Kanagawa-shimmachi

Weekday departures: 541/day · Sat & holiday departures: 106/day

First / last train (weekday): 4:51 / 24:23

Busiest hour: 8:00–9:00 (38)

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• Keikyū Main Line: Koyasu ⇄ Keikyu Higashi-Kanagawa

Kanagawa-Shimmachi Station opened on 21 August 1915 as Shimmachi Station on the Keihin Electric Railway; the name was taken from the Shimmachi quarter of the Kanagawa-juku post town. It was renamed Kanagawa-Shimmachi in April 1927. From 21 February 1965 it replaced the neighbouring Koyasu Station as a limited-express stop. The up-line platform was extended on 6 March 1978 to accommodate twelve-car trains; until then twelve-car morning limited expresses had unloaded passengers at Yokohama because Kanagawa-Shimmachi could only handle eight cars. The Keikyū-Kamata–Shin-Zushi express service was abolished with the 31 July 1999 timetable overhaul. From the 16 May 2010 revision the station became an Airport Express stop. On 5 September 2019 a limited-express train collided with a heavy lorry at the station's first level crossing in the well-known Kanagawa-Shimmachi No. 1 Crossing collision. A 2025 announcement set out plans for a station improvement and the construction of a station building.

Between Kanagawa-Shimmachi and Koyasu the inbound side has two parallel tracks, allowing local and limited-express trains to pull alongside one another and even race in parallel during peak hours.