Kurihama Station
 Kurihama Station 久里浜駅 |
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Kurihama Station
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| Location | 1 Kurihama, Yokosuka, Kanagawa （神奈川県横須賀市久里浜1丁目） Japan |
| Operated by | JR East |
| Line(s) | Yokosuka Line |
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| Opened | 1944 |
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| Passengers (FY2008) | 6,960 daily |
Kurihama Station (久里浜駅 Kurihama-eki?) is a railway station on the Yokosuka Line in Yokosuka, Kanagawa, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East).
Kurihama Station is served by the Yokosuka Line. It is the southern terminus of the line and is located 23.9 km from Ōfuna Station, and 73.2 km from the Tokyo Station. It is also located 3 minutes' walk from Keikyū Kurihama Station on the Keikyū Kurihama Line.
Kurihama Station has a single island platform connected to the station building by an overpass.
Kurihama Station is adjacent to JR East's Yokohama Training Center.
Kurihama Station opened on 1 April 1944 as a station on the Japanese Government Railways (JGR), the pre-war predecessor to the Japanese National Railways (JNR). Freight operations were discontinued from October 1, 1974. The station came under the management of JR East upon the privatization of JNR on April 1, 1987. The station was served by Shōnan-Shinjuku Line trains when the new service started in December 2001, but services as far as Kurihama were discontinued from October 2004.
Coordinates: 35°13′59″N 139°42′03″E / 35.23306°N 139.70083°E
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