Minatochō Station

Minatochō Station 港町駅
Minatochō Station
Location
Prefecture	Kanagawa (See other stations in Kanagawa)
City	Kawasaki
Ward	Kawasaki
Neighborhood etc.	Minatochō 1-chome
Postal Code	210 - 0807
(in Japanese)	川崎市川崎区港町一丁目
History
Year opened	1932
Former name	Columbia-mae Station
Present name since	1944
Rail services
Station number(s)	KK21
Operator(s)	Keikyū
Line(s)	Daishi Line
Statistics	3,539 passengers/day 2008
There is a bus stop near this station

Minatochō Station (港町駅, Minatochō-eki^?) is a railway station operated by Keikyū Daishi Line located in Kawasaki ward, Kawasaki, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. It is located 1.2 rail kilometers from the terminus of the Daishi Line at Keikyū Kawasaki Station.

History

Minatochō Station opened on March 21, 1932 as a temporary stop on the Keihin Electric Railway, the predecessor to the current Keihin Electric Express Railway. Initially named Columbia-mae Station (コロムビア前駅, Koromubia-mae-eki^?) after the adjacent Columbia Records factory and recording studios, it was located 300 meters further away from Keikyū Kawasaki Station than the present location. It renamed to its present name on February 1, 1944. On October 18, 1956, the station was moved to its present address. In April 1977, the former level crossing was eliminated by the completion of an overpass.

Lines

• Keihin Electric Express Railway
  • Keikyū Daishi Line

Layout

Minatochō Station has two opposed side platforms connected by an overpass

Platforms

1	■Keikyū Daishi Line	Kawasaki-Daishi ・ Kojimashinden
2	■Keikyū Daishi Line	Keikyū Kawasaki

Adjacent stations

«		Service	»
Keikyū Daishi Line
Keikyū Kawasaki		-	Suzukichō

Reference

• (Japanese) Miura, Kazuo. Keikyū　Kakuekiteisha to Kamakura Monogatari. Inban Publishing　(1998). ISBN 4808306247

External links

• (Japanese) Minatochō Station

Coordinates: 35°32′05″N 139°42′45″E / 35.5348°N 139.7125°E / 35.5348; 139.7125