Miurakaigan Station


Miurakaigan Station is a railway station on the Keikyu Kurihama Line in Miura, Kanagawa, Japan, operated by the private railway operator Keikyu.

Lines

Miurakaigan Station is served by the Keikyu Kurihama Line, and is located 11.2 km from the junction at Horinouchi Station, and 63.5 km from Shinagawa Station in Tokyo.

Station layout

Miurakaigan Station has two elevated side platforms serving two tracks.

Platforms

Adjacent stations

History

Miurakaigan Station opened on July 7, 1966, as the southern terminus of the Kurihama Line. In April 1975, the Kurihama Line was extended one station beyond Miurakaigan to the present terminus at Misakiguchi Station.
In October 2016, an experimental platform edge door system was installed for evaluation purposes on platform 1 for a period of approximately one year. The "Dokodemo Door" platform edge door system developed by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Transportation Equipment Engineering & Service is designed to handle trains with two, three or four doors per car, and the temporary installation is just one car length long.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2011, the station was used by an average of 11,735 passengers daily.

Surrounding area