Mukaigawara Station

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Mukaigawara Station 向河原駅
Location
Prefecture	Kanagawa (See other stations in Kanagawa)
City	Kawasaki
Ward	Nakahara
Neighborhood etc.	Shimo-Numabe
(in Japanese)	神奈川県川崎市中原区下沼部
Postal Code	211-0011
History
Year opened	1927
Year renamed to the present name	1944
Rail services
Operator(s)	East Japan Railway Company
Line(s)	Nambu Line
There is a bus stop near this station.

Mukaigawara Station (向河原駅, -eki^?) is a station located in central Kawasaki, Kanagawa, Japan.

[edit] Station layout

Two ground-level side platforms.

1	■Nambu Line	Kawasaki
2	■Nambu Line	Musashi-Kosugi ・ Musashi-Mizonokuchi ・ Noborito ・ Tachikawa

[edit] History

• March 9, 1927 Opened as Mukaigawara Station (向河原駅).
• August 5, 1940 The station was renamed to Nihon-Denki-mae Station (日本電気前駅).
• April 1, 1944 The station was renamed to the present name along with nationalization.
• February 1, 1973 Freight services were discontinued.
• April 1, 1987 Because of JNR's becoming private and division, JR East started to operate this station.

[edit] Adjacent stations

«		Service		»
Hirama		Nambu Line		Musashi-Kosugi

v • d • e Stations of the Nambu Line Kawasaki - Shitte - Yakō - Kashimada - Hirama - Mukaigawara - Musashi-Kosugi - Musashi-Nakahara - Musashi-Shinjō - Musashi-Mizonokuchi - Tsudamyama - Kuji - Shukugawara - Noborito - Nakanoshima - Inadazutumi - Yanokuchi - Inagi-Naganuma - Minami-Tama - Fuchū-Honmachi - Bubaigawara - Yaho - Yagawa - Nishi-Kunitachi - Tachikawa