Kurihama Station

Kurihama Station
久里浜駅
Kurihama Station
Location
Prefecture Kanagawa
(See other stations in Kanagawa)
City Yokosuka
Neighborhood etc. 1-chome Kurihama
Postal Code 239 - 0831
(in Japanese) 神奈川県横須賀市久里浜1丁目
History
Year opened 1944
Rail services
Operator(s) JR East
Line(s) Yokosuka Line
Statistics 6,960 passengers/day 2008
There is a bus stop near this station

Kurihama Station (久里浜駅 Kurihama-eki ?) is a railway station operated by JR East's Yokosuka Line located in Yokosuka, Kanagawa, Japan. It is southern terminus of the Yokosuka Line and is located 23.9 kilometers from Ōfuna switch point, and 73.2 kilometers from the Tokyo Station. It is also located 3 minutes' walk from Keikyū Kurihama Station on the Keikyū Main Line.

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History

Kurihama Station opened on 1 April 1944 as a station on the Japanese Government Railways (JGR) , the pre-war predecessor to the Japan National Railways (JNR).[1] Freight operations were discontinued from October 1, 1974. The station came under the management of JR East upon the privatization of the Japan National Railways (JNR) on April 1, 1987. The station was served by Shōnan-Shinjuku Line trains when the new service started in December 2001, but services as far as Kurihama were discontinued from October 2004.

Station layout

Kurihama Station has a single island platform connected to the station building by an overpass.

Platforms

1, 2 ■Yokosuka Line Zushi・ Ōfuna・ Yokohama・ Tokyo・ Chiba・ Narita Airport

Surrounding area

Kurihama Station is adjacent to JR East's Yokohama Training Center.[2]

Adjacent stations

« Service »
Yokosuka Line
Kinugasa - Terminus

References

  1. ^ Kurihama Station information. Retrieved on 28 August 2008 (Japanese)
  2. ^ "横浜総合訓練センターにも新訓練車登場" (New training set for Yokohama Training Center). (13 August 2008). Retrieved on 28 August 2008. (Japanese)

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