Uraga Station
KK64 Uraga Station 浦賀駅 | |||||||||||
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 Uraga Station, January 2021 | |||||||||||
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| Location | 1-1-1 Uraga, Yokosuka-shi, Kanagawa-ken 239-0822 Japan | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 35°15′3.36″N 139°42′54.00″E / 35.2509333°N 139.7150000°E | ||||||||||
| Operated by |  Keikyū | ||||||||||
| Line(s) | KK Keikyū Main Line | ||||||||||
| Distance | 55.5 km from Shinagawa | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 1 island platform | ||||||||||
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| Station code | KK64 | ||||||||||
| Website | Official website | ||||||||||
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| Opened | April 1, 1930 | ||||||||||
| Passengers | |||||||||||
| 2019 | 20,199 daily | ||||||||||
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Uraga Station (浦賀駅, Uraga-eki) is a passenger railway station located in the city of Yokosuka, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan, operated by the private railway company Keikyū.
Lines
[edit]Uraga Station is the southern terminus of the Keikyū Main Line and is located 55.5 kilometers from the northern terminus of the line at Shinagawa Station in Tokyo.
Station layout
[edit]The station consists of a single elevated dead-headed island platform with the station building underneath.
Platforms
[edit]| 1/2 | ■ Keikyū Main Line | for Yokohama, Haneda Airport, Shinagawa, Sengakuji Toei Asakusa Line for Oshiage
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History
[edit]Uraga Station opened on April 1, 1930. The current station building was completed in 1957.[1]
Keikyū introduced station numbering to its stations on 21 October 2010; Uraga Station was assigned station number KK64.[2]
Passenger statistics
[edit]In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 20,199 passengers daily.[3]
The passenger figures for previous years are as shown below.
| Fiscal year | daily average | |
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| 2005 | 25,818 | [4] |
| 2010 | 23,331 | [5] |
| 2015 | 21,750 | [6] |
Surrounding area
[edit]- Uraga Port
- Uraga Dock Company
- Yokosuka Museum of Art
- Kannonzaki
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- Miura, Kazuo (1998). Keikyu Kakuekiteisha to Kamakura Monogatari. Inba Publishing. ISBN 978-4808306243.(in Japanese)
- ^ Official website (in Japanese)
- ^ "京急線全駅にて駅ナンバリングを開始します" [Station numbering will be introduced to all stations on the Keikyu Line]. KEIKYU WEB. 25 June 2010. Archived from the original on 21 February 2014. Retrieved 27 February 2023.
- ^ "Keihin Electric Railway handbook 2020-2021year= 2020" (PDF) (in Japanese). Japan: Keikyū. Retrieved 11 August 2020.
- ^ 神奈川県県勢要覧（平成18年度） [Kanagawa Prefecture official statistics (fiscal 2005)] (PDF) (in Japanese). Japan: Kanagawa Metropolitan Government. Retrieved 26 March 2021.
- ^ 神奈川県県勢要覧（平成23年度） [Kanagawa Prefecture official statistics (fiscal 2010)] (PDF) (in Japanese). Japan: Kanagawa Prefecture. Retrieved 26 March 2021.
- ^ 神奈川県県勢要覧（平成28年度 [Kanagawa Prefecture official statistics (fiscal 2010)] (PDF) (in Japanese). Japan: Kanagawa Prefecture. Retrieved 26 March 2021.
External links
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Media related to Uraga Station at Wikimedia Commons