Kenritsu Daigaku Station

Kenritsu Daigaku Station 県立大学駅
Kenritsu Daigaku Station
Location	Yasuura-cho 2-chome, Yokosuka, Kanagawa （神奈川県横須賀市安浦町二丁目） Japan
Operated by	Keikyū
Line(s)	Keikyū Main Line
Connections	Bus stop
Other information
Station code	KK60
History
Opened	1930
Previous names	Keikyū-Yasuura; Keihin Yasuura (until 2004)
Traffic
Passengers (2008)	12,724 daily

Kenritsu Daigaku Station (県立大学駅, Kenritsu Daigaku-eki) is a railway station operated by the Keikyū Keikyū Main Line located in Yokosuka, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. It is located 51.1 rail kilometers from the northern terminus of the Keikyū Main Line at Shinagawa Station, in Tokyo.

History

Kenritsu Daigaku Station was opened on April 1, 1930 as Yokosuka-kōgō Station (横須賀公郷駅, Yokosuka-kōgō-eki) on the Shōnan Electric Railway. The Shōnan Electric Railway merged with the Keihin Electric Railway on November 1, 1941 and became the Keihin Electric Express Railway from June 1, 1948. The station was renamed Keihin Yasuura Station (京浜安浦駅, Keihin-Yasuura-eki) on November 1, 1961, and Keikyū Yasuura Station (京急安浦駅, Keikyū-Yasuura-eki) on June 1, 1987. It assumed its present name from February 1, 2004. The station building was rebuilt in April 2005.

Lines

• Keihin Electric Express Railway
  • Keikyū Main Line

Station layout

Kenritsu Daigaku Station is an elevated station with a single island platform serving two tracks. The platform is only long enough to handle six-car trains.

Platforms

Adjacent stations

References

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

External links

• Keikyu Kenritsu Daigaku Station (Japanese)

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Coordinates: 35°16′12″N 139°40′36″E / 35.2699°N 139.6768°E / 35.2699; 139.6768