Keikyū Kurihama Station | |
Native Name: | 京急久里浜駅 |
Native Name Lang: | ja |
Address: | Kurihama 4-4-10, Yokosuka-shi, Kanagawa-ken 239-0831 |
Country: | Japan |
Coordinates: | 35.2313°N 139.702°W |
Operator: | Keikyū |
Line: | Keikyū Kurihama Line |
Distance: | 56.8 km from |
Platforms: | 2 island platforms |
Accessible: | Yes |
Code: | KK67 |
Opened: | December 1, 1942 |
Former: | Keihin Kurihama; Shōnan-Kurihama (until 1987) |
Passengers: | 42,350 daily |
Pass Year: | FY2019 |
Map Type: | Japan Kanagawa Prefecture#Japan |
Map Dot Label: | Keikyū Kurihama Station |
is a passenger railway station located in the city of Yokosuka, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan, operated by the private railway company Keikyū.
Keikyū Kurihama Station is served by the Keikyū Kurihama Line and is located 4.5 rail kilometers from the junction at Horinouchi Station, and 56.8 km from the starting point of the Keikyū Main Line at Shinagawa Station in Tokyo.[1]
The station consists of two elevated island platforms serving four tracks. Platform 2 is primarily used for services terminating at Keikyū Kurihama Station.
Keikyū Kurihama Station opened on December 1, 1942, as the southern terminal station for the Tokyu Shōnan Line. At that time, it was named simply, however, to avoid confusion with the neighboring government-run Kurihama Station, it was renamed on April 1, 1944. It became a station on the Keihin Electric Express Railway from 1948. The station was renamed, on November 1, 1963. A new station building was completed in April 1987, and the station renamed to its present name on June 1, 1987.
Keikyū introduced station numbering to its stations on 21 October 2010; Keikyū Kurihama Station was assigned station number KK67.[2]
In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 42,350 passengers daily.[3]
The passenger figures for previous years are as shown below.
Fiscal year | daily average | |
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2005 | 44,017 | [4] |
2010 | 44,158 | [5] |
2015 | 43,608 | [6] |