Keikyū Tomioka Station

Keikyū Tomioka Station (京急富岡駅, Keikyū Tomioka-eki) is a passenger railway station located in Kanazawa-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan, operated by the private railway company Keikyū.

KK47 Keikyū Tomioka Station 京急富岡駅
Keikyū Tomioka Station
General information
Location	Tomiokanishi 7-1-1, Kanazawa-ku, Yokohama-shi, Kanagawa-ken 236-0052 Japan
Coordinates	35.3666°N 139.6297°E / 35.3666; 139.6297
Operated by	Keikyū
Line(s)	KK Keikyū Main Line
Distance	36.7 km from Shinagawa
Platforms	1 side + 1 island platform
Connections	Bus stop
Other information
Station code	KK47
Website	Official website
History
Opened	July 10, 1930
Previous names	Shōnan Tomioka; Keihin Tomioka (until 1963)
Passengers
2019	21,764 daily
Services
Preceding station Following station Nōkendai KK48 towards Uraga Main Line Local Sugita KK46 towards Shinagawa
Location Keikyū Tomioka Station Location within Kanagawa Prefecture Show map of Kanagawa Prefecture Keikyū Tomioka Station Keikyū Tomioka Station (Japan) Show map of Japan

Lines

Keikyū Tomioka Station is served by the Keikyū Main Line and is located 36.7 kilometers from the terminus of the line at Shinagawa Station in Tokyo.

Station layout

The station consists of a single elevated island platform and single side platform serving three tracks, with the station building located underneath.

Platforms

1	■ Keikyū Main Line	for Kanazawa Bunko, Misakiguchi, Uraga
2,3	■ Keikyū Main Line	for Yokohama, Haneda Airport Terminal 1·2, Shinagawa, Sengakuji, Oshiage

History

Keikyū Tomioka Station was opened on July 10, 1930 as Shōnan Tomioka Station (湘南富岡駅, Shōnan Tomioka-eki) on the Shōnan Electric Railway, which merged with the Keihin Electric Railway on November 1, 1941. The station closed on January 10, 1947, and reopened on March 1, 1947 exclusively for the use by American occupation forces in Japan. Ordinary Japanese citizens were permitted to use the station again in late 1948. The station was relocated to its present address on December 1, 1955 and renamed Keihin Tomioka Station (京浜富岡駅, Keihin Tomioka-eki) on November 1, 1963. It assumed its present name on June 1, 1987.

Keikyū introduced station numbering to its stations on 21 October 2010; Keikyū Tomioka Station was assigned station number KK47.^[1]

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 21,764 passengers daily.^[2]

The passenger figures for previous years are as shown below.

Fiscal year	daily average
2005	27,024	[3]
2010	25,181	[4]
2015	23,432	[5]

Surrounding area

• Kanagawa Prefectural Kanazawa Comprehensive High School
• Yokohama City Tomioka Elementary School
• Yokohama Tomioka Post Office
• Tomioka Hachiman-gu

See also

• List of railway stations in Japan

References

• Miura, Kazuo (1998). Keikyu Kakuekiteisha to Kamakura Monogatari. Inba Publishing. ISBN 978-4808306243.(in Japanese)

1. "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.
2. "Keihin Electric Railway handbook 2020-2021year= 2020" (PDF) (in Japanese). Japan: Keikyū. Retrieved 11 August 2020.
3. 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.
4. 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.
5. 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. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 August 2017. Retrieved 26 March 2021.

External links

Media related to Keikyū Tomioka Station at Wikimedia Commons

• Official website (in Japanese)