is a junction

Junction station

Junction station usually refers to a railway station situated or close to a junction where lines to several destinations diverge. The usual minimum is three incoming lines...

 railway station in Kanazawa-ku, Yokohama

Kanazawa-ku, Yokohama

is one of the 18 wards of the city of Yokohama in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. As of 2010, the ward had an estimated population of 209,565 and a density of 6,760 persons per km². The total area was 31.01 km². The ward symbol, established 1987, expresses the image of sea, waves, and a sea...

, Kanagawa Prefecture

Kanagawa Prefecture

is a prefecture located in the southern Kantō region of Japan. The capital is Yokohama. Kanagawa is part of the Greater Tokyo Area.-History:The prefecture has some archaeological sites going back to the Jōmon period...

, Japan, operated by Keikyu.

Lines

Kanazawa-Hakkei Station is served by the Keikyū Main Line and is located 40.9 rail kilometers from the northern terminus of the Keikyū Main Line at Shinagawa Station

Shinagawa Station

is the first major station south ofTokyo Station and is a major interchange for trains operated by JR East, JR Central, and Keikyu. The Tōkaidō Shinkansen and other trains to the Miura Peninsula, Izu Peninsula and the Tōkai region pass through here...

, in Tokyo

Tokyo

, ; officially , is one of the 47 prefectures of Japan. Tokyo is the capital of Japan, the center of the Greater Tokyo Area, and the largest metropolitan area of Japan. It is the seat of the Japanese government and the Imperial Palace, and the home of the Japanese Imperial Family...

. It is also a terminal station

Terminal Station

Terminal Station is a 1953 film by Italian director Vittorio De Sica. It tells the story of the love affair between an Italian man and an American woman. The film was entered into the 1953 Cannes Film Festival.-Production:...

 for both the Keikyū Zushi Line

Keikyu Zushi Line

The ' is a commuter line owned by Keihin Electric Express Railway and connects Kanazawa-Hakkei to Shin-Zushi in Kanagawa Prefecture.-Trains:Train types...

 and the Kanazawa Seaside Line

Kanazawa Seaside Line

is a new transportation system line operated by and transits from Shin-Sugita to Kanazawa-Hakkei in Yokohama. It was opened on July 5, 1989.- Line Data :...

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Station layout

Kanazawa-Hakkei Station is an elevated station with two island platform

Island platform

An island platform is a station layout arrangement where a single platform is positioned between two tracks within a railway station, tram stop or transitway interchange...

s serving four tracks. Track 4 is dual-gauge (1,067 mm narrow gauge and 1,435 mm standard gauge) to allow narrow-gauge rolling stock to be moved at night from the nearby Tokyu Car Corporation

Tokyu Car Corporation

is a manufacturer of heavy rail cars in Japan. The company is based in Kanazawa Ward, Yokohama, Japan, and a member of Tokyu Group. Tokyu Car manufactures rail vehicles not only for Tokyu Corporation but for other Japanese operators, including various Japan Railways Group companies and...

 factory to JR tracks via Zushi Station

Zushi Station

is a railway station operated by East Japan Railway Company , located in Yokosuka, Kanagawa, Japan. It is located 8.4 kilometers from the junction at Ōfuna Station, and 57.8 kilometers from Tokyo Station.-Lines:* Yokosuka Line* Shōnan-Shinjuku Line...

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Keikyu platforms

Kanazawa Seaside Line platforms

The Kanazawa Seaside Line station is located south of the Keikyu station, and is an elevated single track, single side platform

Side platform

A Side platform is a platform positioned to the side of a pair of tracks at a railway station, a tram stop or a transitway. A pair of side platforms are often provided on a dual track line with a single side platform being sufficient for a single track line...

 station for bi-directional traffic. The Kanazawa Seaside Line station is a temporary station, with plans in place to extend to connect directly to the existing Keikyu station at some point in the future.

Adjacent stations

History

Kanazawa-Hakkei Station was opened on April 1, 1930 as a station on the Shonan Electric Railway, which merged with the Keihin Electric Railway in 1941.The station was rebuilt in July 1987.

The name Kanazawa Hakkei (lit. Eight Views of Kanazawa) is taken from the name of a series of Ukiyo-e

Ukiyo-e

' is a genre of Japanese woodblock prints and paintings produced between the 17th and the 20th centuries, featuring motifs of landscapes, tales from history, the theatre, and pleasure quarters...

 woodblock prints, of eight places in the area, which were made between 1835 and 1836, by Ando Hiroshige.

External links

• Keikyū Kanazawa-Hakkei Station

35.33114722°N 139.6201611°W (Keikyū), 35.33123056°N 139.6224806°W (Yokohama New Transit)