Hemi Station

Hemi Station 逸見駅
File:Keikyu-railway-main-line-Hemi-station-entrance.jpg Entrance of Hemi Station
Location	Higashi Hemi-cho 2, Yokosuka, Kanagawa （神奈川県横須賀市東逸見町二丁目） Japan
Operated by	Keikyū
Line(s)	Keikyū Main Line
Connections	Bus stop
Other information
Station code	KK57
History
Opened	1930
Traffic
Passengers (2008)	5,471 daily

Hemi Station (逸見駅, Hemi-eki) is a railway station operated by the Keikyū Main Line located in Yokosuka, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. It is located 48.1 rail kilometers from the northern terminus of the Keikyū Main Line at Shinagawa Station, in Tokyo.

History

Hemi Station was opened on April 1, 1930 as a station on the Shōnan Electric Railway, which merged with the Keihin Electric Railway on November 1, 1941. At the time, the station had a single island platform. The station was rebuilt into its current platform configuration in 1958.

Lines

• Keihin Electric Express Railway
  • Keikyū Main Line

Station layout

1	■ Keikyū Main Line	for Yokosuka-Chūō, Keikyū Kurihama, Misakiguchi, Uraga
2	■ Keikyū Main Line	for Yokohama, Haneda Airport, Shinagawa, Sengakuji, Oshiage

Hemi Station is an elevated station with dual opposed side platforms serving two tracks on passing loops to permit the through passage of express trains.

Adjacent stations

«		Service		»
Keikyū Main Line
Anjinzuka		Local		Shioiri
Ltd. Express: no stop
Rapid Ltd. Express: no stop
Keikyu Wing: no stop

References

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

External links

• Keikyu Hemi Station (Japanese)