Yokosuka Station
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Yokosuka Station
横須賀駅
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| Yokosuka Station | |
| Location | |
| Prefecture | Kanagawa (See other stations in Kanagawa) |
| City | Yokosuka |
| Neighborhood etc. | 1-1 Hemi-cho |
| Postal Code | 238 - 0045 |
| (in Japanese) | 神奈川県横須賀市東逸見町一丁目1 |
| History | |
| Year opened | 1889 |
| Rail services | |
| Operator(s) | JR East |
| Line(s) | Yokosuka Line |
| Statistics | 6,092 passengers/day 2008 |
 There is a bus stop near this station |
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Yokosuka Station (横須賀駅 Yokosuka-eki) is a railway station operated by JR East's Yokosuka Line located in Yokosuka, Kanagawa, Japan. It is located 15.9 kilometers from Ōfuna switch point, and 65.3 kilometers from the Tokyo Station.
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[edit] History
Yokosuka Station opened on June 16, 1889 as the initial terminal station on the Japanese Government Railways (JGR) spur line from Ōfuna to serve the Yokosuka Naval Arsenal and related Imperial Japanese Navy facilities at Yokosuka. This spur line was renamed the Yokosuka Line on October 12, 1909. The present station building, the 3rd generation building on this site was completed in April, 1940 and the line extended past Yokosuka to Kurihama Station in 1944. Freight operations were discontinued from February 1, 1984. The station came under the management of JR East upon the privatization of the Japan National Railways (JNR) on April 1, 1987.
[edit] Station layout
Yokosuka Station a bay platforms and a side platform serving three tracks. Platform 1, formerly used for freight operations, is currently not in use. Platform 2 is used for trains which originate or terminate at Yokosuka, and Platform 3 is for bi-directional traffic.
[edit] Platforms
| 2 | ■Yokosuka Line | Zushi ・ Ōfuna ・ Yokohama ・ Tokyo ・ (Sobu Line Rapid Service) Chiba ・ (Narita Line) Narita Airport |
| 3 | ■Yokosuka Line (up) | Zushi ・ Ōfuna ・ Yokohama ・ Tokyo ・(Sobu Line Rapid Service) Chiba ・(Narita Line) Narita Airport |
| ■Yokosuka Line (down) | Kinugasa ・ Kurihama |
[edit] Adjacent stations
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| Taura | Yokosuka Line | Kinugasa |
[edit] References
- Harris, Ken and Clarke, Jackie. Jane's World Railways 2008-2009. Jane's Information Group (2008). ISBN 0-7106-2861-7
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[edit] External links
- (Japanese) Yokosuka Station information
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Coordinates: 35°17′03″N 139°39′18″E / 35.28417°N 139.655°E]
