Kanagawa Station (Kanagawa)


Kanagawa Station is a railway station on the Keikyu Main Line in Kanagawa-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan, operated by the private railway operator Keikyu.

Lines

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.

Platforms

Adjacent stations

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 on March 29, 1930. Six days later, it was renamed Keihin Kanagawa Station. 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.