Kanazawa-hakkei Station
KK50 Kanazawa-hakkei Station 金沢八景駅 | |
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 The station entrance in February 2012 | |
| Location |
15-1 Seto, Kanazawa-ku, Yokohama-shi, Kanagawa-ken Japan |
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| Line(s) | |
| Connections | Bus stop |
| Other information | |
| Station code | KK50 |
| History | |
| Opened | 1 April 1930 |
| Traffic | |
| Passengers (FY2008) | 54,173 (Keikyu) daily |
| Location | |
  Kanazawa-hakkei Station Location within Kanagawa Prefecture | |
Kanazawa-hakkei Station (金沢八景駅 Kanazawa-hakkei-eki) is a junction railway station in Kanazawa-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan, operated by the private railway operator Keikyu.
Lines
Kanazawa-hakkei Station is served by the Keikyū Main Line and is located 40.9 kilometers from the official starting point of the line at Shinagawa Station, in Tokyo. It is also a terminal station for both the Keikyū Zushi Line and the Kanazawa Seaside Line, with the Kanazawa Seaside Line station located approximately 150 m to the east of the Keikyū station.
Station layout
Kanazawa-hakkei Station is an elevated station with two island platforms serving four tracks. Track 4 is dual-gauge (1,067 mm narrow gauge and 1,435 mm standard gauge) to allow narrow-gauge rolling stock to be moved at night from the nearby J-TREC factory to JR tracks via Zushi Station.
Keikyū platforms
| 1 | ■ Keikyū Main Line | for Yokosuka-chūō, Uraga, and Misakiguchi |
| 2 | ■ Keikyū Main Line | for Yokosuka-chūō, Uraga, and Misakiguchi |
| ■ Keikyū Zushi Line | for Shinzushi | |
| 3 | ■ Keikyū Main Line | for Yokohama, Shinagawa, Haneda Airport, and Oshiage |
| 4 | ■ Keikyū Main Line | for Yokohama, Shinagawa, Haneda Airport, and Oshiage |
| ■ Keikyū Zushi Line | for Shinzushi |
The platforms in October 2007
The view from the north end of platform 3/4, with the dual-gauge track from the J-TREC factory visible on the left, June 2010
The view from the south end of platform 3/4, with the dual-gauge track to Jinmuji Station visible on the right, June 2010
Kanazawa Seaside Line platforms
The Kanazawa Seaside Line station is located south of the Keikyū station, and is an elevated single track, single side platform station for bi-directional traffic. The Kanazawa Seaside Line station is a temporary station, with construction connecting the Seaside Line to the Keikyū station beginning in early 2016.
| 1 | ■ Kanazawa Seaside Line | for Hakkeijima, Torihama, and Shin-Sugita |
Adjacent stations
| ← | Service | → | ||
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| Keikyū Main Line | ||||
| Morning Wing: Does not stop at this station | ||||
| Kanazawa-bunko | Keikyū Wing | Yokosuka-chūō | ||
| Kanazawa-bunko | Limited Express (Kaitoku) | Yokosuka-chūō | ||
| Kanazawa-bunko | Limited Express (Tokkyū) | Oppama | ||
| Kanazawa-bunko | Airport Express | Mutsuura (Zushi Line) | ||
| Kanazawa-bunko | Local | Oppama | ||
| Keikyu Zushi Line | ||||
| Kanazawa-bunko (Main Line) |
Limited Express (Tokkyū) | Mutsuura | ||
| Kanazawa-bunko (Main Line) |
Airport Express | Mutsuura | ||
| Kanazawa-bunko (Main Line) |
Local | Mutsuura | ||
| Kanazawa Seaside Line | ||||
| Nojimakōen | - | Terminus | ||
History
Kanazawa-hakkei Station was opened on April 1, 1930, as a station on the Shonan Electric Railway, which merged with the Keihin Electric Railway in 1941. The station was rebuilt in July 1987.
The name Kanazawa Hakkei ("Eight Views of Kanazawa") is taken from the name of a series of ukiyo-e woodblock prints of eight places in the area, which were made between 1835 and 1836, by Andō Hiroshige.
Since 2010, all Limited Express (Kaitoku) trains stop at this station.
See also
References
- Miura, Kazuo. Keikyū Kakuekiteisha to Kamakura Monogatari. Inban Publishing (1998). ISBN 4-8083-0624-7 (in Japanese)
External links
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- Keikyu Kanazawa-hakkei Station (in Japanese)
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