Higashi-Kanagawa Station

Higashi-Kanagawa Station (東神奈川駅, Higashi-Kanagawa-eki) is a junction passenger railway station located in Kanagawa-ku, Yokohama, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East).

A spur line for freight operations to Umikanagawa Station (closed in 1959) was established on December 10, 1911.

[citation needed] The Keihin Electric Train (the forerunner to the Keihin-Tōhoku Line) began operations from Higashi-Kanagawa from December 20, 1914.

[citation needed] With the privatization of JNR on 1 April 1987, the station came under the operational control of JR East.

[citation needed] Station numbering was introduced on 20 August 2016 with Higashi-Kanagawa being assigned station number JK13 for the Keihin-Tohoku Line and JH13 for the Yokohoma Line.