Kanazawa-Hakkei Station

Kanazawa-Hakkei Station
金沢八景駅

The station entrance in February 2012
Location 15-1 Seto, Kanazawa-ku, Yokohama-shi, Kanagawa-ken
Japan
Operated by Keikyu
Line(s)
Connections Bus stop
Other information
Station code KK50
History
Opened 1 April 1930 (1930-04-01)
Traffic
Passengers (FY2008) 54,173 (Keikyu) daily

Kanazawa-Hakkei Station (金沢八景駅 Kanazawa-Hakkei-eki) is a junction railway station in Kanazawa-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan, operated by the private railway operator Keikyu.

Lines

Kanazawa-Hakkei Station is served by the Keikyu Main Line and is located 40.9 rail kilometers from the official starting point of the line at Shinagawa Station, in Tokyo. It is also a terminal station for both the Keikyu Zushi Line and the Kanazawa Seaside Line.

Station layout

Kanazawa-Hakkei Station is an elevated station with two island platforms serving four tracks. Track 4 is dual-gauge (1,067 mm narrow gauge and 1,435 mm standard gauge) to allow narrow-gauge rolling stock to be moved at night from the nearby J-TREC factory to JR tracks via Zushi Station.

Keikyu platforms

1  Keikyu Main Line for Yokosuka Chūō, Uraga, and Misakiguchi
2  Keikyu Main Line for Yokosuka Chūō, Uraga, and Misakiguchi
 Keikyu Zushi Line for Shin-Zushi
3  Keikyu Main Line for Yokohama, Shinagawa, Haneda Airport, and Oshiage
4  Keikyu Main Line for Yokohama, Shinagawa, Haneda Airport, and Oshiage
 Keikyu Zushi Line for Shin-Zushi

Kanazawa Seaside Line platforms

The Kanazawa Seaside Line station is located south of the Keikyu station, and is an elevated single track, single side platform station for bi-directional traffic. The Kanazawa Seaside Line station is a temporary station, with plans in place to extend to connect directly to the existing Keikyu station at some point in the future.

1  Kanazawa Seaside Line for Hakkeijima, Torihama, and Shin-Sugita

Adjacent stations

«Service»
Keikyu Main Line
Morning Wing: Does not stop at this station
Kanazawa-Bunko   Keikyu Wing   Yokosuka-Chūō
Kanazawa-Bunko   Limited Express   Yokosuka-Chūō
Kanazawa-Bunko   Limited Express   Oppama
Kanazawa-Bunko   Airport Express   Mutsuura
(Zushi Line)
Kanazawa-Bunko   Local   Oppama
Keikyu Zushi Line
Kanazawa-Bunko
(Main Line)
  Limited Express   Mutsuura
Kanazawa-Bunko
(Main Line)
  Airport Express   Mutsuura
Kanazawa-Bunko
(Main Line)
  Local   Mutsuura
Kanazawa Seaside Line
Nojimakōen - Terminus

History

The area near the station in April 1988

Kanazawa-Hakkei Station was opened on April 1, 1930 as a station on the Shonan Electric Railway, which merged with the Keihin Electric Railway in 1941. The station was rebuilt in July 1987.

The name Kanazawa Hakkei (lit. Eight Views of Kanazawa) is taken from the name of a series of Ukiyo-e woodblock prints, of eight places in the area, which were made between 1835 and 1836, by Ando Hiroshige. Since 2010, all Rapid Limited Express (Kaitoku) trains now stop at this station.

See also

References

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