Keikyū Taura Station (京急田浦駅, Keikyū Taura-eki) is a passenger railway station located in the city of Yokosuka, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan, operated by the private railway company Keikyū.
KK55 Keikyū Taura Station 京急田浦駅 | |||||||||||
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 Keikyu Taura Station, August 2020 | |||||||||||
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| Location | 5-2 Funakoshi-chō, Yokosuka-shi, Kanagawa-ken 237-0076 Japan | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 35°18′04″N 139°37′31″E / 35.3011°N 139.6254°E | ||||||||||
| Operated by |  Keikyū | ||||||||||
| Line(s) | KK Keikyū Main Line | ||||||||||
| Distance | 44.5 km from Shinagawa | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 side platforms | ||||||||||
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| Accessible | Yes | ||||||||||
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| Station code | KK55 | ||||||||||
| Website | Official website | ||||||||||
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| Opened | April 1, 1930 | ||||||||||
| Previous names | Shōnan Taura; Keihin Taura (until 1987) | ||||||||||
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| 2019 | 12,986 daily | ||||||||||
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Lines
editKeikyū Taura Station is served by the Keikyū Main Line and is located 44.5 kilometers from the northern terminus of the line at Shinagawa Station in Tokyo.[1]
Station layout
editThe station consists of two elevated opposed side platforms the station underneath. The platforms are short, and can only handle six-car long trains.
Platforms
edit| 1 | ■ Keikyū Main Line | for Yokosuka-Chūō, Horinouchi, and Uraga KK Keikyū Kurihama Line for Keikyū Kurihama |
| 2 | ■ Keikyū Main Line | for Yokohama, Keikyū Kamata, and Shinagawa KK Keikyū Airport Line for Haneda Airport Terminal 1·2 |
History
editThe station opened on April 1, 1930[1] as Shōnan Taura Station (湘南田浦駅).[2] It was renamed Keihin Taura Station (京浜田浦駅) on November 1, 1963, and to its present name on June 1, 1987.[2]
Keikyū introduced station numbering to its stations on 21 October 2010; Keikyū Taura Station was assigned station number KK55.[3]
Passenger statistics
editIn fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 12,986 passengers daily.[4]
The passenger figures for previous years are as shown below.
| Fiscal year | daily average | |
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| 2005 | 15,064 | [5] |
| 2010 | 14,218 | [6] |
| 2015 | 13,180 | [7] |
Surrounding area
edit- Taura Plum Grove
- Nagaura Port
- JMSDF Yokosuka Base
- Yokosuka City Funakoshi Elementary School
See also
editReferences
edit- Miura, Kazuo (1998). Keikyu Kakuekiteisha to Kamakura Monogatari. Inba Publishing. ISBN 978-4808306243.(in Japanese)
- ^ a b Terada, Hirokazu (19 January 2013). データブック日本の私鉄 [Databook: Japan's Private Railways]. Japan: Neko Publishing. p. 233. ISBN 978-4-7770-1336-4.
- ^ a b Imao, Keisuke (19 August 2008). 日本鉄道旅行地図帳4号関東2 [Railway Atlas of Japan 4 Kantō 2]. Japan: Shinchō Publishing. p. 35.
- ^ "京急線全駅にて駅ナンバリングを開始します" [Station numbering will be introduced to all stations on the Keikyu Line]. KEIKYU WEB. 25 June 2010. Archived from the original on 21 February 2014. Retrieved 27 February 2023.
- ^ "Keihin Electric Railway handbook 2020-2021year= 2020" (PDF) (in Japanese). Japan: Keikyū. Retrieved 11 August 2020.
- ^ 神奈川県県勢要覧（平成18年度） [Kanagawa Prefecture official statistics (fiscal 2005)] (PDF) (in Japanese). Japan: Kanagawa Metropolitan Government. Retrieved 26 March 2021.
- ^ 神奈川県県勢要覧（平成23年度） [Kanagawa Prefecture official statistics (fiscal 2010)] (PDF) (in Japanese). Japan: Kanagawa Prefecture. Retrieved 26 March 2021.
- ^ 神奈川県県勢要覧（平成28年度 [Kanagawa Prefecture official statistics (fiscal 2010)] (PDF) (in Japanese). Japan: Kanagawa Prefecture. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 August 2017. Retrieved 26 March 2021.
External links
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Media related to Keikyū Taura Station at Wikimedia Commons
- Official website (in Japanese)