is a passenger railway station located in Kanazawa-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan, operated by the private railway company Keikyū.
Lines Mutsuura Station is served by the Keikyū Zushi Line and is located 1.3 kilometers from the terminus of the line at Kanazawa-hakkei Station, and 42.2 km from in Tokyo.
Station layout The station consists of two opposed side platforms connected by a footbridge. One track is dual gauge, to allow moving narrow-gauge rolling stock from the J-TREC factory at to the JR Yokosuka Line at .
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History Mutsuura Station opened on February 15, 1943 as a station on the Tokyu Shōnan Line, the predecessor to Keikyū. Initially, the station was intended to service the nearby Ikego Munitions Depot, and its use was restricted to personnel of the Imperial Japanese Navy. The station was also located 500 meters closer to than its present position. In 1948, the Keihin Electric Railway spun out from the Tokyu Corporation, and the station was relocated to its present address on March 1, 1949. A new station building was completed in 1970.
Keikyū introduced station numbering to its stations on 21 October 2010; Mutsuura Station was assigned station number KK51.
Passenger statistics In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 15,934 passengers daily.
The passenger figures for previous years are as shown below.
Fiscal year daily average 2005 18,271 2010 16,523 2015 16,235
Surrounding area The station is located in a residential neighborhood.
See also List of railway stations in Japan
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