Noborito Station
Encyclopedia
is an interchange
railway station in the Noborito
neighborhood of Tama-ku, Kawasaki
, Kanagawa Prefecture
, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company
(JR East) and the Odakyu Electric Railway
.
It is 17.3 kilometers from the terminus of the Nambu Line at Kawasaki Station
and 15.2 kilometers from the terminus of the Odawara Line at Shinjuku Station
.
and one island platform
serving three elevated tracks, connected by an underpass. The station is staffed. Odakyu Noborito Station is an elevated station with two island platforms serving four elevated tracks. However, platform 1 is not in use.
The Nambu Railway was nationalized
on April 1, 1944 becoming part of the Japanese Government Railway (JGR) system, which became the Japan National Railways (JNR) from 1949.
The adjacent Odawara Line station was renamed on April 1, 1955, and the name shortened to its present name on April 1, 1958.
Freight services were discontinued on the Nambu Line from April 1, 1972. Along with privatization
and division of JNR, JR East
started operating the Nambu Line station on April 1, 1987. The station building and platforms were extensively remodelled from 2003-2007.
Interchange station
An interchange station or a transfer station is a train station for more than one railway route in a public transport system, and allows passengers to change from one route to another. Transfer may occur within the same mode, or between rail modes, or to buses...
railway station in the Noborito
Noborito
is a neighborhood located in Tama-ku, Kawasaki, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan just across the southwestern border of Tokyo metropolis on the Tama River approximately 18 minutes south of Shinjuku on the Odakyu Odawara Line Express....
neighborhood of Tama-ku, Kawasaki
Tama-ku, Kawasaki
is one of the 8 wards of the city of Kawasaki in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. As of 2010, the ward had an estimated population of 211,221 and a density of 10,310 persons per km². The total area was 20.49 km².-Geography:...
, Kanagawa Prefecture
Kanagawa Prefecture
is a prefecture located in the southern Kantō region of Japan. The capital is Yokohama. Kanagawa is part of the Greater Tokyo Area.-History:The prefecture has some archaeological sites going back to the Jōmon period...
, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company
East Japan Railway Company
is the largest passenger railway company in the world and one of the seven Japan Railways Group companies. The company name is officially abbreviated as JR East in English, and as in Japanese. The company's headquarters are in Yoyogi, Shibuya, Tokyo....
(JR East) and the Odakyu Electric Railway
Odakyu Electric Railway
, or OER, is a major railway company based in Tokyo, Japan best known for its Romancecar series of limited express trains from Tokyo to Odawara, Enoshima, Tama New Town, and Hakone....
.
Lines
- Nambu LineNambu LineThe is a Japanese railway line which connects Tachikawa Station in Tachikawa, Tokyo and Kawasaki Station in Kawasaki, Kanagawa Prefecture. For most of its length, it parallels the Tama River, the natural border between Tokyo and Kanagawa prefectures. It is part of the East Japan Railway Company ...
- Odakyu Odawara Line
It is 17.3 kilometers from the terminus of the Nambu Line at Kawasaki Station
Kawasaki Station
is a railway station in Kawasaki, Kanagawa, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company .-Lines:Kawasaki Station is served by the following JR East lines.*Keihin-Tōhoku Line*Tōkaidō Main Line*Nambu Line-Station layout:-Adjacent stations:...
and 15.2 kilometers from the terminus of the Odawara Line at Shinjuku Station
Shinjuku Station
is a train station located in Shinjuku and Shibuya wards in Tokyo, Japan.Serving as the main connecting hub for rail traffic between central Tokyo and its western suburbs on inter-city rail, commuter rail and metro lines, the station was used by an average of 3.64 million people per day in 2007,...
.
Station layout
JR Noborito Station has one side platformSide platform
A Side platform is a platform positioned to the side of a pair of tracks at a railway station, a tram stop or a transitway. A pair of side platforms are often provided on a dual track line with a single side platform being sufficient for a single track line...
and one island platform
Island platform
An island platform is a station layout arrangement where a single platform is positioned between two tracks within a railway station, tram stop or transitway interchange...
serving three elevated tracks, connected by an underpass. The station is staffed. Odakyu Noborito Station is an elevated station with two island platforms serving four elevated tracks. However, platform 1 is not in use.
JR platforms
Odakyu platforms
Adjacent stations
History
Noborito Station opened as a station on the Nambu Railway on March 9, 1927. The adjacent Odawara Line station opened on April 1, 1927 as .The Nambu Railway was nationalized
Nationalization
Nationalisation, also spelled nationalization, is the process of taking an industry or assets into government ownership by a national government or state. Nationalization usually refers to private assets, but may also mean assets owned by lower levels of government, such as municipalities, being...
on April 1, 1944 becoming part of the Japanese Government Railway (JGR) system, which became the Japan National Railways (JNR) from 1949.
The adjacent Odawara Line station was renamed on April 1, 1955, and the name shortened to its present name on April 1, 1958.
Freight services were discontinued on the Nambu Line from April 1, 1972. Along with privatization
Privatization
Privatization is the incidence or process of transferring ownership of a business, enterprise, agency or public service from the public sector to the private sector or to private non-profit organizations...
and division of JNR, JR East
East Japan Railway Company
is the largest passenger railway company in the world and one of the seven Japan Railways Group companies. The company name is officially abbreviated as JR East in English, and as in Japanese. The company's headquarters are in Yoyogi, Shibuya, Tokyo....
started operating the Nambu Line station on April 1, 1987. The station building and platforms were extensively remodelled from 2003-2007.