It is the largest rail freight terminal in Japan and principally handles freight traffic to and from western Japan via the Tōkaidō Main Line.

The terminal is adjacent to the Tōkaidō Shinkansen Tokyo Depot.

JR East plans to use this station to create the Haneda Airport Access Line.

[2] The station was absorbed into the JR Freight network upon the privatization of JNR on 1 April 1987.

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