Hemi Station

Hemi Station
逸見駅
Entrance of Hemi Station
Location
Prefecture Kanagawa
(See other stations in Kanagawa)
City Yokosuka
Neighborhood etc. Higashi Hemi-cho 2
Postal code237 - 0064
(in Japanese)神奈川県横須賀市東逸見町二丁目
History
Year opened 1930
Rail services
Station number(s) KK57
Operator(s) Keikyū
Line(s) Keikyū Main Line
Statistics 5,471 passengers/day 2008
There is a bus stop near this station

Hemi Station (逸見駅 Hemi-eki) is a railway station operated by the Keikyū Main Line located in Yokosuka, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. It is located 48.1 rail kilometers from the northern terminus of the Keikyū Main Line at Shinagawa Station, in Tokyo.

History

Hemi Station was opened on April 1, 1930 as a station on the Shōnan Electric Railway, which merged with the Keihin Electric Railway on November 1, 1941. At the time, the station had a single island platform. The station was rebuilt into its current platform configuration in 1958.

Lines

Station layout

1 Keikyū Main Line for Yokosuka-Chūō, Keikyū Kurihama, Misakiguchi, Uraga
2 Keikyū Main Line for Yokohama, Haneda Airport, Shinagawa, Sengakuji, Oshiage

Hemi Station is an elevated station with dual opposed side platforms serving two tracks on passing loops to permit the through passage of express trains.

Adjacent stations

«Service»
Keikyū Main Line
Anjinzuka   Local   Shioiri
Ltd. Express: no stop
Rapid Ltd. Express: no stop
Keikyu Wing: no stop

References

    External links

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    Coordinates: 35°16′51″N 139°39′11″E / 35.2807°N 139.6531°E