Keikyū Tomioka Station (京急富岡駅) is an elevated station in Yokohama. Keikyu runs it. It opened on 10 July 1930.
History
The station opened on 10 July 1930 as a temporary stop of the Shōnan Electric Railway, named Shōnan-Tomioka Station (湘南富岡駅). It became a full station on 1 May 1931. On 1 November 1941 the Shōnan company merged into the Keihin Electric Railway, and on 1 May 1942 the station became part of the Tokyo Kyūkō (Dai-Tokyu) Shōnan Line. On 10 June 1945 an air raid on southern Yokohama destroyed the station and it closed.
The station was officially abolished on 10 January 1947. It reopened on 1 March 1947 at a different site, as a station for commuters to a US military base. Trains stopped only at rush hours. For US servicemen, staff raised a flag on the platform and trains stopped at any hour. In 1948 the station opened to general passengers, and trains stopped all day. On 1 June 1948 it passed to the Keihin Kyūkō Electric Railway when it separated from Tokyu. On 1 December 1955 the station moved to its present site.
In November 1963 the station was renamed Keihin-Tomioka. In May 1983 it became a stop for morning up express trains. A passing siding for up trains opened in April 1987, and in June 1987 the station was renamed Keikyū Tomioka. From 20 November 1988 express trains stopped all day, instead of only at rush hours.
On 16 September 1996 the station became a station where a stationmaster was based, and it was later placed under Kamiōoka Station. On 31 July 1999 express trains were withdrawn in a timetable revision and the station became a local-only stop. Express trains later came back, but they pass this station.
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