Ōkawa Station | |
Style: | JR East |
Native Name: | 大川駅 |
Native Name Lang: | ja |
Address: | Ōkawa-chō, Kawasaki-ku, Kawasaki-shi, Kanagawa-ken 210-0858 |
Country: | Japan |
Coordinates: | 35.4954°N 139.7114°W |
Line: | Tsurumi Line |
Distance: | 5.1 km from |
Platforms: | 1 side platform |
Code: | JI61 |
Opened: | 10 March 1926 |
Passengers: | 1009 daily |
Pass Year: | [1] |
Map Type: | Japan Kanagawa Prefecture#Japan |
Map Dot Label: | Ōkawa 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).
Ōkawa Station is the terminus of the Ōkawa branch of the Tsurumi Line, and is 5.1 km from the western terminus of the line at Tsurumi Station.
The station consists of a single side platform serving a single track for both inbound and outbound trains. The station is unattended.
Ōkawa Station opened on 10 March 1926, as a freight-handling station on the privately held .[2] Passenger services started on October 28, 1930.[2] The line was nationalized on July 1, 1943, and was later absorbed into the Japanese National Railways (JNR) network.[2] The station has been unattended since March 1, 1971. With the privatization of JNR on April 1, 1987, the station came under the control of JR East.[2]