Nōkendai Station

Nōkendai Station 能見台駅
Nōkendai Station
Location
Prefecture	Kanagawa (See other stations in Kanagawa)
City	Yokohama
Ward	Kanazawa
Neighborhood etc.	Nōkendai-dori 2-1
Postal code	236 - 0053
(in Japanese)	神奈川県横浜市金沢区能見台通2-1
History
Year opened	1944
Former name	Yatsuzaka Station
Present name since	1982
Rail services
Station number(s)	KK48
Operator(s)	Keikyū
Line(s)	Keikyū Main Line
Statistics	31,458 passengers/day 2008
There is a bus stop near this station

Nōkendai Station (能見台駅, Nōkendai-eki) is a railway station operated by the Keikyū Keikyū Main Line located in Kanazawa-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. It is located 37.4 rail kilometers from the northern terminus of the Keikyū Main Line at Shinagawa Station, in Tokyo.

History

Nōkendai Station was opened on May 10, 1944 as Yatsuzaka Station (谷津坂駅, Yatsuzaka-eki). It was relocated to its present address and rebuilt as an elevated station in 1969. a new station building and bus terminal was completed on December 1, 1982 and the station renamed to its present name at that time.

Lines

• Keihin Electric Express Railway
  • Keikyū Main Line

Station layout

Nōkendai Station is an elevated station with dual opposed side platforms serving two tracks.

Adjacent stations

References

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

External links

• Keikyu Nōkendai Station (Japanese)

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Coordinates: 35°21′39″N 139°37′45″E / 35.3607°N 139.6292°E / 35.3607; 139.6292