Kitakurihama Station

Kitakurihama Station 北久里浜駅
Kitakurihama Station
Location
Prefecture	Kanagawa (See other stations in Kanagawa)
City	Yokosuka
Neighborhood etc.	Negishi 2-206
Postal code	239 - 0807
(in Japanese)	神奈川県横須賀市根岸町二丁目-206
History
Year opened	1942
Former name	Shōnan-Iida Station
Present name since	1963
Rail services
Station number(s)	KK66
Operator(s)	Keikyū
Line(s)	Kurihama Line
Statistics	26,283 passengers/day 2008
There is a bus stop near this station

Kitakurihama Station (北久里浜駅, Kitakurihama-eki) is a railway station operated by the Keikyū Kurihama Line located in Yokosuka, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. It is located 1.7 rail kilometers from the Horinouchi junction, and 54.0 rail kilometers from the northern terminus of the Kurihama Line at Shinagawa Station, in Tokyo.

History

Kitakurihama Station opened on December 1, 1942 as a station on the Tokyu Shōnan Line. At that time, it was named Shōnan Station (昭南駅, Shōnan-eki), using the same kanji as the war-time Japanese name for Singapore in celebration of the Japanese victory. On February 1, 1948, the station was renamed Shōnan-Iida Station (湘南井田駅, Shōnan-Iida-eki), using the kanji for the Shōnan area of Japan. It became a station on the Keihin Electric Express Railway from June 1, 1948. The station was renamed to its present name on November 1, 1963. A new station building was completed in December 1985.

Lines

• Keihin Electric Express Railway
  • Keikyū Kurihama Line

Station layout

Kitakurihama Station has two opposed side platforms connected to the station building by an overpass.

Platforms

Adjacent stations

References

• Miura, Kazuo. Keikyū　Kakuekiteisha to Kamakura Monogatari. Inban Publishing　(1998). ISBN 4-8083-0624-7 (Japanese)

External links

• Keikyū Kitakurihama Station (Japanese)

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Coordinates: 35°14′58″N 139°41′11″E / 35.24944°N 139.68639°E / 35.24944; 139.68639