Kenritsudaigaku Station (県立大学駅, Kenritsu Daigaku-eki) is a passenger railway station located in the Yasuura neighborhood of the city of Yokosuka, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan, operated by the private railway company Keikyū.
KK60 Kenritsudaigaku Station 県立大学駅 | |||||||||||
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 Kenritsudaigaku Station | |||||||||||
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| Location | Yasuura-cho 2-chome, Yokosuka-shi, Kanagawa-ken 238-0012 Japan | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 35°16′12″N 139°40′36″E / 35.2699°N 139.6768°E | ||||||||||
| Operated by |  Keikyū | ||||||||||
| Line(s) | KK Keikyū Main Line | ||||||||||
| Distance | 51.1 km from Shinagawa | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 1 island platform | ||||||||||
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| Accessible | Yes | ||||||||||
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| Station code | KK60 | ||||||||||
| Website | Official website (in Japanese) | ||||||||||
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| Opened | April 1, 1930 | ||||||||||
| Previous names | Keikyū-Yasuura; Keihin Yasuura (until 2004) | ||||||||||
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| 2019 | 12,350 daily | ||||||||||
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Lines
editKenritsudaigaku Station is served by the Keikyū Main Line and is located 51.1 kilometers from the northern terminus of the line at Shinagawa Station in Tokyo.
Station layout
editThe station consists of an elevated single island platform, with the station building underneath. The platform is only long enough to handle six-car trains.
Platforms
edit| 1 | ■ Keikyū Main Line | for 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 Station |
History
editKenritsudaigaku Station was opened on April 1, 1930 as Yokosuka-kōgō Station (横須賀公郷駅, Yokosuka-kōgō-eki) 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 Keihin Yasuura Station (京浜安浦駅, Keihin-Yasuura-eki) on November 1, 1961, and Keikyū Yasuura Station (京急安浦駅, Keikyū-Yasuura-eki) on June 1, 1987. It assumed its present name from February 1, 2004. The station building was rebuilt in April 2005.
Keikyū introduced station numbering to its stations on 21 October 2010; Kenritsudaigaku Station was assigned station number KK60.[1]
Passenger statistics
editIn fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 12,350 passengers daily.[2]
The passenger figures for previous years are as shown below.
| Fiscal year | daily average | |
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| 2005 | 11,633 | [3] |
| 2010 | 12,537 | [4] |
| 2015 | 12,475 | [5] |
Surrounding area
edit- Yokosuka City Otsu Elementary School
- Yokosuka City Otsu Junior High School
- Kanagawa Prefectural Yokosuka Otsu High School
- Kanagawa University of Human Services
See also
editReferences
edit- Miura, Kazuo (1998). Keikyu Kakuekiteisha to Kamakura Monogatari. Inba Publishing. ISBN 978-4808306243.(in Japanese)
- ^ "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 Kenritsudaigaku Station at Wikimedia Commons
- Official website (in Japanese)
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