Kanagawa-shimmachi Station

Kanagawa-shimmachi Station (神奈川新町駅, Kanagawa-shinmachi-eki) is a railway station on the Keikyū Main Line located in Kanagawa-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. It is located 20.0 rail kilometers from the northern terminus of the Keikyū Main Line at Shinagawa Station, in Tokyo.


Kanagawa-shimmachi Station

神奈川新町駅
Kanagawa-shimmachi Station
LocationKamezumi-chō, Kanagawa-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture
（神奈川県横浜市神奈川区亀住町）
Japan
Operated byKeikyu
Line(s)Keikyū Main Line
Connections
  • Bus stop
Other information
Station codeKK34
History
Opened1915
Previous namesShinmachi (until 1927)
Passengers
200816,860 daily

History

Kanagawa-shimmachi Station opened on August 21, 1915 as Shinmachi Station (新町駅, Shinmachi-eki). It assumed its present name in April, 1927. In March 1978, the platforms were lengthened to handle 12-car long trains.

On September 5, 2019 at approximately 11:40, a Keikyu express train in the direction of Yokohama crashed into a truck on the railway crossing just beyond the platform of the Kanagawa-shimmachi station. The express train derailed, leaving 1 person (the truck driver) dead and 30 people injured.[1]

Lines

Station layout
1-2 KK Keikyū Main Line for Yokohama, Zushi·Hayama, Uraga, and Misakiguchi
3-4 KK Keikyū Main Line for Keikyū Kamata, Haneda Airport (Terminal 3 and Terminal 1·2), Shinagawa, and Sengakuji
A Toei Asakusa Line for Nihombashi and Oshiage
KS Keisei Oshiage Line for Aoto

Kanagawa-shimmachi Station is an elevated station with two island platforms serving four tracks.

Adjacent stations
←Service→
Keikyu Main Line (KK34)
Morning Wing: Does not stop at this station
Keikyu Wing: Does not stop at this station
Limited Express (Kaitoku): Does not stop at this station
Keikyū Kawasaki (KK20)   Limited Express (Tokkyū)   Yokohama (KK37)
Keikyū Tsurumi (KK29)   Airport Express   Keikyū Higashi-kanagawa (KK35)
Koyasu (KK33)   Local   Keikyū Higashi-kanagawa (KK35)

References
  • Miura, Kazuo. Keikyū Kakuekiteisha to Kamakura Monogatari. Tokyo Shimbun Shuppankyoku (1998). ISBN 4-8083-0624-7 (in Japanese)
  1. "Yokohama Train Truck collision". Japan Times. 5 September 2019. Retrieved 5 September 2019.


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