Suzukichō Station
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is a railway station operated by 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...

  Daishi Line
Keikyu Daishi Line
The is a railway line of Keikyu. It connects Keikyū Kawasaki Station and Kojimashinden Station, both located in Kawasaki-ku, Kawasaki, Kanagawa Prefecture.-Data:*Length: 4.5 km*Operator: Keikyu*Gauge: 1,435 mm*Electrification: 1,500 V DC...

 located in Kawasaki ward
Kawasaki-ku, Kawasaki
is one of the seven wards of the city of Kawasaki in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. As of 2010, the ward had an estimated population of 216,826 and a density of 5,530 persons per km². The total area was 39.21 km²...

, Kawasaki
Kawasaki, Kanagawa
is a city located in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan, between Tokyo and Yokohama. It is the 9th most populated city in Japan and one of the main cities forming the Greater Tokyo Area and Keihin Industrial Area....

, 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 2.0 kilometers from the terminus
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:...

 of the Daishi Line at Keikyū Kawasaki Station
Keikyu Kawasaki Station
is a junction railway station of the Keikyu Corporation located in Kawasaki, Kanagawa, Japan. The station is a terminus for the Keikyū Daishi Line and is located 11.8 kilometers from the terminus of the Keikyū Main Line at Shinagawa Station in Tokyo...

.

History

Suzukichō Station opened on December 10, 1929 as a station on the Keihin Electric Railway, the predecessor to the current Keihin Electric Express Railway. Initially named after the adjacent factory operated by the Ajinomoto
Ajinomoto
Ajinomoto Co. Inc. , is a Japanese food and chemical corporation which produces seasonings, cooking oils, TV dinners, sweeteners, amino acids and pharmaceuticals...

 Corporation, it was renamed to its present name on October 20, 1944. On October 18, 1956, the station was moved to its present address.

Platforms

1 Keikyū Daishi Line
Keikyu Daishi Line
The is a railway line of Keikyu. It connects Keikyū Kawasaki Station and Kojimashinden Station, both located in Kawasaki-ku, Kawasaki, Kanagawa Prefecture.-Data:*Length: 4.5 km*Operator: Keikyu*Gauge: 1,435 mm*Electrification: 1,500 V DC...

2 Keikyū Daishi Line
Keikyu Daishi Line
The is a railway line of Keikyu. It connects Keikyū Kawasaki Station and Kojimashinden Station, both located in Kawasaki-ku, Kawasaki, Kanagawa Prefecture.-Data:*Length: 4.5 km*Operator: Keikyu*Gauge: 1,435 mm*Electrification: 1,500 V DC...


Adjacent stations

Reference

Miura, Kazuo. Keikyū Kakuekiteisha to Kamakura Monogatari. Inban Publishing (1998). ISBN 4808306247

External links

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