Operated by JR East Opened 26 March 2016 Tracks 2 | Line(s) ■ Nambu Branch Line Status Unstaffed Platforms in use 2 | |
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Website www.jreast.co.jp/estation/station/info.aspx?StationCd=1736 Similar Kawasaki‑Shimmachi Station, Hama‑Kawasaki Station, Hatchōnawate Station, Shitte Station, Yakō Station | ||
Odasakae Station (小田栄駅, Odasakae-eki) is a railway station on the Nambu Branch Line in Kawasaki-ku, Kawasaki, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East). It opened on 26 March 2016.
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Lines
Odasakae Station is served by the 4.1 km Nambu Branch Line between Shitte and Hama-Kawasaki. Located between Kawasaki-Shinmachi and Hama-Kawasaki, it is 2.7 km from the starting point of the line at Shitte.
Station layout
The station has two side platforms approximately 50 m long serving two tracks on the otherwise single-track line. The platforms are separated by the Odasakae level crossing, with the down (Hama-Kawasaki-bound) platform located on the north-west (Shitte) side, and the up (Shitte-bound) platform on the south-east (Hama-Kawasaki) side.
History
Details of the proposed station were announced by JR East in January 2015, with the station provisionally named Odasakae-Shin Station (小田栄新駅). A public ballot was held in August 2015 to select the name of the new station from among three candidates: Odasakae Station (小田栄駅), Oda-Kawasaki Station (小田川崎駅), and Oda-Yasaka-Shin Station (小田弥栄駅). The name Odasakae was announced in September 2015.
The total construction cost of approximately 548 million yen was borne equally by JR East and the city of Kawasaki.
Future developments
From 1 October 2016, JR East is to introduce station numbering in the Tokyo area, with Odasakae Station becoming "JN 53".
Passenger statistics
The station is expected to be used by an average of approximately 3,500 passengers daily.