Keikyu Kurihama Station
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is a railway station operated by the Keikyū
Kurihama Line
located in Yokosuka
, Kanagawa Prefecture
, Japan
. It is located 4.5 rail kilometers from the Horinouchi junction
, and 56.8 rail kilometers from the nortern terminus of the Kurihama Line at Shinagawa Station
, in Tokyo
.
for the Tokyu Shōnan Line. At that time, it was named simply , however, to avoid confusion with the neighboring government-run
Kurihama Station
, it was renamed on April 1, 1944. It became a station on the Keihin Electric Express Railway from 1948. The station was renamed , on November 1, 1963. A new station building was completed in April 1987, and the station renamed to its present name on June 1, 1987.
s serving four tracks. Platform 2 is primarily used for services terminating at Keikyū Kurihama Station.
Keihin Electric Express Railway
, also known as or, more recently, , is a private railroad that connects inner Tokyo to Kawasaki, Yokohama, Yokosuka and other points on the Miura Peninsula in Kanagawa Prefecture. It also provides rail access to Haneda Airport in Tokyo. means the Tokyo - Yokohama area. The company's railway...
Kurihama Line
Keikyu Kurihama Line
The is a commuter rail line operated by Keikyu in Japan. Keikyū Main Line trains from Oshiage and Shinagawa in Tokyo run through the Miura Peninsula on the Keikyū Kurihama Line.-Stations:...
located in Yokosuka
Yokosuka, Kanagawa
is a city located in Kanagawa, Japan. As of 2010, the city had an estimated population of 419,067 and a population density of 4,160 people per km². It covered an area of 100.62 km²...
, 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
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
. It is located 4.5 rail kilometers from the Horinouchi junction
Horinouchi Station
is a junction railway station operated by the Keihin Electric Express Railway located in Yokosuka, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. It is located 52.3 rail kilometers from the northern terminus of the Keikyū Main Line at Shinagawa Station, in Tokyo.-History:...
, and 56.8 rail kilometers from the nortern terminus of the Kurihama 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...
.
History
Keikyū Kurihama Station opened on December 1, 1942 as the southern terminal stationTerminal 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 the Tokyu Shōnan Line. At that time, it was named simply , however, to avoid confusion with the neighboring government-run
Japanese Government Railways
The Japanese Government Railways was the national railway system directly operated by the central government of Japan until 1949. It is a predecessor of Japanese National Railways and the Japan Railways Group.- Name :...
Kurihama Station
Kurihama Station
is a railway station operated by JR East's Yokosuka Line located in Yokosuka, Kanagawa, Japan. It is southern terminus of the Yokosuka Line and is located 23.9 kilometers from Ōfuna switch point, and 73.2 kilometers from the Tokyo Station...
, it was renamed on April 1, 1944. It became a station on the Keihin Electric Express Railway from 1948. The station was renamed , on November 1, 1963. A new station building was completed in April 1987, and the station renamed to its present name on June 1, 1987.
Station layout
Keikyū Kurihama Station has two elevated island platformIsland 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. Platform 2 is primarily used for services terminating at Keikyū Kurihama Station.
Platforms
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| 4 | ■Keikyū Kurihama Line Keikyu Kurihama Line The is a commuter rail line operated by Keikyu in Japan. Keikyū Main Line trains from Oshiage and Shinagawa in Tokyo run through the Miura Peninsula on the Keikyū Kurihama Line.-Stations:... |
Yokosuka Chūō ・ Yokohama ・ Shinagawa ・ Haneda Airport ・ Oshiage |