Kuji Station (Kanagawa)

Kuji Station (久地駅, Kuji-eki) is a passenger railway station located in Takatsu-ku, Kawasaki, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan, operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East).

JN12 Kuji Station 久地駅
Kuji Station, September 2019
General information
Location	Kuji 4-24-1, Takatsu-ku, Kawasaki-shi, Kanagawa-ken 213-0032 Japan
Coordinates	35.6105°N 139.5928°E / 35.6105; 139.5928
Operated by	JR East
Line(s)	JN Nambu Line
Distance	14.9 km from Kawasaki
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	2
Other information
Station code	JN12
Website	Official website
History
Opened	April 16, 1942
Previous names	Kuji-Bairin (until 1942)
Passengers
FY2019	14,523 daily
Services
Preceding station JR East Following station Shukugawara JN13 towards Tachikawa Nambu Line Local Tsudayama JN11 towards Kawasaki
Location Kuji Station Location within Kanagawa Prefecture Show map of Kanagawa Prefecture Kuji Station Kuji Station (Japan) Show map of Japan

Lines

Kuji Station is served by the Nambu Line. The station is 14.9 km (9.3 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 Musashi-Mizonokuchi, Musashi-Kosugi, and Kawasaki
2	JN Nambu Line	for Noborito, Fuchū-Hommachi, and Tachikawa

• 
  Old station building (September 2007)
• 
  Ticket barrier (September 2019)
• 
  Closed Midori no Madoguchi ticket office (February 2016)
• 
  Side platforms (September 2019)

History

Kuji Station opened as Kuji-Bairin Stop (久地梅林停車場, Kuji-Bairin-Teishajo) on the Nambu Railway on 11 August 1927. The stop was raised in status to that of a full station on 16 April 1942. Along with nationalization of Nambu Railway, the station became Kuji Station of Japanese Government Railway Nambu Line on 1 April 1944, and part of the Japan National Railways (JNR) from 1946. 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 14,523 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).^[1]

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

Fiscal year	daily average
2005	12,472[2]
2010	13,175[3]
2015	13,954[4]

Surrounding area

• Kanagawa Prefectural Mukainooka Technical High School
• Kawasaki Municipal Midorigaoka Cemetery
• Higashitakane Forest Park

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. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 August 2017. Retrieved 26 March 2021.

External links

Media related to Kuji Station (Kanagawa) at Wikimedia Commons

• Official website (in Japanese)