is a passenger

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located in Kawasaki-ku, Kawasaki,

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, operated by the private railway operator

Keikyū (), also known as or, more recently, , is a private railroad that connects inner Tokyo to Kawasaki, Yokohama, Yokosuka and other points on the Miura Peninsula in Kanagawa Prefecture. It also provides rail access to Haneda Airport in Tokyo. mea ...

Lines

Kawasaki-Daishi Station is served by the

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and is located from the terminus of the line at

Keikyū Kawasaki Station is a junction passenger railway station located in the city of Kawasaki, Kanagawa, Japan, operated by the private railway operator Keikyu Corporation. The station is one of two main rail transportation hubs in central Kawasaki (the other being ...

Station layout

The station consists of two opposed

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s connected by an underpass. There are two exits, one on the south side serving the Keikyū Kawasaki bound platform and one serving the Kojimashinden bound platform on the northeast corner.

Platforms

History

Kawasaki-Daishi opened on 21 January 1899 as on the Daishi Railway, the predecessor to the current Keikyū. It was renamed Kawasaki-Daishi Station in November 1925. Keikyū introduced

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to its stations on 21 October 2010; Kawasaki-Daishi Station was assigned station number KK22.

Future plans

There are plans to move the station underground.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 18,231 passengers daily. The passenger figures for previous years are as shown below.

Surrounding area

The station serves the nearby

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temple.

References

* Miura, Kazuo. ''Keikyū　Kakuekiteisha to Kamakura Monogatari''. Inban Publishing　(1998).

External links

Official website
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