Keikyū Higashi-kanagawa Station

Railway station in Yokohama, Japan

Higashi-Kanagawa Station (JR East)
Bus stop

Other informationStation codeKK35WebsiteOfficial websiteHistoryOpened24 December 1905Previous namesNakakido Station (until 2020)PassengersFY201923,821 daily Services

Preceding station				Following station
Yokohama KK37 towards Kanazawa-hakkei		Main Line Express		Kanagawa-shimmachi KK34 towards Keikyū Kamata
Kanagawa KK36 towards Uraga		Main Line Local		Kanagawa-shimmachi KK34 towards Shinagawa

Location
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Keikyū Higashi-kanagawa Station (京急東神奈川駅, Keikyū Higashi-kanagawa-eki) is a passenger railway station located in Kanagawa-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan, operated by the private railway company Keikyū. The station is approximately 50 m from Higashi-Kanagawa Station on the Keihin-Tohoku Line and Yokohama Line.

Lines

Keikyū Higashi-kanagawa Station is served by the Keikyū Main Line and is located 21.7 kilometers from the terminus of the line at Shinagawa Station in Tokyo.^[1]

Station layout

The station consists of two opposed side platforms serving two tracks. The tracks are on an embankment, with the station building underneath.

Platforms

1	■ Keikyu Main Line	for Yokohama, Zushi·Hayama, Uraga, and Misakiguchi
2	■ Keikyu Main Line	for Keikyu Kamata, Haneda Airport, and Shinagawa

The elevated entrance and pedestrian walkway connecting with JR Higashi-Kanagawa station in January 2015
The platforms in July 2023

History

The station opened on December 24, 1905, originally named Nakakido Station (中木戸駅) (with differing kanji characters).^[1] The station was rebuilt as an elevated station in August 1910, but was destroyed in an air raid on May 29, 1945, and again by a fire in July 1957.^{[citation needed]} The platforms were lengthened in 1971, and a pedestrian walkway was added in 2004.^{[citation needed]}

Keikyū introduced station numbering to its stations on 21 October 2010; Keikyū Higashi-kanagawa Station was assigned station number KK35.^[2]

The station was renamed Keikyū Higashi-kanagawa (京急東神奈川駅, Keikyū Higashikanagawa-eki) on 14 March 2020.^[3]

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 23,821 passengers daily.^[4]

The passenger figures for previous years are as shown below.

Fiscal year	daily average
2005	12,838	^[5]
2010	16,910	^[6]
2015	21,904	^[7]

Surrounding area

Japan National Route 15
Higashi-Kanagawa Station(approximately 50 m away, connected by a pedestrian walkway)

References

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

^ ^a ^b Terada, 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. ISBN 978-4-7770-1336-4.
^ "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.
^ "2020年3月に4駅の駅名を変更します" (in Japanese). 京浜急行電鉄. 25 January 2019. Retrieved 20 August 2019.
^ "Keihin Electric Railway handbook 2020-2021year= 2020" (PDF) (in Japanese). Japan: Keikyū. 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.