Mukaigawara Station
# Mukaigawara Station

Mukaigawara Station (向河原駅, Mukaigawara-eki) is a passenger railway station located in Nakahara-ku, Kawasaki, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan, operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East).

## Lines

Mukaigawara Station is served by the Nambu Line. The station is 6.6 km (4.1 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 attended.

### Platforms

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

## History

Mukaigawara Station opened as a station on the Nambu Railway on 9 March 1927. It was renamed Nihon-Denki-mae Station (日本電気前駅, Nihon-Denki-mae-eki) on 5 August 1940. Along with nationalization of Nambu Railway, the station reverted to its original name under the Japanese Government Railway Nambu Line on 1 April 1944, and became part of the Japan National Railways (JNR) system from 1946. Freight operations were discontinued from 1973. Along with privatization and division of JNR, JR East started operating the station on 1 April 1987.

## Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 12,385 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).

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

| Fiscal year | daily average |
| - | - |
| 2005 | 13,897 |
| 2010 | 15,077 |
| 2015 | 12,342 |

## Surrounding area

* NEC Tamagawa Plant (NEC Tamagawa Renaissance City)
* Kawasaki Municipal Tachibana High School
