Station

Kawasaki-Shimmachi

川崎新町

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Kawasaki-Shimmachi
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Timetable information

Known weekday departures: 80/day · Known Sat & holiday departures: 78/day

First / last known departure (weekday): 5:20 / 23:03

Busiest hour (known departures): 7:00–8:00 (10)


Figures are the departures known from the timetable data, not a count of today's actual service.

Timetable data as of 4 May 2026 (retrieved in spring/summer 2026).

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History

Kawasakishimmachi Station opened on 25 March 1930 as a freight-only halt on the Nambu Railway's Nambu Branch Line, with passenger services starting on 10 April the same year. The Tōkaidō Main Line's Ota marshalling yard was added alongside on 14 September 1943. Nambu was nationalised on 1 April 1944, with freight handling at the station ending the same day. On 1 October 1973 the parallel Tōkaidō freight branch was abolished and Ota yard absorbed into Kawasakishimmachi, after which a second passenger platform for Hamakawasaki-bound trains was built to allow crossing on what had been a single-track branch. JR East took over at privatisation in 1987, Suica gates began on 22 March 2002, and the station was destaffed on 1 March 2022.

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