Kurihama Station
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is a railway station operated by JR East's
Yokosuka Line
located in Yokosuka, Kanagawa
, Japan
. It is southern terminus
of the Yokosuka Line and is located 23.9 kilometers from Ōfuna switch point
, and 73.2 kilometers from the Tokyo Station
. It is also located 3 minutes' walk from Keikyū Kurihama Station
on the Keikyū Main Line.
(JGR) , the pre-war predecessor to the Japan National Railways (JNR). Freight operations were discontinued from October 1, 1974. The station came under the management of JR East upon the privatization
of the Japan National Railways (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.
connected to the station building by an overpass
.
East Japan Railway Company
is the largest passenger railway company in the world and one of the seven Japan Railways Group companies. The company name is officially abbreviated as JR East in English, and as in Japanese. The company's headquarters are in Yoyogi, Shibuya, Tokyo....
Yokosuka Line
Yokosuka Line
The is a railway line in Japan operated by the East Japan Railway Company .The Yokosuka Line connects in Chūō, Tokyo and in Yokosuka, Kanagawa...
located in Yokosuka, Kanagawa
Yokosuka, Kanagawa
is a city located in Kanagawa, Japan. As of 2010, the city had an estimated population of 419,067 and a population density of 4,160 people per km². It covered an area of 100.62 km²...
, Japan
Japan
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. It is southern terminus
Terminal Station
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of the Yokosuka Line and is located 23.9 kilometers from Ōfuna switch point
Ofuna Station
is a railway station in Kamakura, Kanagawa, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company .-Lines:Ōfuna Station is served by the Tōkaidō Main Line, Shōnan-Shinjuku Line, Negishi Line , Yokosuka Line as well as the Shonan Monorail....
, and 73.2 kilometers from the Tokyo Station
Tokyo Station
is a train station located in the Marunouchi business district of Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan, near the Imperial Palace grounds and the Ginza commercial district....
. It is also located 3 minutes' walk from Keikyū Kurihama Station
Keikyu Kurihama Station
is a railway station operated by the Keikyū Kurihama Line located in Yokosuka, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. It is located 4.5 rail kilometers from the Horinouchi junction, and 56.8 rail kilometers from the nortern terminus of the Kurihama Line at Shinagawa Station, in Tokyo.-History:Keikyū Kurihama...
on the Keikyū Main Line.
History
Kurihama Station opened on 1 April 1944 as a station on the Japanese Government RailwaysJapanese Government Railways
The Japanese Government Railways was the national railway system directly operated by the central government of Japan until 1949. It is a predecessor of Japanese National Railways and the Japan Railways Group.- Name :...
(JGR) , the pre-war predecessor to the Japan National Railways (JNR). Freight operations were discontinued from October 1, 1974. The station came under the management of JR East upon the privatization
Privatization
Privatization is the incidence or process of transferring ownership of a business, enterprise, agency or public service from the public sector to the private sector or to private non-profit organizations...
of the Japan National Railways (JNR) on April 1, 1987. The station was served by Shōnan-Shinjuku Line
Shonan-Shinjuku Line
The is a passenger railway service in Japan which commenced in December 2001. The line has no dedicated track as services run through shared sections along the Ryōmō Line, Takasaki Line, Utsunomiya Line, Yamanote Freight Line, Yokosuka Line, and Tōkaidō Main Line...
trains when the new service started in December 2001, but services as far as Kurihama were discontinued from October 2004.
Station layout
Kurihama Station has a single island platformIsland platform
An island platform is a station layout arrangement where a single platform is positioned between two tracks within a railway station, tram stop or transitway interchange...
connected to the station building by an overpass
Overpass
An overpass is a bridge, road, railway or similar structure that crosses over another road or railway...
.
Platforms
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