Operated by JR East Tracks 3 Address Japan | Distance 1.7 km from Kawasaki Connections Bus stop Opened 9 March 1927 | |
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Location 3 Minami-Saiwaichō, Saiwai-ku, Kawasaki-shi, Kanagawa-ken 212-0016
Japan Line(s) ■ Nambu Line
■ Nambu Branch Line Similar Yakō Station, Hama‑Kawasaki Station, Hatchōnawate Station, Kashimada Station, Kawasaki Station | ||
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Shitte Station (尻手駅, Shitte-eki) is a railway station on the Nambu Line in Saiwai-ku, Kawasaki, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East).
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Shitte station on nanabu line
Lines
Shitte Station is served by the 35.5 km Nambu Line from Tachikawa to Kawasaki, and lies 1.7 km from the southern terminus of the line at Kawasaki. It is also the northern terminus and starting point of the 4.1 km Nambu Branch Line to Hama-Kawasaki.
Station layout
Shitte Station has a single side platform and an island platform serving three elevated tracks, connected by an underpass. The station has a "Midori no Madoguchi" staffed ticket office.
History
The station opened on the Nambu Railway on March 9, 1927, initially named Shitte Halt (尻手停留場, Shitte-Teiryūjō). It officially became a full station in 1929. The Nambu Branch Line opened on 25 March 1930, initially as a freight-only line. The Nambu Railway was nationalized on April 1, 1944, becoming part of the Japanese Government Railway (JGR) system, which became the Japanese National Railways (JNR) from 1949. A freight-only spur line to the Shin-Tsurumi Freight Terminal was opened on 1 October 1973 from the line just north of the station. With the privatization of JNR on 1 April 1987, the station came under the control of JR East.
Passenger statistics
In fiscal 2013, the station was used by an average of 12,873 passengers daily (boarding passengers only). The passenger figures for previous years are as shown below.