Musashi-Shinjō Station

Musashi-Shinjō Station (武蔵新城駅, Musashi-Shinjō-eki) is a passenger railway station located in Nakahara-ku, Kawasaki, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan, operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East).

JN09 Musashi-Shinjō Station 武蔵新城駅
Musashi-Shinjō Station North Exit
General information
Location	Kami-Shinjō 2-11-1, Nakahara-ku, Kawasaki-shi, Kawasaki, Kanagawa-ken 211-0044 Japan
Coordinates	35.5875°N 139.6291°E / 35.5875; 139.6291
Operated by	JR East
Line(s)	JN Nambu Line
Distance	10.5 km from Kawasaki
Platforms	1 island
Connections	Bus stop
Other information
Station code	JN09
Website	Official website
History
Opened	1 April 1944
Passengers
2019	37,642 daily
Services
Preceding station JR East Following station Musashi-Mizonokuchi JN10 towards Tachikawa Nambu Line Rapid Local Musashi-Nakahara JN08 towards Kawasaki
Location Musashi-Shinjō Station Location within Kanagawa Prefecture Show map of Kanagawa Prefecture Musashi-Shinjō Station Musashi-Shinjō Station (Japan) Show map of Japan

Platform

Lines

Musashi-Shinjō Station is served by the Nambu Line. The station is 10.5 km (6.5 mi) the southern terminus of the line at Kawasaki Station.

Station layout

The station consists of a single elevated island platform serving two tracks with the station building underneath. The station is attended.

Platforms

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

History

Musashi-Shinjō Station opened as Musashi-Shinjō Stop (武蔵新城停車場, Musashi-Shinjō-Teishajo) on the Nambu Railway on 11 August 1927. The stop was raised in status to that of a full station on 1 April 1944 with the nationalization of Nambu Railway, into the Japanese Government Railway (JGR) Nambu Line system. The JGR became the Japan National Railways (JNR) from 1946. Along with privatization and division of JNR, JR East started operating the station on 1 April 1987. The tracks were elevated and the station rebuilt in 1990.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 37,642 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).^[1]

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

Fiscal year	daily average
2005	28,679[2]
2010	31,620[3]
2015	35,325[4]

Surrounding area

• Fujitsu Headquarters
• Aimoru Shopping Street
• Shinshiro Sun Mall Shopping Street (Nikko Shopping Street)
• Shinjo Nishidori Shopping Street
• Aiseikai Keihin General Hospital
• Kanagawa Prefectural Shinjo High School

See also

• List of railway stations in Japan

References

1. 各駅の乗車人員 (2019年度) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2019)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. 2020. Retrieved 11 August 2020.
2. 神奈川県県勢要覧（平成18年度） [Kanagawa Prefecture official statistics (fiscal 2005)] (PDF) (in Japanese). Japan: Kanagawa Metropolitan Government. Retrieved 26 March 2021.
3. 神奈川県県勢要覧（平成23年度） [Kanagawa Prefecture official statistics (fiscal 2010)] (PDF) (in Japanese). Japan: Kanagawa Prefecture. Retrieved 26 March 2021.
4. 神奈川県県勢要覧（平成28年度 [Kanagawa Prefecture official statistics (fiscal 2010)] (PDF) (in Japanese). Japan: Kanagawa Prefecture. Retrieved 26 March 2021.

External links

Media related to Musashi-Shinjō Station at Wikimedia Commons

• Official website (in Japanese)