Kawasaki-Daishi Station

Kawasaki-Daishi Station (川崎大師駅, Kawasaki-Daishi-eki) is a railway station in Kawasaki-ku, Kawasaki, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan, operated by Keikyu.


Kawasaki-Daishi Station

川崎大師駅
Kawasaki Daishi Station, February 2012
Location1-18-1 Daishi-ekimae, Kawasaki, Kawasaki, Kanagawa
(川崎市川崎区大師駅前1-18-1)
Japan
Operated byKeikyu
Line(s)Keikyū Daishi Line
Connections
  • Bus stop
Other information
Station codeKK23
History
Opened1899
Previous namesDaishi (until 1925)
Traffic
Passengers (2008)17,295 daily

Lines

Kawasaki-Daishi Station is served by the Keikyū Daishi Line, and is located 2.5 rail kilometers from the Daishi Line terminus at Keikyū Kawasaki Station.[1]

Station layout

Kawasaki-Daishi Station has two opposed side platforms connected by an underpass.

Platforms

1  Keikyū Daishi Line for Kojimashinden
2  Keikyū Daishi Line for Keikyū Kawasaki

Adjacent stations

« Service »
Keikyū Daishi Line
Suzukichō - Higashimonzen

History

Kawasaki-Daishi opened on January 21, 1899 as Daishi Station (大師駅) on the Daishi Railway, the predecessor to the current Keikyu. It was renamed Kawasaki-Daishi Station in November 1925.[1]

Surrounding area

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References

  • Miura, Kazuo. Keikyū Kakuekiteisha to Kamakura Monogatari. Inban Publishing (1998). ISBN 4-8083-0624-7 (in Japanese)
  1. Terada, Hirokazu (July 2002). データブック日本の私鉄 [Databook: Japan's Private Railways]. Japan: Neko Publishing. p. 211. ISBN 4-87366-874-3.

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