Keikyū Higashi-kanagawa Station

Keikyū Higashi-kanagawa Station (京急東神奈川駅, Keikyū Higashi-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.

KK35
Keikyū Higashi-kanagawa Station

京急東神奈川駅
Keikyū Higashi-kanagawa Station ground-level entrance in November 2005
Location1-11-5 Higashi-Kanagawa, Kanagawa-ku, Yokohama-shi, Kanagawa-ken
Japan
Coordinates35.4776°N 139.6346°E / 35.4776; 139.6346
Operated by Keikyu Corporation
Line(s)KK Keikyu Main Line
Distance21.7 km from Sengakuji
Platforms2 side platforms
Tracks2
Connections
Other information
Station codeKK35
WebsiteOfficial website
History
Opened24 December 1905
Previous namesNakakido Station
Traffic
Passengers (FY2011)17,728 daily
Location
Keikyū Higashi-kanagawa Station
Location within Kanagawa Prefecture
Keikyū Higashi-kanagawa Station
Keikyū Higashi-kanagawa Station (Japan)

Lines

Keikyū Higashi-kanagawa Station is served by the Keikyu Main Line, and is located 21.7 kilometers from the starting point of the line at Sengakuji Station in Tokyo.[1]

The station is also approximately 50 m from Higashi-Kanagawa Station on the Keihin-Tohoku Line and Yokohama Line.

Station layout

Keikyū Higashi-kanagawa Station has two opposed side platforms serving two tracks. The tracks are on an embankment, with the station building underneath.

Platforms
1 ■ Keikyu Main Line for Yokohama, Zushi·Hayama, Uraga, and Misakiguchi
2 ■ Keikyu Main Line for Keikyu Kamata, Haneda Airport, Shinagawa, Sengakuji, and Oshiage
  • The elevated entrance and pedestrian walkway connecting with JR Higashi-Kanagawa station in January 2015
  • The platforms in October 2007

Adjacent stations
« Service »
Keikyu Main Line (KK35)
Limited Express (Kaitoku): Does not stop at this station
Limited Express (Tokkyū): Does not stop at this station
Kanagawa-shimmachi (KK34)   Airport Express   Yokohama (KK37)
Kanagawa-shimmachi (KK34)   Local   Kanagawa (KK36)

History

The station opened on December 24, 1905, originally named Nakakido Station (中木戸駅) (with differing kanji characters).[1] The station was rebuilt as an elevated station in August 1910, but was destroyed in an air raid on May 29, 1945, and again by a fire in July 1957. The platforms were lengthened in 1971, and a pedestrian walkway was added in 2004.

The station was renamed Keikyū Higashi-kanagawa (京急東神奈川駅, Keikyū Higashikanagawa-eki) on 14 March 2020.[2]

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2011, the station was used by an average of 17,728 passengers daily.[1]

Surrounding area

See also

References
  • Miura, Kazuo. Keikyū　Kakuekiteisha to Kamakura Monogatari. Inban Publishing　(1998). ISBN 4-8083-0624-7 (in Japanese)
  1. Terada, Hirokazu (19 January 2013). データブック日本の私鉄 [Databook: Japan's Private Railways] (in Japanese). Japan: Neko Publishing. p. 233. ISBN 978-4-7770-1336-4.
  2. "2020年3月に4駅の駅名を変更します" (in Japanese). 京浜急行電鉄. 25 January 2019. Retrieved 20 August 2019.
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