Kita-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 1.7 rail kilometers from the Horinouchi junction
, and 54.0 rail kilometers from the northern terminus of the Kurihama Line at Shinagawa Station
, in Tokyo
.
as the war-time Japanese name for Singapore
in celebration of the Japanese victory. On February 1, 1948, the station was renamed , using the kanji for the hōnan] area of Japan. It became a station on the Keihin Electric Express Railway from June 1, 1948. The station was renamed to its present name on November 1, 1963. A new station building was completed in December 1985.
s connected to the station building by an overpass.
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 1.7 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 54.0 rail kilometers from the northern 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
Kitakurihama Station opened on December 1, 1942 as a station on the Tokyu Shōnan Line. At that time, it was named , using the same kanjiKanji
Kanji are the adopted logographic Chinese characters hanzi that are used in the modern Japanese writing system along with hiragana , katakana , Indo Arabic numerals, and the occasional use of the Latin alphabet...
as the war-time Japanese name for Singapore
Singapore
Singapore , officially the Republic of Singapore, is a Southeast Asian city-state off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, north of the equator. An island country made up of 63 islands, it is separated from Malaysia by the Straits of Johor to its north and from Indonesia's Riau Islands by the...
in celebration of the Japanese victory. On February 1, 1948, the station was renamed , using the kanji for the hōnan] area of Japan. It became a station on the Keihin Electric Express Railway from June 1, 1948. The station was renamed to its present name on November 1, 1963. A new station building was completed in December 1985.
Station layout
Kitakurihama Station has two opposed side platformSide 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...
s connected to the station building by an overpass.
Platforms
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