Operated by JR East Connections Bus stop Passengers (FY2008) 6,960 daily | Opened 1944 | |
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Location 1 Kurihama, Yokosuka, Kanagawa（神奈川県横須賀市久里浜1丁目）Japan | ||
Kurihama Station (久里浜駅, Kurihama-eki) is a railway station on the Yokosuka Line in Yokosuka, Kanagawa, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East).
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Lines
Kurihama Station is served by the Yokosuka Line. It is the southern terminus of the line and is located 23.9 km from Ōfuna Station, and 73.2 km from the Tokyo Station. It is also located 3 minutes' walk from Keikyū Kurihama Station on the Keikyū Kurihama Line.
Station layout
Kurihama Station has a single island platform connected to the station building by an overpass.
Surrounding area
Kurihama Station is adjacent to JR East's Yokohama Training Center.
History
Kurihama Station opened on 1 April 1944 as a station on the Japanese Government Railways (JGR), the pre-war predecessor to the Japanese National Railways (JNR). Freight operations were discontinued from October 1, 1974. The station came under the management of JR East upon the privatization of JNR on April 1, 1987. The station was served by Shōnan-Shinjuku Line trains when the new service started in December 2001, but services as far as Kurihama were discontinued from October 2004.