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Chigasaki Station

Coordinates: 35°19′49″N 139°24′24″E / 35.33028°N 139.40667°E / 35.33028; 139.40667
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JT10
Chigasaki Station

茅ヶ崎駅
North side of the station
General information
LocationMotomachi 1-1, Chigasaki-shi, Kanagawa-ken 253-0043
Japan
Coordinates35°19′49″N 139°24′24″E / 35.33028°N 139.40667°E / 35.33028; 139.40667
Operated byLogo of the East Japan Railway Company (JR East) JR East
Line(s)
Platforms3 island platforms
Tracks6
Connections
  • Bus interchange Bus terminal
Construction
Structure typeAt grade
Other information
StatusStaffed (Midori no Madoguchi)
Station codeJT10
WebsiteOfficial website
History
Opened15 June 1898; 126 years ago (1898-06-15)
Passengers
FY201955,778 daily (boarding passengers)
Services
Preceding station Logo of the East Japan Railway Company (JR East) JR East Following station
Hiratsuka
JT11
towards Odawara
Shōnan Tsujidō
JT09
towards Tokyo
Fujisawa
JT08
towards Shinjuku
Hiratsuka
JT11
towards Atami
Tōkaidō Line Tsujidō
JT09
towards Tokyo
Hiratsuka
JT11
towards Odawara
Shōnan–Shinjuku Line
Special Rapid
Fujisawa
JT08
towards Takasaki
Shōnan–Shinjuku Line
Rapid
Tsujidō
JT09
towards Maebashi
Terminus Sagami Line Kita-Chigasaki
towards Hachiōji
Location
Chigasaki Station is located in Kanagawa Prefecture
Chigasaki Station
Chigasaki Station
Location within Kanagawa Prefecture
Chigasaki Station is located in Kanto Area
Chigasaki Station
Chigasaki Station
Chigasaki Station (Kanto Area)
Chigasaki Station is located in Japan
Chigasaki Station
Chigasaki Station
Chigasaki Station (Japan)

Chigasaki Station (茅ヶ崎駅, Chigasaki-eki) is a junction passenger railway station located in the city of Chigasaki, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. It is operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East).

Lines

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Chigasaki Station is served by the Tōkaidō Main Line and the Shōnan-Shinjuku Line, and is located 56.8 kilometers from ‹See TfM›Tokyo. It is also the southern terminus of the 33.3 kilometer Sagami Line.

Station layout

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Chigasaki Station has three island platforms with an elevated station building. The station has a Midori no Madoguchi staffed ticket office.

Platforms

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1,2  Sagami Line for ‹See TfM›Ebina, ‹See TfM›Kamimizo, ‹See TfM›Hashimoto, ‹See TfM›Hachiōji (via JH Yokohama Line)
3  Tōkaidō Line

(Ltd. Exp. Shōnan)

for ‹See TfM›Shinagawa and ‹See TfM›Tokyo
for ‹See TfM›Shinjuku
4  Tōkaidō Line

(Ltd. Exp. Shōnan)

for ‹See TfM›Hiratsuka and ‹See TfM›Odawara
5 JT Tokaido Line
(Ueno-Tokyo Line)
for ‹See TfM›Yokohama, ‹See TfM›Tokyo, ‹See TfM›Ueno, ‹See TfM›Ōmiya
JU Utsunomiya Line for ‹See TfM›Utsunomiya and ‹See TfM›Kuroiso
JU Takasaki Line for ‹See TfM›Takasaki and ‹See TfM›Maebashi
JS Shōnan-Shinjuku Line for Yokohama, ‹See TfM›Shibuya, ‹See TfM›Shinjuku, ‹See TfM›Ikebukuro, Ōmiya, Takasaki and Maebashi (via JU Takasaki Line)
6 JT Tōkaidō Line for Kōzu, ‹See TfM›Odawara, ‹See TfM›Atami, ‹See TfM›Numazu
JT Itō Line for ‹See TfM›Itō

The song "Kibō no Wadachi" by the Southern All-Stars began to be used as the departure melody for platforms 5 and 6 from 1 October 2014.

History

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Chigasaki Station was opened on June 15, 1898, for both passenger and freight service as part of the section of the Japan National Railway (JNR) Tōkaidō Main Line connecting Yokohama with Kōzu. The adjacent Sagami Line station (then operated by the Sagami Railway opened on September 28, 1921. It was nationalized on June 1, 1944, becoming part of the Japan National Railways. Scheduled freight services were discontinued from 1984, and small parcel services from 1985. With the dissolution and privatization of the JNR on April 1, 1987, the station came under the operational control of the East Japan Railway Company. The north exit bus terminal was greatly expanded in 1996 and 1998. Automated turnstiles using the Suica IC Card system came into operation on November 18, 2001. The station building was reconstructed in 2006 to include a multi-story department store.

Passenger statistics

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In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 55,778 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[1]

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

Fiscal year daily average
2005 54,041[2]
2010 54,599[3]
2015 55,600[4]

Surrounding area

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  • Chigasaki City Hall
  • Chigasaki Municipal Hospital
  • Chigasaki Citizens' Cultural Centerl
  • Kanagawa Prefectural Chigasaki High School
  • Kanagawa Prefectural Tsurumine High School
  • Chigasaki Tokushukai Hospital
  • Chigasaki City Library
  • Chigasaki City Museum of Art

See also

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References

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  • Yoshikawa, Fumio. Tokaido-sen 130-nen no ayumi. Grand-Prix Publishing (2002) ISBN 4-87687-234-1 (in Japanese)
  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.
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