is an interchange railway station located in

Kōnan-ku, Yokohama is one of the 18 Wards of Japan, wards of the city of Yokohama in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. As of 2010, the ward had an estimated population of 221,536 and a population density, density of 11,150 persons per km2. The total area was 19.87 k ...

, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan, operated by the private railway operator Keikyū and the Yokohama Municipal Subway.

Lines

Kamiōoka Station is served by the Keikyū Main Line and the

Yokohama Subway Blue Line The is a rapid transit line serving Yokohama in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. It is the longer of the two lines in the Yokohama Municipal Subway system operated by Yokohama City Transportation Bureau, and is the second-longest subway line in J ...

(Line 1). It is 30.8 kilometers from the starting point of the Keikyū Main Line at

Shinagawa Station is a major railway station in the Takanawa and Konan districts of Minato, Tokyo, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East), Central Japan Railway Company (JR Central), and the private railway operator Keikyu. The Tokaido Shinkan ...

and 13.8 kilometers from the terminus of the Blue Line at Shōnandai Station.

Station layout

Keikyū Kamiōoka Station is an elevated station with two island platforms serving four tracks. The underground Blue Line station has a single island platform and two tracks.

Keikyū platforms

File:Keikyu-Kami-Ōoka_Station-platform.jpg, Keikyu platforms in 2007 File:Kamioka_Station_-_Keikyu_-_platforms_-_June_6_2021_various_18_38_39_716000.jpeg, Keikyu platforms in 2021

Yokohama Municipal Subway platforms

File:上大岡駅_改札口.jpg, Ticket gates File:Yokohama-municipal-subway-B11-Kami-Ooka-station-platform.jpg, Platform

History

Kamiōoka Station was opened on April 1, 1930 as a station on the Shōnan Electric Railway. The station building was rebuilt in 1963 to include a department store. The Yokohama Municipal Subway connected to Kamiōoka on December 16, 1972. A new station building was built from 1996-1998.

Platform screen doors Platform screen doors (PSDs), also known as platform edge doors (PEDs), are used at some train, rapid transit and people mover stations to separate the platform from train tracks, as well as on some bus rapid transit, tram and light rail syste ...

were installed at the underground platforms in September 2007. Keikyū introduced

station numbering Station numbering is a sign system which assigns station codes consisting of a few letters and numbers to train stations. It aims to facilitate navigation for foreign travelers not familiar with the local language by using globally understood ch ...

to its stations on 21 October 2010; Kamiōoka Station was assigned station number KK44.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2019, the Keikyū station was used by an average of 143,758 passengers daily. During the same period, the Yokohama Municipal Subway was used by an average of 73,500 passengers daily, The daily average passenger figures for previous years are as shown below.

Surrounding area

* Konan Ward Cultural Center "Sunflower Township"

References

External links

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Station (Blue Line)
{{DEFAULTSORT:Kamiooka Station Railway stations in Kanagawa Prefecture Keikyū Main Line Stations of Keikyu Blue Line (Yokohama) Stations of Yokohama City Transportation Bureau Railway stations in Yokohama Railway stations in Japan opened in 1930