JO03 Yokosuka Station 横須賀駅
Yokosuka Station
General information
Location	1-1 Hemi-cho, Yokosuka-shi, Kanagawa-ken 238-0045 Japan
Coordinates	35°17′03″N139°39′18″E / 35.28417°N 139.65500°E /35.28417; 139.65500]
Operated by	JR East
Line	JOYokosuka Line
Distance	65.3 km fromTokyo
Platforms	1bay + 1side platform
Connections	Bus terminal
Other information
Status	Staffed (Midori no Madoguchi)
Station code	JO03
Website	Official website
History
Opened	16 June 1889
Passengers
FY2019	4,845 daily
Services
Preceding station JR East Following station Kinugasa JO02 towardsKurihama Yokosuka Line Taura JO04 towardsTokyo
Location Yokosuka Station Location within Kanagawa Prefecture Show map of Kanagawa Prefecture Yokosuka Station Yokosuka Station (Japan) Show map of Japan

Yokosuka Station (横須賀駅,Yokosuka-eki) is a passengerrailway station in located in the city ofYokosuka, Kanagawa, Japan, operated byEast Japan Railway Company (JR East).

Yokosuka Station is served by theYokosuka Line. It is located 15.9 km fromŌfuna Station, and 65.3 km from theTokyo Station.

The station consists of abay platform and aside 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 aMidori no Madoguchi staffed ticket office.

Yokosuka Station opened on June 16, 1889 as the initial terminal station on theJapanese Government Railways (JGR)spur line from Ōfuna to serve theYokosuka Naval Arsenal and relatedImperial 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 toKurihama Station in 1944. Freight operations were discontinued from February 1, 1984. The station came under the management of JR East upon theprivatization of theJapanese National Railways (JNR) on April 1, 1987.^{[citation needed]}

In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 4,845 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).^[1]

The passenger figures (boarding passengers only) for previous years are as shown below.

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