Kurihama Station (久里浜駅, Kurihama-eki) is a passenger railway station in located in the city of Yokosuka, Kanagawa, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East).
JO01 Kurihama Station 久里浜駅 | |||||||||||
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| Location | 1 Kurihama, Yokosuka-shi, Kanagawa-ken 239-0831 Japan | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 35°13′59″N 139°42′03″E / 35.23306°N 139.70083°E | ||||||||||
| Operated by | .svg){kind=logo} JR East | ||||||||||
| Line(s) | JO Yokosuka Line | ||||||||||
| Distance | 73.2 km from Tokyo | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 1 island platform | ||||||||||
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| Status | Staffed (Midori no Madoguchi) | ||||||||||
| Station code | JO01 | ||||||||||
| Website | Official website | ||||||||||
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| Opened | 1 April 1944 | ||||||||||
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| FY2019 | 6,338 daily | ||||||||||
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Lines
editKurihama Station is served by the Yokosuka Line. It is the southern terminus of the line and is located 23.9 km from Ōfuna Station, and 73.2 km from the Tokyo Station. It is also located 3 minutes' walk from Keikyū Kurihama Station on the Keikyū Kurihama Line.
Station layout
editKurihama Station has a single island platform connected to the station building by a footbridge. The station has a Midori no Madoguchi staffed ticket office.
Platforms
edit| 1/2 | JO Yokosuka Line | for Zushi, Ōfuna, Yokohama, Tokyo, Chiba, and Narita Airport |
History
editKurihama Station opened on 1 April 1944 as a station on the Japanese Government Railways (JGR), the pre-war predecessor to the Japanese National Railways (JNR).[1] Freight operations were discontinued from October 1, 1974. The station came under the management of JR East upon the privatization of JNR on April 1, 1987. The station was served by Shōnan-Shinjuku Line trains when the new service started in December 2001, but services as far as Kurihama were discontinued from October 2004.
Passenger statistics
editIn fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 6,338 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[2]
The passenger figures (boarding passengers only) for previous years are as shown below.
| Fiscal year | daily average |
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| 2005 | 6,901[3] |
| 2010 | 6,876[4] |
| 2015 | 6,767[5] |
Surrounding area
editKurihama Station is adjacent to JR East's Yokohama Training Center.[6]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Kurihama Station information. Retrieved on 28 August 2008 (in Japanese)
- ^ 各駅の乗車人員 (2019年度) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2019)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. 2020. 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.
- ^ "横浜総合訓練センターにも新訓練車登場" (New training set for Yokohama Training Center) Archived 2008-09-17 at the Wayback Machine. (13 August 2008). Retrieved on 28 August 2008. (in Japanese)
External links
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Media related to Kurihama Station at Wikimedia Commons
- Kurihama Station information (JR East) (in Japanese)