is a passenger

railway station Rail transport (also known as train transport) is a means of transport that transfers passengers and goods on wheeled vehicles running on rails, which are incorporated in tracks. In contrast to road transport, where the vehicles run on a pre ...

located in the Yasuura neighborhood of the city of

Yokosuka is a city in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. , the city has a population of 409,478, and a population density of . The total area is . Yokosuka is the 11th most populous city in the Greater Tokyo Area, and the 12th in the Kantō region. The city ...

Kanagawa Prefecture is a prefecture of Japan located in the Kantō region of Honshu. Kanagawa Prefecture is the second-most populous prefecture of Japan at 9,221,129 (1 April 2022) and third-densest at . Its geographic area of makes it fifth-smallest. Kana ...

Japan Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, while extending from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north ...

, operated by the private railway company

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

Kenritsudaigaku Station is served by the

Keikyū Main Line The is a railway line in Japan, operated by the private railway operator Keikyu. The line connects the Tokyo wards of Minato, Shinagawa, Ōta, and the Kanagawa municipalities of Kawasaki, Yokohama and Yokosuka. The Keikyu Main Line began a ...

and is located 51.1 kilometers from the northern terminus of the 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 Shinkanse ...

in Tokyo.

Station layout

The station consists of an elevated single

island platform An island platform (also center platform, centre platform) is a station layout arrangement where a single platform is positioned between two tracks within a railway station, tram stop or transitway interchange. Island platforms are popular on ...

, with the station building underneath. The platform is only long enough to handle six-car trains.

Platforms

History

Kenritsudaigaku Station was opened on April 1, 1930 as 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 on November 1, 1961, and on June 1, 1987. It assumed its present name from February 1, 2004. The station building was rebuilt in April 2005.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 12,350 passengers daily. The passenger figures for previous years are as shown below.

Surrounding area

*Yokosuka City Otsu Elementary School *Yokosuka City Otsu Junior High School *Kanagawa Prefectural Yokosuka Otsu High School *

Kanagawa University of Human Services is a public university at Yokosuka, Kanagawa Prefecture is a prefecture of Japan located in the Kantō region of Honshu. Kanagawa Prefecture is the second-most populous prefecture of Japan at 9,221,129 (1 April 2022) and third-densest ...

References

External links

* Railway stations in Kanagawa Prefecture Railway stations in Japan opened in 1930 Keikyū Main Line Railway stations in Yokosuka, Kanagawa {{Kanagawa-railstation-stub