Kanagawa Station (Kanagawa)

Kanagawa Station 神奈川駅
Kanagawa Station in January 2007
Location	1-1 Aoki-chō, Kanagawa-ku, Yokohama-shi, Kanagawa-ken Japan
Operated by	Keikyu
Line(s)	Keikyu Main Line
Connections	Bus stop
Other information
Station code	KK36
History
Opened	25 December 1905 (1905-12-25)
Previous names	Aokibashi; Keihin Kanagawa (until 1956)
Traffic
Passengers (FY2008)	5,478 daily

Kanagawa Station (神奈川駅, Kanagawa-eki) is a railway station on the Keikyu Main Line in Kanagawa-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan, operated by the private railway operator Keikyu.

Lines

Kanagawa Station is served by the Keikyu Main Line, and lies 21.5 km from the starting point of the Keikyu Main Line at Shinagawa Station, in Tokyo.

Station layout

Kanagawa Station is an elevated station with two opposed side platforms serving two tracks. The tracks are on embankments, with the station building underneath.

Platforms

Adjacent stations

History

The station opened on December 24, 1905, as a station on the Keihin Electric Railway. It closed on June 22, 1929, but reopened as Aokibashi Station (青木橋駅) on March 29, 1930. Six days later, it was renamed Keihin Kanagawa Station (京浜神奈川駅). The station was renamed Kanagawa Station on April 20, 1956. The platforms were lengthened in 1971, and a new station building was completed in February 1992.

See also

• List of railway stations in Japan

References

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

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Kanagawa Station (Kanagawa).

• Keikyu Kanagawa Station (Japanese)

Coordinates: 35°28′15.66″N 139°37′37.52″E / 35.4710167°N 139.6270889°E / 35.4710167; 139.6270889