is a passenger railway station in located in the city of Yokosuka, Kanagawa, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East).
Lines Yokosuka Station is served by the Yokosuka Line. It is located from Ōfuna Station, and from the start of the line at Tokyo Station.
Station layout The station consists of a bay platform and a side platform serving three tracks. Platform 1, formerly used for freight operations, is currently not in use. Platform 2 is used for trains which originate or terminate at Yokosuka, and Platform 3 is for bi-directional traffic. The station has a Midori no Madoguchi staffed ticket office.
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History Yokosuka Station opened on June 16, 1889 as the initial terminal station on the Japanese Government Railways (JGR) spur line from Ōfuna to serve the Yokosuka Naval Arsenal and related Imperial Japanese Navy facilities at Yokosuka. This spur line was renamed the Yokosuka Line on October 12, 1909. The present station building, the third building on this site was completed in April, 1940 and the line extended past Yokosuka to Kurihama Station in 1944. Freight operations were discontinued from February 1, 1984. The station came under the management of JR East upon the privatization of the Japanese National Railways (JNR) on April 1, 1987.
Passenger statistics In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 4,845 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).
The passenger figures (boarding passengers only) for previous years are as shown below.
Fiscal year daily average 2005 6,159 2010 5,852 2015 5,583
Surrounding area Verny Park United States Fleet Activities Yokosuka Yokosuka Arts Theatre Midorigaoka Girls' Junior and Senior High School
See also List of railway stations in Japan
References
External links
JR East Station information (JR East)