Zushi Station

Zushi Station 逗子駅
File:Zushi Station forecourt 20140121.JPG Zushi Station forecourt in January 2014
Location	1 Zushi, Zushi-shi, Kanagawa-ken 249-0006 Japan
Operated by	■ JR East
Line(s)	■ Yokosuka Line ■■ Shonan-Shinjuku Line
Platforms	3
Tracks	4
Connections	Bus
Other information
Website	www.jreast.co.jp/estation/station/info.aspx?StationCd=899
History
Opened	16 June 1889 (1889-06-16)
Traffic
Passengers	28,596 per day (FY20１４)

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

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).

• Zushi Station west entrance 20041110.jpg

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

• Zushi Station west entrance 20140121.JPG

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

Platforms

1	■ Yokosuka Line	for Ōfuna, Yokohama, Tokyo, (Sōbu Main Line) Chiba, Narutō, (Narita Line) Narita Airport, and (Uchibō Line) Kimitsu
	■ Shonan-Shinjuku Line	for Shibuya, Shinjuku, Ikebukuro, Ōmiya, and Utsunomiya
2	■ Yokosuka Line	for Ōfuna, Yokohama, Tokyo, (Sōbu Main Line) Chiba, Narutō, (Narita Line) Narita Airport, (Uchibō Line) Kimitsu,Yokosuka, and Kurihama
	■ Shonan-Shinjuku Line	for Shibuya, Shinjuku, Ikebukuro, Ōmiya, and Utsunomiya
3	■ Yokosuka Line	for Yokosuka, Kurihama, Ōfuna, Yokohama, Tokyo, (Sōbu Main Line) Chiba, Narutō, (Narita Line) Narita Airport, and (Uchibō Line) Kimitsu

Adjacent stations

«		Service	»
Yokosuka Line
Kamakura		Local		Higashi-Zushi
Shonan-Shinjuku line
Kamakura		Local		Terminus

History

Zushi Station opened on June 16, 1889. The present station building, the third building on this site was completed in March 1969. 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 2014, the station was used by an average of 28,596　passengers daily (boarding passengers only). The passenger figures for previous years are as shown below.

Fiscal year	Daily average
2000	26,767
2005	26,946
2010	28,708
2014	28,596

Surrounding area

• Shin-Zushi Station (■ Keikyu Zushi Line)
• Seiwa Gakuin Junior & Senior High School
• Zushi Kasei Junior & Senior High School

See also

• List of railway stations in Japan

References

• Harris, Ken and Clarke, Jackie. Jane's World Railways 2008-2009. Jane's Information Group (2008). ISBN 0-7106-2861-7

External links

• Zushi Station information (Japanese)