Keikyū Kawasaki Station (Tokyo Bay and Bōsō Peninsula)
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Keikyū Kawasaki Station
Keikyū Kawasaki Station (Japan)
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Keikyū Kawasaki Station (京急川崎駅, Keikyū Kawasaki-eki) is a junction passenger railway station located in the city of Kawasaki, Kanagawa, Japan, operated by the private railway operator Keikyu Corporation. The station is one of two main rail transportation hubs in central Kawasaki (the other being JR East's Kawasaki Station, which is a short walking distance away).
Lines
Keikyū Kawasaki Station is served by the Keikyu Main Line, and lies 13.0 kilometres (8.1 mi) from the official starting point of the line at Sengakuji in Tokyo.[1] The station is also a terminus for the 4.5 km Keikyu Daishi Line to Kojimashinden.
Station layout
Keikyū Kawasaki Station has two elevated island platforms serving four tracks for the Keikyū Main Line, connected to the three ground-level bay platforms serving the Keikyu Daishi Line and station building by an underpass.
The elevated Keikyu Main Line platforms in November 2020
Platform 4 and 5 at Keikyu Kawasaki Station (Keikyu Main Line platform) in July 2023
Platform 6 and 7 at Keikyu Kawasaki Station (Keikyu Main Line platform) in July 2023
The stairs leading from the ground-level Daishi Line platforms to the elevated Keikyu Main Line platforms (4 to 7) in January 2016
History
The station opened on September 1, 1902 as Kawasaki Station (川崎駅) as a station on the privately owned Keihin Electric Railway.[1] It was renamed Keihin Kawasaki Station (京浜川崎駅) on November 1, 1925 to avoid confusion with the nearby JGRKawasaki Station. The tracks were elevated in May 1966.[1] The station was renamed Keikyū Kawasaki on 1 June 1987.[1]
Keikyū introduced station numbering to its stations on 21 October 2010; Keikyū Kawasaki Station was assigned station number KK20.[2]
Passenger statistics
In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 132,524 passengers daily.[3]
The passenger figures for previous years are as shown below.
The station is also surrounded by many shopping complexes, restaurants, and a Toho movie theater. JR Kawasaki Station is located to the southwest of the station.
^ abcdTerada, Hirokazu (19 January 2013). データブック日本の私鉄 [Databook: Japan's Private Railways] (in Japanese). Japan: Neko Publishing. p. 233. ISBN978-4-7770-1336-4.
^"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.
^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.
