Kitakurihama Station

Kitakurihama Station 北久里浜駅
File:Kita-Kurihama stn.jpg Kitakurihama Station
Location	Negishi 2-206, Yokosuka, Kanagawa （神奈川県横須賀市根岸町二丁目-206） Japan
Operated by	Keikyū
Line(s)	Kurihama Line
Connections	Bus stop
Other information
Station code	KK66
History
Opened	1942
Previous names	Shōnan-Iida (until 1963)
Traffic
Passengers (2008)	26,283 daily

Kitakurihama Station (北久里浜駅, Kitakurihama-eki) is a railway station operated by the Keikyū Kurihama Line located in Yokosuka, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. It is located 1.7 rail kilometers from the Horinouchi junction, and 54.0 rail kilometers from the northern terminus of the Kurihama Line at Shinagawa Station, in Tokyo.

History

Kitakurihama Station opened on December 1, 1942 as a station on the Tokyu Shōnan Line. At that time, it was named Shōnan Station (昭南駅, Shōnan-eki), using the same kanji as the war-time Japanese name for Singapore in celebration of the Japanese victory. On February 1, 1948, the station was renamed Shōnan-Iida Station (湘南井田駅, Shōnan-Iida-eki), using the kanji for the Shōnan area of Japan. It became a station on the Keihin Electric Express Railway from June 1, 1948. The station was renamed to its present name on November 1, 1963. A new station building was completed in December 1985.

Lines

• Keihin Electric Express Railway
  • Keikyū Kurihama Line

Station layout

Kitakurihama Station has two opposed side platforms connected to the station building by an overpass.

Adjacent stations

«		Service		»
Keikyū Kurihama Line
Shin-Ōtsu		Local		Keikyū Kurihama
Shin-Ōtsu		Ltd. Exp.		Keikyū Kurihama
Shin-Ōtsu		Rapid Ltd. Exp.		Keikyū Kurihama
Shin-Ōtsu		Keikyu Wing	Keikyū Kurihama

References

• Miura, Kazuo. Keikyū　Kakuekiteisha to Kamakura Monogatari. Inban Publishing　(1998). ISBN 4-8083-0624-7 (Japanese)

External links

• Keikyū Kitakurihama Station (Japanese)