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Sagami Railway
The , or , is a private railway company operating three lines in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. It is a wholly owned subsidiary of holding company Sōtetsu Holdings, Inc. Sōtetsu Holdings is listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange; 6.58% of it is owned by the Odakyu Electric Railway Company. Overview Sagami Railway is one of the core companies of the Sōtetsu group. Sōtetsu focuses on railway operations, although formerly it had a more diversified set of holdings, such as bus lines and supermarkets. Sōtetsu is the smallest company of the "Big 15" private railways in Japan, as it has only short lines, but it succeeded in developing towns along its lines in the 1960s and 1970s, with many passengers riding this line. In May 1990, Sōtetsu joined the major railways. In 2010 it had a daily ridership of 623,500 Lines The company operates three passenger (commuter) lines and a freight-only line. All lines are electrified. All the railroads owned or operated by Sōtetsu are entirely wi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sōtetsu Main Line
The is a railway line in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan, operated by the private railway operator Sagami Railway (Sotetsu). It connects and . Services Services on the Main Line are divided into four categories. Some trains travel along the Izumino Line west of to . *Local (各停) - services stop at all stations. They do not travel from end to end; services are split at Futamata-gawa, with trains running between Yokohama and Futamata-gawa and between Futamata-gawa and either Ebina or Shōnandai. *Rapid (快速) - services stop between Yokohama and Futamata-gawa at Hoshikawa, Nishiya and Tsurugamine, and at all stations from Futamata-gawa to either Ebina or Shōnandai. *Commuter Express (通勤急行 or 通急) - services stop between Yokohama and Futamata-gawa at Nishiya and Tsurugamine, and at all stations from Futamata-gawa to either Ebina or Shōnandai. *Commuter Limited Express (通勤特急 or 通特) services between Shōnandai and Shin-yokohama and continue through runn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Public Company
A public company is a company whose ownership is organized via shares of share capital, stock which are intended to be freely traded on a stock exchange or in over-the-counter (finance), over-the-counter markets. A public (publicly traded) company can be listed on a stock exchange (listing (finance), listed company), which facilitates the trade of shares, or not (unlisted public company). In some jurisdictions, public companies over a certain size must be listed on an exchange. In most cases, public companies are ''private'' enterprises in the ''private'' sector, and "public" emphasizes their reporting and trading on the public markets. Public companies are formed within the legal systems of particular states and so have associations and formal designations, which are distinct and separate in the polity in which they reside. In the United States, for example, a public company is usually a type of corporation, though a corporation need not be a public company. In the United Kin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Commuter Rail
Commuter rail or suburban rail is a Passenger train, passenger rail service that primarily operates within a metropolitan area, connecting Commuting, commuters to a Central business district, central city from adjacent suburbs or commuter towns. Commuter rail systems can use locomotive-hauled trains or multiple units, using electric or diesel propulsion. Distance charges or zone pricing may be used. The term can refer to systems with a wide variety of different features and service frequencies, but is often used in contrast to rapid transit or light rail. Some services share similarities with both commuter rail and high-frequency rapid transit; examples include German S-Bahn in some cities, the Réseau Express Régional (RER) in Paris, the Milan S Lines, S Lines in Milan, many Japanese commuter systems, the East Rail line in Hong Kong, and some Australasian suburban networks, such as Sydney Trains. Many commuter rail systems share tracks with other passenger services and Cargo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sōtetsu Shin-yokohama Line
The Sōtetsu Shin-Yokohama Line is a commuter line operated by Sotetsu between Nishiya Station on the Sōtetsu Main Line to Shin-Yokohama Station. Sōtetsu has put its company names as a formal part of the line names, which is a first for the company. It is a part of the Eastern Kanagawa Rail Link strategic plan for improving the rail network connectivity of Kanagawa Prefecture. The rail infrastructures of this line are maintained by the Japan Railway Construction, Transport and Technology Agency (JRTT). Sōtetsu collects the operation revenue and pays JRTT for using the rail infrastructures, then JRTT use this payment to maintain the infrastructures and reimburse the loan for the construction of this line. The Sōtetsu Shin-Yokohama Line opened on 30 November 2019 and the extension to Shin-Yokohama opened on 18 March 2023. Summary Sōtetsu Main Line and Sōtetsu Izumino Line trains operates through services with JR East via Hazawa Yokohama Kokudai; and planned through s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fujisawa, Kanagawa
is a Cities of Japan, city in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 439,728 and a population density of 6300 persons per km2. The total area of the city is . Geography Fujisawa is in the south-central part of Kanagawa Prefecture. It faces Sagami Bay of the Pacific Ocean. The northern part of the city is on the Sagamino plateau while the southern part is abutted on the Shonan Beach. Fujisawa has three major topographical features: the island of Enoshima to the south connected to the Katase shoreline area by a road bridge, and two rivers, the Hikiji River, Hikiji and the Sakai River (Tokyo, Kanagawa), Sakai, which run north-south. The Hikiji River, Hikiji can be traced from an area designated as a nature reserve park in the city of Yamato and flows directly along the boundary of the joint US Navy and Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force Naval Air Facility Atsugi, Atsugi Naval Air Base and the United States Army Camp Zama. The Sakai runs directly from ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shōnandai Station
is an interchange passenger railway station in located in the city of Fujisawa, Kanagawa, Japan, jointly operated by private railway companies Odakyu Electric Railway and Sagami Railway (Sōtetsu), and the public Yokohama City Transportation Bureau (subway service). It is 15.8 kilometers from the starting point of the Odakyū Enoshima Line at Sagami-Ōno Station and is a terminal station for both the Sagami Railway Izumino Line and the Yokohama Subway Blue Line. The ticket gates of the three lines converge on one wide underground concourse. Lines *Odakyu Electric Railway **Odakyū Enoshima Line - Rapid Express and Express trains stop at this station. *Sagami Railway ** Izumino Line *Yokohama Municipal Subway ** Blue Line (B01) Station layout The Odakyu Enoshima Line has two elevated opposed side platforms, connected to the station building by an underpass. The Sōtetsu and Yokohama Municipal Subway stations are both underground, and each have a single island platform. Odakyu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sōtetsu Izumino Line
The is a railway line in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan, operated by the private railway operator Sagami Railway (Sotetsu). It connects in Yokohama to in Fujisawa. Services Services on the Izumino Line operate as a Branch line, branch of the Sagami Railway Main Line, Main Line, with most trains running through to and from Yokohama Station, Yokohama via the Main Line, or branching at Nishiya Station to or from Shin-yokohama Station, Shin-yokohama via the Sōtetsu Shin-yokohama Line which further connect with other railway systems (see Sōtetsu Shin-Yokohama Line for details). * Local (各停) services stop at all stations to Futamata-gawa, and some services continue to Yokohama stopping at all stations on the Main Line. * Rapid (快速) services stop at all stations to Futamata-gawa, and continue to Yokohama stopping only at Tsurugamine, Nishiya, and Hoshikawa. * Commuter Express services stop at all stations to Futamata-gawa. * Commuter Limited Express (通勤特急) services sto ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Futamata-gawa Station
is a junction passenger railway station located in Asahi-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan, operated by the private railway operator Sagami Railway (Sotetsu). Lines Futamata-gawa Station is served by the Sōtetsu Main Line and Sōtetsu Izumino Line. It lies 10.5 km from the terminus of the Sōtetsu Main Line at Yokohama Station, and is the terminus for the Izumino Line. Station layout The station consists of two island platform An island platform (also center platform (American English) or centre platform (British English)) is a station layout arrangement where a single platform is positioned between two tracks within a railway station, tram stop or transitway inte ...s serving four tracks. Platforms * Platform 3 is used mostly by trains from the Izumino Line, and platform 4 is used mostly by trains from the Main Line. File:Sotetsu_Futamagawa_Station_platform_202307300845.jpg, The platforms, July 2023 File:Futamatagawa station gate02.jpg, The stati ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ebina, Kanagawa
is a city located in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan., the city had an estimated population of 141,276 and a population density of 5300 persons per km2. The total area of the city is . Geography Ebina is located approximately 50 kilometers from central Tokyo and 20 kilometers from Yokohama. The city is roughly rectangular, 8.7 kilometers north-to-south by 6.15 kilometers east-to-west, with an elevation of 11 to 84 meters above sea level. It is in the middle of the Sagami Plain, part of western Kantō Plain. The city sits on the eastern bank of the Sagami River, and the Hikiji River flows through part of the city. The Tōmei Expressway cuts across the southern end of the city. Surrounding municipalities Kanagawa Prefecture *Atsugi * Ayase * Fujisawa *Samukawa *Yamato * Zama Climate Ebina has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen ''Cfa'') characterized by warm summers and cool winters with light to no snowfall. The average annual temperature in Ebina is 15.2 °C. The average an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ebina Station
is an interchange passenger railway station located in the city of Ebina, Kanagawa, Japan. It is jointly operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East), and the private railway operators Odakyu Electric Railway, and Sagami Railway (Sōtetsu). Lines Ebina Station is served by the following lines. *Odakyu Odawara Line *Sagami Line *Sagami Railway Main Line, Sōtetsu Main Line The station is from the Odakyu terminus at Shinjuku Station, from the Sagami Line terminus at Chigasaki Station, and from the Sotetsu terminus at Yokohama Station. Station layout Sōtetsu The Sōtetsu Main Line station has a bay platform, serving two tracks. JR East The JR Sagami Line station has a single island platform, serving two tracks. The station has a ''Midori no Madoguchi'' staffed ticket office. Odakyu The Odakyu Odawara Line station has two island platforms serving four tracks. History Ebina Station was opened on 25 November 1941 as the terminal station of the , now Sagami Rail ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yokohama
is the List of cities in Japan, second-largest city in Japan by population as well as by area, and the country's most populous Municipalities of Japan, municipality. It is the capital and most populous city in Kanagawa Prefecture, with a population of 3.7 million in 2023. It lies on Tokyo Bay, south of Tokyo, in the Kantō region of the main island of Honshu. Yokohama is also the major economic, cultural, and commercial hub of the Greater Tokyo Area along the Keihin region, Keihin Industrial Zone. Yokohama was one of the cities to open for trade with the Western world, West following the 1859 end of the Sakoku, policy of seclusion and has since been known as a cosmopolitan port city, after Kobe opened in 1853. Yokohama is the home of many Japan's firsts in the Meiji (era), Meiji period, including the first foreign trading port and Chinatown (1859), European-style sport venues (1860s), English-language newspaper (1861), confectionery and beer manufacturing (1865), daily newspap ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yokohama Station
is a major interchange railway station in Nishi-ku, Yokohama, Japan. It is the busiest station in Kanagawa Prefecture and the fifth-busiest in the world as of 2013, serving 760 million passengers a year. Lines Yokohama Station is served by the following lines: *East Japan Railway Company (JR East) ** Tokaido Main Line (plus through service via the Ueno–Tokyo Line) ** Shōnan-Shinjuku Line ** Yokosuka Line ** Yokohama Line ** Keihin-Tohoku Line ** Negishi Line ''Shōnan'' limited express trains do not stop here. ''Sunrise Izumo'' and ''Sunrise Seto'' sleeper trains stop here for boarding and alighting passengers. * Keikyū ** Keikyū Main Line Morning Wing and Evening Wing trains pass this station. * Sagami Railway (Sotetsu) ** Sotetsu Main Line * Tokyu Corporation ** Tokyu Toyoko Line * Yokohama Minatomirai Railway ** Minatomirai Line *Yokohama Municipal Subway ** ( JR Central's Tokaido Shinkansen passes through Shin-Yokohama Station, not Yokohama Station.) St ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
