is a railway station on the

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, Japan, operated by the

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operator

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. It is numbered "KK12".

Lines

Kōjiya Station is served by the 6.5 km

from to , and lies 0.9 km from Keikyu Kamata. Through services operate to and from 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, Tokyo, Minato, Shinagawa, Tokyo, Shinagawa, Ōta, Tokyo, Ōta, and the Kanagawa Prefecture, Kanagawa municipalities o ...

Layout

The station has two opposed

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serving two tracks on the second floor level. The station ticket barriers and facilities are on the ground floor level.

Platforms

File:Kojiya-Sta-Gate.JPG, The ticket barriers in August 2016 File:Kojiya-Sta-Platform-201608.JPG, The platforms in August 2016

History

The station opened on 28 June 1902, coinciding with the opening of the 3.6 km Haneda Branch Line from Kamata to . The station underwent modernization work between October 1991 and March 1993, with a new station building and extended and widened platforms. In December 1994, the platforms were extended to handle eight-car trains inter-running to and from the

Toei Asakusa Line The is a subway line in Tokyo, Japan, operated by the municipal subway operator Toei Subway. The line runs between in Ōta, Tokyo, Ōta and in Sumida, Tokyo, Sumida. The line is named after the Asakusa district, a cultural center of Tokyo, un ...

. Keikyu introduced

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to its stations on 21 October 2010; Kōjiya was assigned station number KK11. The station was rebuilt with elevated tracks, completed in October 2012. File:Kojiya-Sta-Gate-For-Haneda.jpg, The entrance for the Haneda-bound platform in September 2009 File:Kojiya Station 2004-12-8.jpg, The ground-level platforms in December 2004 File:Kojiya-Sta-Platform.JPG, The ground-level platforms in September 2009 during construction work to raise them File:Kojiya station platform 20100816.jpg, The elevated platform 2 in August 2010

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2011, the station was used by an average of 21,863 passengers daily.

Surrounding area

* Kamata Girls' High School

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Kojiya Station Railway stations in Tokyo Stations of Keikyu Railway stations in Japan opened in 1902