-eki^?) is a railway station in Takatsu-ku, Kawasaki, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East).

Lines

Musashi-Mizonokuchi Station is served by the Nambu Line, and is located 12.7 km from the terminus at Kawasaki Station. Mizonokuchi Station on the Tōkyū Den-en-toshi Line is located next to this station.

Station layout

Musashi-Mizonokuchi Station has one side platform for ascending traffic (for Kawasaki), and one island platform for descending traffic (for Tachikawa). Platform 3 is used for services originating at this station. The station building was rebuilt as an elevated station in 1998.

Platforms

1	■Nambu Line	for Musashi-Kosugi and Kawasaki
2	■Nambu Line	for Noborito, Fuchū-Hommachi, and Tachikawa
3	■Nambu Line	(starting/waiting trains) for Musashi-Kosugi, Kawasaki, Noborito, Fuchū-Hommachi, and Tachikawa

Adjacent stations

«		Service	»
Nambu Line
Musashi-Shinjō		Local	Tsudayama

History

Musashi-Mizonokuchi Station opened as a station on the Nambu Railway on March 9, 1927. The Nambu Railway was nationalized on April 1, 1944 becoming part of the Japanese Government Railway (JGR) system, which became the Japan National Railways (JNR) from 1946. Freight services were discontinued on March 1, 1976. Along with privatization and division of JNR, JR East started operating the station on April 1, 1987.

See also

• 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

External links

Media related to Musashi-Mizonokuchi Station at Wikimedia Commons

• JR East Station information (Japanese)

Coordinates: 35°35′57″N 139°36′39.52″E / 35.59917°N 139.6109778°E / 35.59917; 139.6109778