Kenritsu Daigaku Station

Kenritsu Daigaku Station
県立大学駅
Kenritsu Daigaku Station
Location
Prefecture Kanagawa
(See other stations in Kanagawa)
City Yokosuka
Neighborhood etc. Yasuura-cho 2-chome
Postal code238 - 0012
(in Japanese)神奈川県横須賀市安浦町二丁目
History
Year opened 1930
Former names Keikyū-Yasuura Station
Keihin Yasuura Station
Present name since 2004
Rail services
Station number(s) KK60
Operator(s) Keikyū
Line(s) Keikyū Main Line
Statistics 12,724 passengers/day 2008
There is a bus stop near this station

Kenritsu Daigaku Station (県立大学駅 Kenritsu Daigaku-eki) is a railway station operated by the Keikyū Keikyū Main Line located in Yokosuka, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. It is located 51.1 rail kilometers from the northern terminus of the Keikyū Main Line at Shinagawa Station, in Tokyo.

History

Kenritsu Daigaku 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.

Lines

Station layout

Kenritsu Daigaku Station is an elevated station with a single island platform serving two tracks. The platform is only long enough to handle six-car trains.

Platforms

1 Keikyū Kurihama Line for Uraga, Keikyū Kurihama, Miurakaigan, and Misakiguchi
3 Keikyū Kurihama Line for Yokohama, Shinagawa, Haneda Airport, and Oshiage

Adjacent stations

«Service»
Keikyū Main Line
Yokosuka-Chūō   Local   Horinouchi
Ltd. Express: no stop
Rapid Ltd. Express: no stop
Keikyu Wing: no stop

References

    External links

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    Coordinates: 35°16′12″N 139°40′36″E / 35.2699°N 139.6768°E