Keikyū Kawasaki Station (京急川崎駅, Keikyū Kawasaki-eki) is a junction passenger railway station located in the city of Kawasaki, Kanagawa, Japan, operated by the private railway operator Keikyu Corporation. The station is one of two main rail transportation hubs in central Kawasaki (the other being JR East's Kawasaki Station, which is a short walking distance away).
Keikyū Kawasaki Station is served by the Keikyu Main Line, and lies 13.0 kilometres (8.1 mi) from the official starting point of the line at Sengakuji in Tokyo.[1] The station is also a terminus for the 4.5 km Keikyu Daishi Line to Kojimashinden.
Keikyū Kawasaki Station has two elevated island platforms serving four tracks for the Keikyū Main Line, connected to the three ground-level bay platforms serving the Keikyu Daishi Line and station building by an underpass.
The station opened on September 1, 1902 as Kawasaki Station (川崎駅) as a station on the privately owned Keihin Electric Railway.[1] It was renamed Keihin Kawasaki Station (京浜川崎駅) on November 1, 1925 to avoid confusion with the nearby JGR Kawasaki Station. The tracks were elevated in May 1966.[1] The station was renamed Keikyū Kawasaki on 1 June 1987.[1]
Keikyū introduced station numbering to its stations on 21 October 2010; Keikyū Kawasaki Station was assigned station number KK20.[2]
In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 132,524 passengers daily.[3]
The passenger figures for previous years are as shown below.
The station is also surrounded by many shopping complexes, restaurants, and a Toho movie theater. JR Kawasaki Station is located to the southwest of the station.
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