Kanazawa-Hakkei Station
Kanazawa-Hakkei Station 金沢八景駅 | |
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 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 |
| 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 |
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The platforms in October 2007
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The view from the north end of platform 3/4, with the dual-gauge track from the J-TREC factory visible on the left, June 2010
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The view from the south end of platform 3/4, with the dual-gauge track to Jimmuji Station visible on the right, June 2010
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 | » | ||
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| 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
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
- Miura, Kazuo. Keikyū Kakuekiteisha to Kamakura Monogatari. Inban Publishing (1998). ISBN 4-8083-0624-7 (Japanese)
External links
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