Kanagawa-Shimmachi Station

Kanagawa-Shimmachi Station 神奈川新町駅
File:Kanagawa-Shinmachi Station 01.jpg Kanagawa-Shinmachi Station
Location	Kamezumi-chō, Kanagawa, Yokohama, Kanagawa （神奈川県横浜市神奈川区亀住町） Japan
Operated by	Keikyu
Line(s)	Keikyū Main Line
Connections	Bus stop
Other information
Station code	LL34
History
Opened	1915
Previous names	Shinmachi (until 1927)
Traffic
Passengers (2008)	16,860 daily

Kanagawa-Shimmachi Station (神奈川新町駅, Kanagawa-Shinmachi-eki) is a railway station on the Keikyū Main Line located in Kanagawa-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. It is located 20.0 rail kilometers from the northern terminus of the Keikyū Main Line at Shinagawa Station, in Tokyo.

History

Kanagawa-Shimmachi Station opened on August 21, 1915 as Shinmachi Station (新町駅, Shinmachi-eki). It assumed its present name in April, 1927. In March 1978, the platforms were lengthened to handle 12-car long trains.

Lines

• Keikyu
  • Main Line

Station layout

1, 2	■ Keikyū Main Line	for Yokohama, Shin-Zushi, Uraga, Misakiguchi
3, 4	■ Keikyū Main Line	for Keikyū Kamata, Haneda Airport, Shinagawa, Sengakuji, Oshiage

Kanagawa-Shinmachi Station is an elevated station with two island platforms serving four tracks.

Adjacent stations

«		Service		»
Keikyu Main Line
Koyasu		Local		Nakakido
Keikyū Tsurumi		Airport Express		Nakakido
Keikyū Kawasaki		Ltd. Express (Tokkyū)		Yokohama
Ltd. Express (Kaitoku): no stop
Keikyu Wing: no stop
Morning Wing: no stop

References

• Miura, Kazuo. Keikyū Kakuekiteisha to Kamakura Monogatari. Tokyo Shimbun Shuppankyoku (1998). ISBN 4-8083-0624-7 (Japanese)

External links

• Keikyu Kanagawa-Shinmachi Station (Japanese)