is a passenger

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located in the city of

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, operated by the private railway company

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Lines

YRP Nobi Station is served by the

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and is located 7.2 rail kilometers from the junction at

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, and 59.5 km from the starting point of the

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Station layout

The station consists of two opposed

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s with the station building underneath. The station acts as a passing loop on the single track section of the Kurihama Line between

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and

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Platforms

History

YRP Nobi Station opened on November 1, 1963 as the southern

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for the Kurihama Line, At that time, it was named simply . It became a through station on March 27, 1966 when the Kurihama Line was extended to Tsukuihama Station. With the opening of the nearby

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, the station was renamed on April 1, 1998. It is the fourth station in Japan (and the first non-JR station) to have letters of the alphabet in its name. Keikyū introduced

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to its stations on 21 October 2010; YRP Nobi Station was assigned station number KK68.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 18,536 passengers daily. The passenger figures for previous years are as shown below.

Surrounding area

* Nobi Beach * Nobi Shopping Street

References

External links

* Railway stations in Kanagawa Prefecture Railway stations in Japan opened in 1963 Keikyū Kurihama Line Railway stations in Yokosuka, Kanagawa {{Kanagawa-railstation-stub