Shōwa Station | |
| Native Name: | 昭和駅 |
| Native Name Lang: | ja |
| Style: | JR East |
| Address: | 1 Ōgimachi, Kawasaki-ku, Kawasaki-shi, Kanagawa-ken 210-0867 |
| Country: | Japan |
| Coordinates: | 35.5068°N 139.7239°W |
| Operator: | JR East |
| Line: | Tsurumi Line |
| Distance: | 6.4 km from |
| Platforms: | 1 side platform |
| Code: | JI09 |
| Passengers: | 569 daily |
| Pass Year: | [1] |
| Map Type: | Japan Kanagawa Prefecture#Japan |
| Map Dot Label: | Shōwa Station |
is a passenger railway station located in Kawasaki-ku, Kawasaki, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East).
Shōwa Station is served by the Tsurumi Line, and is 6.4km (04miles) from the terminus of the line at Tsurumi Station
Shōwa Station has a single side platform serving bi-directional traffic. The station is unattended.
Shōwa Station was opened on 20 March 1931 as a temporary stop on the privately held . 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.[2] 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).[3] The Showa Denko factory still exists next to the station.
In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 569 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).