Odasakae Station

Odasakae Station 小田栄駅
The entrance to the Shitte-bound platform (platform 2) in March 2016
Location	Odasakae, Kawasaki-ku, Kawasaki-shi, Kanagawa-ken 210-0843 Japan
Coordinates	35°30′52.2″N 139°42′17.8″E / 35.514500°N 139.704944°ECoordinates: 35°30′52.2″N 139°42′17.8″E / 35.514500°N 139.704944°E
Operated by	JR East
Line(s)	■ Nambu Branch Line
Distance	2.7 km from Shitte
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	2
Other information
Status	Unstaffed
Website	www.jreast.co.jp/estation/station/info.aspx?StationCd=1736
History
Opened	26 March 2016
Traffic
Passengers	3,500 daily (forecast)
Location
Odasakae Station Location within Japan

Odasakae Station (小田栄駅 Odasakae-eki) is a railway station on the Nambu Branch Line in Kawasaki-ku, Kawasaki, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East). It opened on 26 March 2016.

Lines

Maya Station is served by the 4.1 km Nambu Branch Line between Shitte and Hama-Kawasaki. Located between Kawasaki-Shinmachi and Hama-Kawasaki, it is 2.7 km from the starting point of the line at Shitte.^[1]

Station layout

The station has two side platforms approximately 50 m long serving two tracks on the otherwise single-track line. The platforms are separated by the Odasakae level crossing, with the down (Hama-Kawasaki-bound) platform located on the north-west (Shitte) side, and the up (Shitte-bound) platform on the south-east (Hama-Kawasaki) side.^[2]

Platforms

1	■ Nambu Line	for Hama-Kawasaki
2	■ Nambu Line	for Shitte

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  The entrance to the Hama-Kawasaki-bound platform (platform 1) in March 2016
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  The Hama-Kawasaki-bound platform (platform 1) under construction in January 2016
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  The Shitte-bound platform (platform 2) under construction in January 2016

Adjacent stations

«		Service	»
Nambu Branch Line
Kawasaki-Shinmachi		Local	Hama-Kawasaki

History

Details of the proposed station were announced by JR East in January 2015, with the station provisionally named Odasakae-Shin Station (小田栄新駅).^[3] A public ballot was held in August 2015 to select the name of the new station from among three candidates: Odasakae Station (小田栄駅), Oda-Kawasaki Station (小田川崎駅), and Oda-Yasaka-Shin Station (小田弥栄駅).^[1] The name Odasakae was announced in September 2015.^[4]

The total construction cost of approximately 548 million yen was borne equally by JR East and the city of Kawasaki.^[4]

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  Construction on the site of the up platform in October 2015
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  Odasakae level crossing in January 2016, with the up platform under construction on the right

Future developments

From 1 October 2016, JR East is to introduce station numbering in the Tokyo area, with Odasakae Station becoming "JN 53".^[5]

Passenger statistics

The station is expected to be used by an average of approximately 3,500 passengers daily.^[4]

Surrounding area

• Higashi-Oda Elementary School

See also

• List of railway stations in Japan

References

1. 川崎市、浜川崎支線新駅の駅名投票を実施…来春開業予定 [Poll for name of new station on Hama-Kawasaki Branch Line in Kawasaki - opening next spring]. Response (in Japanese). Japan: IID, Inc. 3 August 2015. Retrieved 5 January 2016.
2. 小田栄新駅（仮称） 上下線ホームを対角に設置 [Up/down platforms to be split for proposed Odasakae-Shin Station]. Town News (in Japanese). Japan: Townnews-sha Co., Ltd. 24 July 2015. Retrieved 5 January 2016.
3. JR南武支線に来春新駅 川崎新町―浜川崎駅間 [New station on JR Nambu Branch Line between Kawasaki-Shinmachi and Hama-Kawasaki opening next spring]. Kanaloco (in Japanese). Japan: Kanagawa Shimbun. 30 January 2015. Retrieved 5 January 2016.
4. 新駅名は「小田栄駅」　来年３月に開業　川崎　／神奈川 [New station to be named "Odasakae" - opening next March]. Mainichi Shimbun (in Japanese). Japan: The Mainichi Newspapers. 25 September 2015. Retrieved 5 January 2016.
5. 首都圏エリアへ 「駅ナンバリング」を導入します [Station numbering to be introduced in Tokyo area] (PDF). News release (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. 6 April 2016. Retrieved 6 April 2016.

External links

• JR East station information (Japanese)