Hemi Station (逸見駅, Hemi-eki) is a railway station is a passenger railway station located in the city of Yokosuka, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan, operated by the private railway company Keikyū.
KK57 Hemi Station 逸見駅 | |||||||||||
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 Entrance of Hemi Station | |||||||||||
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| Location | Higashi Hemi-cho 2, Yokosuka-shi, Kanagawa-ken 238-0045 Japan | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 35°16′51″N 139°39′11″E / 35.2807°N 139.6531°E | ||||||||||
| Line(s) | KK Keikyū Main Line | ||||||||||
| Distance | 48.1 km from Shinagawa | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 side platforms | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 4 | ||||||||||
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| Accessible | Yes | ||||||||||
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| Station code | KK57 | ||||||||||
| Website | Official website (in Japanese) | ||||||||||
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| Opened | April 1, 1930 | ||||||||||
| Passengers | |||||||||||
| 2019 | 5,299 daily | ||||||||||
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Lines
editHemi Station is served by the Keikyū Main Line and is located 48.1 kilometers from the northern terminus of the line at Shinagawa Station in Tokyo.
Station layout
editThe station consists of two elevated opposed side platforms serving two tracks on passing loops to permit the through passage of express trains. The station building is located underneath.
Platforms
edit| 1 | ■ Keikyū Main Line | for Yokosuka-Chūō, Horinouchi, and Uraga KK Keikyū Kurihama Line for Keikyū Kurihama |
| 2 | ■ Keikyū Main Line | for Yokohama, Keikyū Kamata, and Shinagawa KK Keikyū Airport Line for Haneda Airport Terminal 1·2 |
History
editHemi Station was opened on April 1, 1930 as a station on the Shōnan Electric Railway, which merged with the Keihin Electric Railway on November 1, 1941. At the time, the station had a single island platform. The station was rebuilt into its current platform configuration in 1958.
Keikyū introduced station numbering to its stations on 21 October 2010; Hemi Station was assigned station number KK57.[1]
Passenger statistics
editIn fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 5,299 passengers daily.[2]
The passenger figures for previous years are as shown below.
| Fiscal year | daily average | |
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| 2005 | 5,219 | [3] |
| 2010 | 5,288 | [4] |
| 2015 | 5,235 | [5] |
Surrounding area
edit- Yokosuka City Lifelong Learning Center (Manabikan)
- Yokosuka City Health Promotion Center (Sukoyakan)
- Yokosuka City Izumi Elementary School
See also
editReferences
edit- Miura, Kazuo (1998). Keikyu Kakuekiteisha to Kamakura Monogatari. Inba Publishing. ISBN 978-4808306243.(in Japanese)
- ^ "京急線全駅にて駅ナンバリングを開始します" [Station numbering will be introduced to all stations on the Keikyu Line]. KEIKYU WEB. 25 June 2010. Archived from the original on 21 February 2014. Retrieved 27 February 2023.
- ^ "Keihin Electric Railway handbook 2020-2021year= 2020" (PDF) (in Japanese). Japan: Keikyū. Retrieved 11 August 2020.
- ^ 神奈川県県勢要覧（平成18年度） [Kanagawa Prefecture official statistics (fiscal 2005)] (PDF) (in Japanese). Japan: Kanagawa Metropolitan Government. Retrieved 26 March 2021.
- ^ 神奈川県県勢要覧（平成23年度） [Kanagawa Prefecture official statistics (fiscal 2010)] (PDF) (in Japanese). Japan: Kanagawa Prefecture. Retrieved 26 March 2021.
- ^ 神奈川県県勢要覧（平成28年度 [Kanagawa Prefecture official statistics (fiscal 2010)] (PDF) (in Japanese). Japan: Kanagawa Prefecture. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 August 2017. Retrieved 26 March 2021.
External links
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Media related to Hemi Station at Wikimedia Commons
- Official website (in Japanese)
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