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.
KK54 Oppama Station 追浜駅 | |||||||||||||||
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 Station platforms, July 2023 | |||||||||||||||
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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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Lines
editOppama 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
editThe 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
editThe 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
editIn 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
editReferences
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)