Mutsuura Station
Encyclopedia
is a railway station operated by Keikyū
Zushi Line
located in Kanazawa ward
, Yokohama
, Kanagawa Prefecture
, Japan
. It is located 1.3 rail kilometers from the Kanazawa Hakkei junction, and 42.2 rail kilometers from the opposing northern terminus at Shinagawa Station
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. The station was also located 500 meters closer to Shin-Zushi than its present position. In 1948, the Keihin Electric Railway spun out from the Tokyu Corporation, and the station was relocated to its present address on March 1, 1949. A new station building was completed in 1970.
s connected by an overpass. One track is dual gauge
Keihin Electric Express Railway
, 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. means the Tokyo - Yokohama area. The company's railway...
Zushi Line
Keikyu Zushi Line
The ' is a commuter line owned by Keihin Electric Express Railway and connects Kanazawa-Hakkei to Shin-Zushi in Kanagawa Prefecture.-Trains:Train types...
located in Kanazawa ward
Kanazawa-ku, Yokohama
is one of the 18 wards of the city of Yokohama in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. As of 2010, the ward had an estimated population of 209,565 and a density of 6,760 persons per km². The total area was 31.01 km². The ward symbol, established 1987, expresses the image of sea, waves, and a sea...
, Yokohama
Yokohama
is the capital city of Kanagawa Prefecture and the second largest city in Japan by population after Tokyo and most populous municipality of Japan. It lies on Tokyo Bay, south of Tokyo, in the Kantō region of the main island of Honshu...
, Kanagawa Prefecture
Kanagawa Prefecture
is a prefecture located in the southern Kantō region of Japan. The capital is Yokohama. Kanagawa is part of the Greater Tokyo Area.-History:The prefecture has some archaeological sites going back to the Jōmon period...
, Japan
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
. It is located 1.3 rail kilometers from the Kanazawa Hakkei junction, and 42.2 rail kilometers from the opposing northern terminus at Shinagawa Station
Shinagawa Station
is the first major station south ofTokyo Station and is a major interchange for trains operated by JR East, JR Central, and Keikyu. The Tōkaidō Shinkansen and other trains to the Miura Peninsula, Izu Peninsula and the Tōkai region pass through here...
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History
Mutsuura Station opened on February 15, 1943 as a station on the Tokyu Corporation's Shōnan Line, the predecessor to the current Keihin Electric Express Railway. Initially, use the station was intended to service the nearby Ikego Munitions Depot, and its use was restricted to personnel of the Imperial Japanese NavyImperial Japanese Navy
The Imperial Japanese Navy was the navy of the Empire of Japan from 1869 until 1947, when it was dissolved following Japan's constitutional renunciation of the use of force as a means of settling international disputes...
. The station was also located 500 meters closer to Shin-Zushi than its present position. In 1948, the Keihin Electric Railway spun out from the Tokyu Corporation, and the station was relocated to its present address on March 1, 1949. A new station building was completed in 1970.
Station layout
Mutsuura Station has dual opposed side platformSide platform
A Side platform is a platform positioned to the side of a pair of tracks at a railway station, a tram stop or a transitway. A pair of side platforms are often provided on a dual track line with a single side platform being sufficient for a single track line...
s connected by an overpass. One track is dual gauge
Dual gauge
A dual-gauge or mixed-gauge railway has railway track that allows trains of different gauges to use the same track. Generally, a dual-gauge railway consists of three rails, rather than the standard two rails. The two outer rails give the wider gauge, while one of the outer rails and the inner rail...
Platforms
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| 2 | ■Keikyū Zushi Line Keikyu Zushi Line The ' is a commuter line owned by Keihin Electric Express Railway and connects Kanazawa-Hakkei to Shin-Zushi in Kanagawa Prefecture.-Trains:Train types... |
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