Operated by Keikyu Connections Bus stop | Line(s) Keikyu Main Line Station code KK36 Opened 25 December 1905 | |
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Previous names Aokibashi; Keihin Kanagawa (until 1956) Similar Tammachi Station, Shin‑Takashima Station, Higashi‑Kanagawa Station, Nakakido Station, Yokohama Station | ||
Kanagawa Station (神奈川駅, Kanagawa-eki) is a railway station on the Keikyu Main Line in Kanagawa-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan, operated by the private railway operator Keikyu.
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Kanagawa Station is served by the Keikyu Main Line, and lies 21.5 km from the starting point of the Keikyu Main Line at Shinagawa Station, in Tokyo.
Station layout
Kanagawa Station is an elevated station with two opposed side platforms serving two tracks. The tracks are on embankments, with the station building underneath.
History
The station opened on December 24, 1905, as a station on the Keihin Electric Railway. It closed on June 22, 1929, but reopened as Aokibashi Station (青木橋駅) on March 29, 1930. Six days later, it was renamed Keihin Kanagawa Station (京浜神奈川駅). The station was renamed Kanagawa Station on April 20, 1956. The platforms were lengthened in 1971, and a new station building was completed in February 1992.