is an interchange

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located in

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, Japan, operated by the

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operator

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and the

Yokohama Municipal Subway is the rapid transit network in the city of Yokohama, Japan, south of Tokyo in Kanagawa Prefecture. It is operated by Yokohama City Transportation Bureau as two lines, though three continuous lines exist. Lines The Yokohama Municipa ...

Lines

Kamiōoka Station is served by the

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

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and 13.8 kilometers from the terminus of the Blue Line at

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Station layout

Keikyū Kamiōoka Station is an elevated station with two

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s 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.

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

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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)
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