Kanazawa-hakkei Station

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.

KK50
Kanazawa-hakkei Station

金沢八景駅
The station entrance in February 2012
Location15-1 Seto, Kanazawa-ku, Yokohama-shi, Kanagawa-ken
Japan
Operated by
  • Keikyu
  • Yokohama Seaside Line
Line(s)
ConnectionsBus stop
Other information
Station codeKK50
History
Opened1 April 1930 (1930-04-01)
Passengers
FY200854,173 (Keikyu) daily
Location
Kanazawa-hakkei Station
Location within Kanagawa Prefecture

Lines

Kanazawa-hakkei Station is served by the Keikyū Main Line and is located 40.9 kilometers from the official starting point of the line at Shinagawa Station, in Tokyo. It is also a terminal station for both the Keikyū Zushi Line and the Kanazawa Seaside Line, with the Kanazawa Seaside Line station located approximately 150 m to the east of the Keikyū station.

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.

Keikyū platforms

1  Keikyū Main Line for Yokosuka-chūō, Uraga, and Misakiguchi
2  Keikyū Main Line for Yokosuka-chūō, Uraga, and Misakiguchi
 Keikyū Zushi Line for Zushi·Hayama
3  Keikyū Main Line for Yokohama, Shinagawa, Haneda Airport, and Oshiage
4  Keikyū Main Line for Yokohama, Shinagawa, Haneda Airport, and Oshiage
 Keikyū Zushi Line for Zushi·Hayama

Kanazawa Seaside Line platforms

The Kanazawa Seaside Line station is located south of the Keikyū 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 construction connecting the Seaside Line to the Keikyū station beginning in early 2016. On 26 January 2019, the new entrance to the Keikyu side opened. The old entrance on the Keikyu side was made redundant and it is not possible to use the entrance because the stairs leading up to the platforms were blocked.

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

Adjacent stations

Service
Keikyū Main Line
Morning Wing: Does not stop at this station
Kanazawa-bunko   Keikyū Wing   Yokosuka-chūō
Kanazawa-bunko   Limited Express (Kaitoku)   Yokosuka-chūō
Kanazawa-bunko   Limited Express (Tokkyū)   Oppama
Kanazawa-bunko   Airport Express   Mutsuura
(Zushi Line)
Kanazawa-bunko   Local   Oppama
Keikyu Zushi Line
Kanazawa-bunko
(Main Line)
  Limited Express (Tokkyū)   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 ("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 Andō Hiroshige.

Since 2010, all Limited Express (Kaitoku) trains stop at this station.

See also

References

  • Miura, Kazuo. Keikyū Kakuekiteisha to Kamakura Monogatari. Inban Publishing (1998). ISBN 4-8083-0624-7 (in Japanese)

    35°19′52″N 139°37′13″E (Keikyu), 35°19′52″N 139°37′21″E (Yokohama New Transit)

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