Zushi Station

Railway station in Zushi, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan

Zushi Station (逗子駅, Zushi-eki) is a passenger railway station on the Yokosuka Line in Zushi, Kanagawa, Japan, operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East).

Lines

Zushi Station is served by the Yokosuka Line and also by Shōnan-Shinjuku Line through services. It lies 8.4 kilometers from the junction at Ōfuna Station, and 57.8 kilometers from Tokyo Station.

The station is also used by rolling stock delivered from the J-TREC factory in Kanazawa-ku, Yokohama via a JR Freight connecting line immediately south of the station.^[1]

Station layout

Zushi Station has an island platform and a side platform serving three tracks. Platform 1 is used for trains which originate or terminate at Zushi. The platforms are connected by two overpasses. The station has entrances on the north and south sides, designated "west" and "east" respectively. In August 2007, escalator and elevator facilities were completed and a new overpass was opened on the eastern (Higashi-Zushi) side. The west exit was moved somewhat to the west.

There is a Midori no Madoguchi staffed ticket office, automatic ticket vending machines, reserved ticket vending machines, automatic ticket gates, and automatic fare adjustment machines. Also, in the station, outside the ticket gates, there is a Newdays convenience store and a kōban (police box).

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  The former "west" entrance on the north side of the station in November 2004
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  The new "west" entrance on the north side of the station in January 2014

Platforms

• 15-car Yokosuka Line trains bound for Kurihama have to split into 11-car and 4-car segments, as the section between Higashi-Zushi and Kurihama only allow at most 11-car trains (10-car at Taura), with the 11-car segment continuing onwards to Kurihama.

History

Zushi Station opened on June 16, 1889.^[2] The present station building, the third building on this site was completed in March 1969.^{[citation needed]} The station came under the management of JR East upon the privatization of the Japanese National Railways (JNR) on April 1, 1987. Shonan-Shinjuku Line services started on 1 December 2001.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 28,798 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).^[3] The passenger figures for previous years are as shown below.

Surrounding area

• Zushi·Hayama Station (KK Keikyu Zushi Line)
• Zushi City Hall
• Seiwa Gakuin Junior & Senior High School
• Zushi Kasei Junior & Senior High School

See also

• List of railway stations in Japan

References

1. 郷田, 恒雄 (November 2012). "車扱列車を見てみよう！１０" [Watching Carload Freight Trains (10)]. Japan Railfan Magazine. Vol. 52, no. 619. Japan: Kōyūsha Co., Ltd. pp. 76–79.
2. Zushi Station information. Retrieved on 13 October 2008. (in Japanese)
3. 各駅の乗車人員 (2019年度) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2019)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. 2020. Retrieved 11 August 2020.
4. 各駅の乗車人員 (2000年度) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2000)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. 2001. Retrieved 17 November 2015.
5. 各駅の乗車人員 (2005年度) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2005)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. 2006. Retrieved 17 November 2015.
6. 各駅の乗車人員 (2010年度) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2010)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. 2011. Retrieved 17 November 2015.
7. 神奈川県県勢要覧（平成28年度 [Kanagawa Prefecture official statistics (fiscal 2010)] (PDF) (in Japanese). Japan: Kanagawa Prefecture. Retrieved 26 March 2021.

External links

Media related to Zushi Station at Wikimedia Commons

• Zushi Station information (in Japanese)