Hama-Kawasaki Station

Hama-Kawasaki Station (浜川崎駅, Hama-Kawasaki-eki) is a junction passenger railway station in Kawasaki-ku, Kawasaki, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan, operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East) with a freight depot operated by the Japan Freight Railway Company (JR Freight) Hama-Kawasaki Station is served by the Tsurumi Line and is also the terminus of the 4.1 km (2.5 mi) Nambu Branch Line from Shitte.

The Tsurumi Line station also consists of an island platform, serving two tracks.

[1] Hama-Kawasaki Station opened on 1 May 1918, as a dedicated freight depot on the Tokaido Main Line.

On 14 March 1929, the Tsurumi Rinkō Railway transferred its freight depot to the adjacent Watarida Station (渡田駅, Watarida-eki).

Shin-Hamakawasaki began accepting passenger traffic from 10 April 1930, as did Watarida Station on 28 October of the same year.

A train at the Nambu Branch Line platform in August 1980