Nōkendai Station

Nōkendai Station (能見台駅, Nōkendai-eki) is a passenger railway station located in Kanazawa-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan, operated by the private railway company Keikyū.

KK48 Nōkendai Station 能見台駅
Nōkendai Station, January 2021
General information
Location	Nōkendai-dori 2-1, Kanazawa-ku, Yokohama-shi, Kanagawa-ken 236-0053 Japan
Coordinates	35.3607°N 139.6292°E / 35.3607; 139.6292
Operated by	Keikyū
Line(s)	KK Keikyū Main Line
Distance	37.4 km from Shinagawa
Platforms	2 side platforms
Connections	Bus stop
Other information
Station code	KK48
Website	Official website
History
Opened	May 10, 1944
Previous names	Yatsuzaka (until 1982)
Passengers
2019	30,365 daily
Services
Preceding station Following station Kanazawa-Bunko KK49 towards Kanazawa-hakkei Main Line Express Sugita KK46 towards Keikyū Kamata Kanazawa-Bunko KK49 towards Uraga Main Line Local Keikyū Tomioka KK47 towards Shinagawa
Location Nōkendai Station Location within Kanagawa Prefecture Show map of Kanagawa Prefecture Nōkendai Station Nōkendai Station (Japan) Show map of Japan

Lines

Nōkendai Station is served by the Keikyū Main Line and is located 37.4 kilometers from the terminus of the line at Shinagawa Station in Tokyo.

Station layout

The station consists of two elevated opposed side platforms with the station building located underneath.

Platforms

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

History

Nōkendai Station was opened on May 10, 1944, as Yatsuzaka Station (谷津坂駅, Yatsuzaka-eki). It was relocated to its present address and rebuilt as an elevated station in 1969. A new station building and bus terminal were completed on December 1, 1982, and the station renamed to its present name at that time.

Keikyū introduced station numbering to its stations on 21 October 2010; Nōkendai Station was assigned station number KK48.^[1]

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 30,365 passengers daily.^[2]

The passenger figures for previous years are as shown below.

Fiscal year	daily average
2005	29,480	[3]
2010	31,041	[4]
2015	31,598	[5]

Surrounding area

• Kanagawa Cardiovascular and Respiratory Disease Center
• Yokohama Quarantine Station Nagahama Measures Station
• Tomioka Junior High School, Nokendai Elementary School,

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. Retrieved 26 March 2021.

External links

Media related to Nōkendai Station at Wikimedia Commons