Hama-Kawasaki

Weekday departures: 155/day · Sat & holiday departures: 102/day

First / last departure (weekday): 5:27 / 23:36

Busiest hour: 7:00–8:00 (19)

0:00 ─ 23:00

Figures are typical departures in the timetable data, not a live service count.

Timetable data as of 4 May 2026 to 5 May 2026: the timetables behind these figures were retrieved on different dates.

• Tsurumi Line: Showa ⇄ Musashi-Shiraishi
• JR Nambu Line Hamakawasaki Branch: Odasakae

Hama-Kawasaki Station opened on 1 May 1918 as a dedicated freight depot on a freight branch of the Tōkaidō Main Line. The Tsurumi Rinkō Railway began service to the station on 10 March 1926 and on 14 March 1929 set up its own adjacent freight depot named Watarida. From 25 March 1930 the Nambu Railway also began freight operations at the new Shin-Hamakawasaki Station; both Shin-Hamakawasaki and Watarida added passenger services in 1930. The Tsurumi Rinkō Railway was nationalised on 1 July 1943, merging Watarida into Hama-Kawasaki and adding passenger service; the Nambu Line was nationalised on 1 April 1944, absorbing Shin-Hamakawasaki. The Tsurumi-line ticket gates were destaffed on 1 March 1971, the Nambu-line gates in 1993, and Suica service began on 22 March 2002. With the privatisation of Japanese National Railways on 1 April 1987 the passenger station passed to JR East and the adjacent freight depot to JR Freight.

Because the Nambu Line and Tsurumi Line predecessors were originally separate private railways absorbed by JNR in wartime nationalisation, their station buildings still sit on opposite sides of a public road. Passengers transferring between the two lines must exit one fare gate and walk across the street, even though both halves share the single name "Hama-Kawasaki." During the 1960s the station served as the loading point for U.S. military fuel destined for Tachikawa and Yokota Air Bases during the Vietnam War.