is a railway station operated by the Keikyū

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...

 Keikyū Main Line 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

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. It is located 51.1 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

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.

History

Kenritsu Daigaku Station was opened on April 1, 1930 as on the Shōnan Electric Railway. The Shōnan Electric Railway merged with the Keihin Electric Railway on November 1, 1941 and became the Keihin Electric Express Railway from June 1, 1948. The station was renamed on November 1, 1961, and on June 1, 1987. It assumed its present name from February 1, 2004. The station building was rebuilt in April 2005.

Station layout

Kenritsu Daigaku Station is an elevated station with a single 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...

 serving two tracks. The platform is only long enough to handle six-car trains.

Platforms

1	■Keikyū Main Line	・ ・ ・
2	■Keikyū Main Line	・・ ・ ・

Adjacent stations

External links

• Keikyu Kenritsu Daigaku Station