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Kenritsudaigaku Station

Railway station in Yokosuka, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan

KK60 Kenritsudaigaku Station 県立大学駅
Kenritsudaigaku Station
General information
Location	Yasuura-cho 2-chome, Yokosuka-shi, Kanagawa-ken 238-0012 Japan
Coordinates	35°16′12″N 139°40′36″E / 35.2699°N 139.6768°E / 35.2699; 139.6768
Operated by	Keikyū
Line(s)	KK Keikyū Main Line
Distance	51.1 km from Shinagawa
Platforms	1 island platform
Connections	Bus stop
Construction
Accessible	Yes
Other information
Station code	KK60
Website	Official website (in Japanese)
History
Opened	April 1, 1930
Previous names	Keikyū-Yasuura; Keihin Yasuura (until 2004)
Passengers
2019	12,350 daily
Services
Preceding station Following station Horinouchi KK61 towards Uraga Main Line Local Yokosuka-chūō KK59 towards Shinagawa
Location Keikyū Ōtsu Station Location within Kanagawa Prefecture Show map of Kanagawa Prefecture Keikyū Ōtsu Station Keikyū Ōtsu Station (Japan) Show map of Japan

Kenritsudaigaku Station (県立大学駅, Kenritsu Daigaku-eki) is a passenger railway station located in the Yasuura neighborhood of the city of Yokosuka, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan, operated by the private railway company Keikyū.

Lines[edit]

Kenritsudaigaku Station is served by the Keikyū Main Line and is located 51.1 kilometers from the northern terminus of the line at Shinagawa Station in Tokyo.

Station layout[edit]

The station consists of an elevated single island platform, with the station building underneath. The platform is only long enough to handle six-car trains.

Platforms[edit]

History[edit]

Kenritsudaigaku Station was opened on April 1, 1930 as Yokosuka-kōgō Station (横須賀公郷駅, Yokosuka-kōgō-eki) on the Shōnan Electric Railway. The Shōnan Electric Railway merged with the Keihin Electric Railway on November 1, 1941 and became the Keihin Electric Express Railway from June 1, 1948. The station was renamed Keihin Yasuura Station (京浜安浦駅, Keihin-Yasuura-eki) on November 1, 1961, and Keikyū Yasuura Station (京急安浦駅, Keikyū-Yasuura-eki) on June 1, 1987. It assumed its present name from February 1, 2004. The station building was rebuilt in April 2005.

Keikyū introduced station numbering to its stations on 21 October 2010; Kenritsudaigaku Station was assigned station number KK60.^[1]

Passenger statistics[edit]

In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 12,350 passengers daily.^[2]

The passenger figures for previous years are as shown below.

Surrounding area[edit]

• Yokosuka City Otsu Elementary School
• Yokosuka City Otsu Junior High School
• Kanagawa Prefectural Yokosuka Otsu High School
• Kanagawa University of Human Services

See also[edit]

• List of railway stations in Japan

References[edit]

• Miura, Kazuo (1998). Keikyu Kakuekiteisha to Kamakura Monogatari. Inba Publishing. ISBN 978-4808306243.(in Japanese)

External links[edit]

Media related to Kenritsudaigaku Station at Wikimedia Commons

• Official website (in Japanese)

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