is a railway station in

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, Japan, operated by the

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operator

Keikyu Corporation (), 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 ...

. It has the station number "KK03".

Lines

* Keikyu **

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Layout

Shimbamba Station is an elevated station with two

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s serving two tracks. Although the station is long enough to handle 12-car trains, only 4 and 6-car local trains stop at this station.

Platforms

File:Shimbamba Station - platforms and train - Sep 18 2018.jpg, Station platforms and train in September 2018

History

The station opened as an elevated station on October 15, 1976, and replaced the earlier Kitabamba Station and Minamibamba Station. Since the work to elevate and integrate the stations progressed track by track, the two stations had shared one elevated platform for Uraga-bound trains from August 27, 1975 with the transitional station name "Kitabamba·Minamibamba."

Surrounding area

Kitashinagawa Onsen Tenjin Yu

References

External links

* Railway stations in Japan opened in 1904 Railway stations in Tokyo {{Tokyo-railstation-stub