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.
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 | ||||||||||
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| 2019 | 20,199 daily | ||||||||||
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Lines
editUraga 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
editThe 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
editUraga 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
editIn 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
editReferences
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