Kozukue Station | |
Style: | JR East |
Native Name: | 小机駅 |
Native Name Lang: | ja |
Address: | Kozukue-chō 2534 Kōhoku-ku, Yokohama-shi, Kanagawa-ken 222-0036 |
Country: | Japan |
Coordinates: | 35.5086°N 139.6001°W |
Operator: | JR East |
Line: | Yokohama Line |
Platforms: | 1 island + 1 side platform |
Code: | JH17 |
Status: | Staffed |
Opened: | 23 September 1908 |
Passengers: | 10,345 daily |
Pass Year: | FY2019 |
Map Type: | Japan Kanagawa Prefecture#Japan |
Map Dot Label: | Kozukue Station |
is a passenger railway station located in Kōhoku-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan, operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East).
Kozukue Station is served by the Yokohama Line from to, and is 7.8 km from the official starting point of the line at Higashi-Kanagawa. Many services continue west of Higashi-Kanagawa via the Negishi Line to during the offpeak, and to during the morning peak.
The station consists of a single island platform and a side platform serving three elevated tracks, with the station building underneath. The station is staffed.
Kozukue Station was opened on 23 September 1908 as a station on the privately held Yokohama Railway Company. The line was acquired by the Japanese government in 1910, and merged into the Japanese Government Railways system (the predecessor to the JNR) from October 1, 1917. The station building was destroyed in the 1923 Great Kantō earthquake and rebuilt in 1925. All freight operations were suspended from 1972. With the privatization of the JNR on 1 April 1987, the station came under the operational control of JR East. A new station building was completed in 1998.
Station numbering was introduced to the Yokohama Line platforms 20 August 2016 with Kozukue being assigned station number JH17.[1] [2]
In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 10,345 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[3]
The passenger figures (boarding passengers only) for previous years are as shown below.
Fiscal year | daily average | |
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2005 | 9,451 | [4] |
2010 | 9,764 | [5] |
2015 | 10,336 | [6] |