is a passenger

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located in the city of Miura,

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. Kanag ...

, Japan, 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

Miurakaigan Station is served by the

Keikyū Kurihama Line The is a commuter rail line operated by the private railway operator Keikyu in Japan. Keikyu Main Line trains from and in Tokyo connect to the Miura Peninsula on the Keikyu Kurihama Line. Service types Three different types of service opera ...

and is located 11.2 rail kilometers from the junction at

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, and 63.5 km from the starting point of 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 as ...

at Shinagawa Station in

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Platforms

File:Keikyu Miurakaigan sta 002.jpg, The ticket barriers in May 2008 File:Keikyu Miurakaigan sta 003.jpg, The view from the down end of the platforms in May 2008 File:Keikyu-railway-kurihama-line-Miura-kaigan-station-platform.jpg, The view from the up end of the platforms in November 2008

History

Miurakaigan Station opened on July 7, 1966, as the southern terminus of the Kurihama Line. In April 1975, the Kurihama Line was extended one station beyond Miurakaigan to the present terminus at

Misakiguchi Station is a passenger railway station located in the city of Miura, Kanagawa, Japan, operated by the private railway company Keikyū. Lines Misakiguchi Station is the southern terminus of the Keikyū Kurihama Line, and is located 13.4 km from t ...

. In October 2016, an experimental platform edge door system was installed for evaluation purposes on platform 1 for a period of approximately one year. The platform edge door system developed by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Transportation Equipment Engineering & Service is designed to handle trains with two, three or four doors per car, and the temporary installation is just one car length long.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 10,981 passengers daily. The passenger figures for previous years are as shown below.

Surrounding area

* Miura Beach * Japanese National Route Sign 0134

National Route 134

References

External links

* {{Keikyū Kurihama Line Railway stations in Kanagawa Prefecture Railway stations in Japan opened in 1966 Keikyū Kurihama Line Miura, Kanagawa