Kawasaki-Daishi Station

Railway station in Kawasaki, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan

35°32′09″N 139°43′33″E / 35.5358°N 139.7258°E / 35.5358; 139.7258Operated by

KeikyūLine(s)KK Daishi LineDistance2.5 km from Keikyū KawasakiPlatforms2 side platformsOther informationStation codeKK23WebsiteOfficial websiteHistoryOpenedJanuary 21, 1899 (1899-01-21)Previous namesDaishi (大師) (until 1925)PassengersFY201918,231 Services

Preceding station				Following station
Suzukichō KK22 towards Keikyū Kawasaki		Daishi Line		Higashimonzen KK24 towards Kojimashinden

Location
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Kawasaki-Daishi Station (川崎大師駅, Kawasaki-Daishi-eki) is a passenger railway station located in Kawasaki-ku, Kawasaki, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan, operated by the private railway operator Keikyū.

Lines

Kawasaki-Daishi Station is served by the Keikyū Daishi Line and is located 2.5 kilometers (1.6 mi) from the terminus of the line at Keikyū Kawasaki Station.^[1]

Station layout

The station consists of two opposed side platforms connected by an underpass. There are two exits, one on the south side serving the Keikyū Kawasaki bound platform and one serving the Kojimashinden bound platform on the northeast corner.^[2]

Platforms

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

History

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

Keikyū introduced station numbering to its stations on 21 October 2010; Kawasaki-Daishi Station was assigned station number KK22.^[3]

Future plans

There are plans to move the station underground.^[4]

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 18,231 passengers daily.^[5]

The passenger figures for previous years are as shown below.

Fiscal year	daily average
2005	16,363	^[6]
2010	16,680	^[7]
2015	16,898	^[8]

Surrounding area

The station serves the nearby Kawasaki Daishi temple.

References

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

^ ^a ^b 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.
^ 鉄道チャンネル. "川崎大師駅北口に行ってきました【駅ぶら03】京浜急行131 | 鉄道コラム". 鉄道チャンネル (in Japanese). Retrieved 2021-07-10.
^ "京急線全駅にて駅ナンバリングを開始します" [Station numbering will be introduced to all stations on the Keikyu Line]. KEIKYU WEB. 25 June 2010. Archived from the original on 21 February 2014. Retrieved 27 February 2023.
^ "あの駅には何がある?(35) 参拝者などでにぎわい、地下化の計画も - 川崎大師駅(京急大師線)". マイナビニュース (in Japanese). 2021-03-08. Retrieved 2021-07-10.
^ "Keihin Electric Railway handbook 2020-2021year= 2020" (PDF) (in Japanese). Japan: Keikyū. Retrieved 11 August 2020.
^ 神奈川県県勢要覧（平成18年度） [Kanagawa Prefecture official statistics (fiscal 2005)] (PDF) (in Japanese). Japan: Kanagawa Metropolitan Government. Retrieved 26 March 2021.
^ 神奈川県県勢要覧（平成23年度） [Kanagawa Prefecture official statistics (fiscal 2010)] (PDF) (in Japanese). Japan: Kanagawa Prefecture. Retrieved 26 March 2021.
^ 神奈川県県勢要覧（平成28年度 [Kanagawa Prefecture official statistics (fiscal 2010)] (PDF) (in Japanese). Japan: Kanagawa Prefecture. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 August 2017. Retrieved 26 March 2021.