Nōkendai Station

Nōkendai Station 能見台駅
Nōkendai Station
Location	Nōkendai-dori 2-1, Kanazawa, Yokohama, Kanagawa （神奈川県横浜市金沢区能見台通2-1） Japan
Operated by	Keikyū
Line(s)	Keikyū Main Line
Connections	Bus stop
Other information
Station code	KK48
History
Opened	1944
Previous names	Yatsuzaka (until 1982)
Traffic
Passengers (2008)	31,458 daily

Nōkendai Station (能見台駅, Nōkendai-eki) is a railway station operated by the Keikyū Keikyū Main Line located in Kanazawa-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. It is located 37.4 rail kilometers from the northern terminus of the Keikyū Main Line at Shinagawa Station, in Tokyo.

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 was completed on December 1, 1982 and the station renamed to its present name at that time.

Lines

• Keihin Electric Express Railway
  • Keikyū Main Line

Station layout

Nōkendai Station is an elevated station with dual opposed side platforms serving two tracks.

Adjacent stations

References

• Miura, Kazuo. Keikyū　Kakuekiteisha to Kamakura Monogatari. Inban Publishing　(1998). ISBN 4-8083-0624-7 (Japanese)

External links

• Keikyu Nōkendai Station (Japanese)

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Coordinates: 35°21′39″N 139°37′45″E / 35.3607°N 139.6292°E / 35.3607; 139.6292