is a railway station operated by the Keikyū

Keihin Electric Express Railway

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 Keikyū Main Line located in Tsurumi-ku

Tsurumi-ku, Yokohama

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, Yokohama

Yokohama

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, Kanagawa Prefecture

Kanagawa Prefecture

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, Japan

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. It is located 13.8 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

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History

Tsurumi-Ichiba Station opened on December 24, 1905 as . It was renamed to its present name in April 1927. A new station building was completed in April 1984, at which time the platforms were lengthened to accommodate 8-car trains.

Station layout

Tsurumi-Ichiba Station has two ground-level opposed 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...

s connected by an elevated station building built over the platforms and tracks.

Platforms

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

Adjacent stations

External links

• Tsurumi Ichiba Station