Hirama Station
# Hirama Station

Hirama Station (平間駅, Hirama-eki) is a passenger railway station located in Nakahara-ku, Kawasaki, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan, operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East).

## Lines

Hirama Station is served by the Nambu Line. The station is 5.3 km (3.3 mi) from the southern terminus of the line at Kawasaki Station.

## Station layout

The station consists of two opposed side platforms serving two tracks, connected by a footbridge. The station is staffed.

### Platforms

| 1 | JN Nambu Line | for Kawasaki |
| - | - | - |
| 2 | JN Nambu Line | for Musashi-Kosugi, Musashi-Mizonokuchi, Noborito, and Tachikawa |

* The ticket barriers leading to the platform in October 2008
* The platforms in June 2017

## History

Hirama Station opened as a station on the Nambu Railway on 9 March 1927. The Nambu Railway was nationalized on 1 April 1944, and the station came under the control of Japanese National Railways (JNR). With the privatization of JNR on 1 April 1987, the station was absorbed into the JR East network.

## Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 14,930 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).

The passenger figures (boarding passengers only) for previous years are as shown below.

| Fiscal year | daily average |
| - | - |
| 2005 | 13,918 |
| 2010 | 14,136 |
| 2015 | 14,509 |

## Surrounding area

* Hirama Ginza Shopping Street
* Kanagawa Prefectural Kawasaki Technical High School
* Kawasaki Municipal Tachibana High School
