Shin-ōtsu Station

Shin-ōtsu Station (新大津駅, Shin-ōtsu-eki) is a railway station on the Keikyu Kurihama Line in Yokosuka, Kanagawa, Japan, operated by the private railway company Keikyu.

Shin-ōtsu Station 新大津駅
Shin-ōtsu Station, November 2007
Location	4-7-1 Ōtsu, Yokosuka, Kanagawa （神奈川県横須賀市大津町4-7-1） Japan
Operated by	Keikyu
Line(s)	Keikyu Kurihama Line
Other information
Station code	KK65
History
Opened	1942
Previous names	Narukami (until 1948)
Passengers
FY2011	6,480 daily

Lines

Shin-ōtsu Station is served by the Keikyu Kurihama Line, and is located 0.8 rail kilometers from the junction at Horinouchi Station, and 53.1 km from the starting point of the Keikyu Main Line at Shinagawa Station in Tokyo.[1]

Station layout

Shin-ōtsu Station has two opposed side platforms connected to the station building by a footbridge.

Platforms

1	■ Keikyu Kurihama Line	for Keikyū Kurihama and Misakiguchi
2	■ Keikyu Kurihama Line	for Yokosuka-chūō, Yokohama, Shinagawa, Haneda Airport Toei Asakusa Line for Oshiage

Adjacent stations

←		Service		→
Keikyu Kurihama Line
Morning Wing: Does not stop at this station
Horinouchi		Keikyu Wing		Kitakurihama
Horinouchi		Limited Express (Kaitoku)		Kitakurihama
Horinouchi		Limited Express (Tokkyū))		Kitakurihama
Horinouchi		Local		Kitakurihama

History

The station opened on December 1, 1942 as Narukami Station (鳴神駅).[1] It was renamed Shin-ōtsu on February 1, 1948.[1]

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2011, the station was used by an average of 6,480 passengers daily.[1]

References

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

1. Terada, Hirokazu (19 January 2013). データブック日本の私鉄 [Databook: Japan's Private Railways]. Japan: Neko Publishing. p. 233. ISBN 978-4-7770-1336-4.

External links

• Shin-ōtsu Station (in Japanese)