Ōgimachi Station | |
Style: | JR East |
Native Name: | 扇町駅 |
Native Name Lang: | ja |
Address: | 4-5 Ōgimachi, Kawasaki-ku, Kawasaki-shi, Kanagawa-ken 210-0867 |
Country: | Japan |
Coordinates: | 35.5017°N 139.7224°W |
Line: | Tsurumi Line |
Distance: | 7.0 km from |
Platforms: | 1 side platform |
Code: | JI10 |
Passengers: | 611 daily |
Pass Year: | [1] |
Map Type: | Japan Kanagawa Prefecture#Japan |
Map Dot Label: | Ōgimachi Station |
is a passenger railway station located in Kawasaki-ku, Kawasaki, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East). It is also a freight depot for the Japan Freight Railway Company (JR Freight).
Ōgimachi Station is the eastern terminus of the Tsurumi Line, and is 7km (04miles) from the western terminus at Tsurumi Station.
The station consists of a single side platform serving bi-directional traffic. The station is unattended.
Ōgimachi Station was opened on 20 July 1924 as a station on the privately held initially for freight operations only. Passenger services were started from 28 October 1930. The line was nationalized on 1 July 1943 and was absorbed into the Japanese Government Railways network. The station has been unstaffed since 1 March 1971. Upon the privatization of the Japanese National Railways (JNR) on 1 April 1987 the station has been jointly operated by JR East and Japan Freight Railway Company.
In fiscal 2008, the station was used by an average of 611 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).