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 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
  • The platforms in October 2007
    The platforms in October 2007
  • 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
    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
  • The view from the south end of platform 3/4, with the dual-gauge track to Jinmuji Station visible on the right, June 2010
    The view from the south end of platform 3/4, with the dual-gauge track to Jinmuji Station visible on the right, June 2010

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.[citation needed] 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.


1/2 ■ Kanazawa Seaside Line for Shin-Sugita
  • Kanazawa-hakkei Station Kanazawa Seaside Line platform in August 2020
    Kanazawa-hakkei Station Kanazawa Seaside Line platform in August 2020

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.[citation needed]

The facilities for the Kanazawa Seaside Line opened on 5 July 1989, coinciding with the start of service between this station and Shin-Sugita Station.[1]

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.

Keikyū introduced station numbering to its stations on 21 October 2010; Kanazawa-hakkei Station was assigned station number KK50.[2]

See also

References

  • Miura, Kazuo. Keikyū　Kakuekiteisha to Kamakura Monogatari. Inban Publishing　(1998). ISBN 4-8083-0624-7 (in Japanese)
  1. ^ "会社概要" [Company Profile]. seasideline.co.jp (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 28 November 2023. Retrieved 7 February 2024.
  2. ^ "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.

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