Miurakaigan Station

Miurakaigan Station 三浦海岸駅
Miurakaigan Station
Location
Prefecture	Kanagawa (See other stations in Kanagawa)
City	Miura
Neighborhood etc.	1497 Kamimiyada, Minamishimoura-chō
Postal Code	238-0101
(in Japanese)	神奈川県三浦市南下浦町上宮田1497
History
Year opened	1966
Rail services
Station number(s)	KK71
Operator(s)	Keikyu
Line(s)	Keikyū Kurihama Line
Statistics	13,021 passengers/day 2008
There is a bus stop near this station

Miurakaigan Station (三浦海岸駅, Miurakaigan-eki^?) is a railway station in Miura, Kanagawa, Japan, operated by Keikyu.

Lines

Miurakaigan Station is served by the Keikyū Kurihama Line, and is located 11.2 rail km from the junction at Horinouchi Station, and 63.5 rail km from the northern terminus of the Kurihama Line at Shinagawa Station, in Tokyo.

Station layout

View of the platforms, May 2008

Miurakaigan Station has two elevated side platforms serving two tracks.

Platforms

1	■Keikyū Kurihama Line	for Misakiguchi
3	■Keikyū Kurihama Line	for Yokosuka-Chūō, Yokohama, Shinagawa, Haneda Airport, and Oshiage

Adjacent stations

«		Service		»
Keikyū Kurihama Line
Tsukuihama		Ltd. Exp.		Misakiguchi
Tsukuihama		Rapid Ltd. Exp.		Misakiguchi
Tsukuihama		Keikyu Wing	Misakiguchi

History

Miurakaigan Station opened on July 7, 1966 as the southern terminal station for the Kurihama Line. The platforms were lengthened in 1968 to handle 12-car trains. In 1975, the Kurihama Line was extended to its present terminus at Misakiguchi Station.

References

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

External links

Media related to Miurakaigan Station at Wikimedia Commons

• Keikyu Miurakaigan Station information (Japanese)

Coordinates: 35°11′17.0808″N 139°39′12.2004″E / 35.188078°N 139.653389°E / 35.188078; 139.653389