Kagawa Station (Kanagawa)

Kagawa Station (香川駅) is a passenger railway station located in the city of Chigasaki, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan, operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East).

Lines
Kagawa Station is served by the Sagami Line, and is located 3.4 kilometers from the terminus of the line at Chigasaki.

Station layout
The station consists of a single side platform serving one bi-directional track. The station is staffed.

History
Kagawa Station was opened on September 28, 1921, as a station the Sagami Railway. On June 1, 1944, the Sagami Railway was nationalized and merged with the Japan National Railways. On April 1, 1987, with the dissolution and privatization of the Japan National Railways, the station came under the operation of JR East. Automated turnstiles using the Suica IC card system came into operation from November 2001.

Passenger statistics
In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 5,709 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).

The passenger figures (boarding passengers only) for previous years are as shown below.

Surrounding area

 * Chigasaki City Hall Kagawa Branch Office
 * Kayagasaki Satoyama Park
 * Chigasaki New Hokuryo Hospital
 * Nagaoka Hospital
 * Kanagawa Prefectural Chigasaki Hokuryo High School
 * Bunkyo University Shonan Campus