is a passenger

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located in

Isogo-ku, Yokohama is one of the 18 wards of the city of Yokohama in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. As of 2010, the ward has an estimated population of 163,406 and a population density of 8,520 persons per km2. The total area is 19.17 km2. Geography Isogo is l ...

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, operated by the

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(JR East).

Lines

Isogo Station is served by the

Negishi Line The Negishi Line () is a Japanese railway line which connects Yokohama Station, Yokohama and Ōfuna Station, Ōfuna stations. It is operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East). Freight trains also operate on this line, and it is essential f ...

from to in Kanagawa Prefecture. with through services inter-running to and from the Keihin-Tōhoku Line and also the

Yokohama Line The Yokohama Line () is a Japanese railway line of the East Japan Railway Company (JR East) connecting Higashi-Kanagawa Station in Yokohama, Kanagawa and Hachiōji Station in Hachiōji, Tokyo. The line forms part of what JR East refers to as t ...

. It is 9.5 kilometers from the terminus of the Negishi line at Yokohama, and 68.6 kilometers from the northern terminus of the Keihin-Tōhoku Line at .

Station layout

The station consists of a single

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with a two tracks and an elevated station building above the platform and tracks. Both tracks are utilised by the Keihin-Tohoku Line and

; track 1 serves southbound trains to whilst track 2 serves northbound trains to and . The station is staffed. An adjacent

side platform A side platform (also known as a marginal platform or a single-face platform) is a platform positioned to the side of one or more railway tracks or guideways at a railway station, tram stop, or transitway. A station having dual side platforms, ...

formerly used to support freight operations, was sold to the Nisshin OilliO Group.

Platforms

History

Isogo Station opened on May 9, 1964 as the

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of the Negishi Line until the line was extended to in 1970. All freight operations were suspended from October 1986. The station was absorbed into the JR East network upon the

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of the

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(JNR) in 1987. The station building was extensively remodelled in 2000 with the addition of ticket gates, automatic ticket machines, and new ticket windows.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 20,199 passengers daily (boarding passengers only). The passenger figures (boarding passengers only) for previous years are as shown below.

Surrounding area

* Isogo Ward General Government Building * Isogo Ward Office * Yokohama City Isogo Library * Isogo Public Hall * Koshinkai Shiomidai Hospital

References

External links

* {{Keihin-Tōhoku Line Negishi Line Railway stations in Japan opened in 1964 Keihin-Tōhoku Line Negishi Line Railway stations in Yokohama