Shōwa Station (Kanagawa)

Shōwa Station (昭和駅) is a passenger railway station located in Kawasaki-ku, Kawasaki, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East).

Lines
Shōwa Station is served by the Tsurumi Line, and is 6.4 km from the terminus of the line at Tsurumi Station

Station layout
Shōwa Station has a single side platform serving bi-directional traffic. The station is unattended.

History
Shōwa Station was opened on 20 March 1931 as a temporary stop on the privately held Tsurumi Rinkō Railway (鶴見臨港鉄道). Tsurumi Rinkō Railway was nationalized into the Japanese Government Railways on 1 July 1943. at which time the stop was upgraded to a full station. The station has been unattended since 1 March 1971. Upon the privatization of the Japanese National Railways on 1 April 1987 the station has been operated by JR East. The station was named Shōwa because it was adjacent to a factory of Shōwa Fertilizer Company (present-day Showa Denko). The Showa Denko factory still exists next to the station.

Passenger statistics
In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 569 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).

Surrounding area

 * Showa Denko Kawasaki Office
 * Toa Oil Keihin Refinery Ogimachi Factory
 * JFE Steel East Japan Works Keihin District