Oppama Station
KK54 Oppama Station 追浜駅 | |||||||||||||||
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| Location | 3-3 Oppama-cho, Yokosuka-shi, Kanagawa-ken 237-0064 Japan | ||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 35°18′57″N 139°37′29″E / 35.315812°N 139.624847°E | ||||||||||||||
| Operated by |  Keikyū | ||||||||||||||
| Line(s) | KK Keikyū Main Line | ||||||||||||||
| Distance | 42.8 km from Shinagawa | ||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 side platforms | ||||||||||||||
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| Station code | KK54 | ||||||||||||||
| Website | Official website | ||||||||||||||
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| Opened | April 1, 1930 | ||||||||||||||
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| 2019 | 42,286 daily | ||||||||||||||
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Oppama Station (追浜駅, Oppama-eki) is a passenger railway station located in the city of Yokosuka, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan, operated by the private railway company Keikyū.
Lines
[edit]Oppama Station is served by the Keikyū Main Line and is located 42.8 kilometers from the northern terminus of the line at Shinagawa Station in Tokyo.
Station layout
[edit]The station consists of two opposed elevated side platforms by a footbridge with the station building underneath.
Platform screen doors were installed in January 2022.[1]
Platforms
[edit]| 1 | ■ Keikyū Main Line | for Yokosuka-chūō, Keikyū Kurihama, Misakiguchi, and Uraga |
| 2 | ■ Keikyū Main Line | for Yokohama, Haneda Airport, Shinagawa, Sengakuji, and Oshiage |
History
[edit]The station opened on 1 April 1930, as a station on the Shōnan Electric Railway, which merged with the Keihin Electric Railway on 1 November 1941.[2]
Keikyū introduced station numbering to its stations on 21 October 2010; Oppama Station was assigned station number KK54.[3]
Passenger statistics
[edit]In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 42,286 passengers daily.[4]
The passenger figures for previous years are as shown below.
| Fiscal year | daily average | |
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| 2005 | 43,399 | [5] |
| 2010 | 40,205 | [6] |
| 2015 | 41,160 | [7] |
Surrounding area
[edit]- Nissan Motors Oppama Factory
- Sumitomo Heavy Industries Yokosuka shipyard
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "京急線の追浜駅に「ホームドア」1月から設置工事 使用開始は3月に" ["Platform doors" will be installed at Oppama Station on the Keikyu Line from January, and will be in use in March]. news.railway-pressnet.com (in Japanese). 9 January 2022. Archived from the original on 9 January 2022. Retrieved 19 September 2022.
- ^ Miura, Kazuo (1998). Keikyu Kakuekiteisha to Kamakura Monogatari. Inba Publishing. ISBN 978-4808306243.(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 Oppama Station at Wikimedia Commons
- Official website (in Japanese)