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is a major interchange railway station in Nishi-ku,
File:JR Yokohama Station Central North Gates.jpg, Central North gates to JR platforms
File:Yokohama Station Keikyu Transfer Gates.jpg, Keikyu transfer gates
File:Keikyu Yokohama Station platform 1 20150809.JPG, Keikyu platform 1, 2015
File:JR Yokohama Station Platform 3・4.jpg, JR platforms 3 and 4
File:JR Yokohama Station Platform 5・6.jpg, JR platforms 5 and 6
File:JR Yokohama Station Platform 7・8.jpg, JR platforms 7 and 8
File:JR Yokohama Station Platform 9・10.jpg, JR platforms 9 and 10
File:Yokohama eki 1.jpg, Toyoko Line/Minatomirai Line ticket gates, April 2004
File:Tōyoko_and_Minatomirai_Line_Yokohama_Station_Platform.jpg, Toyoko Line/Minatomirai Line platform, 2019
File:Minatomirai Line Yokohama Station Information (cropped).jpg, Time table display laying out the weekday schedule.
File:Tokyu-Yokohama-STA_South-Gate.jpg, South-Gate
File:Yokohama Station Yokohama Subway.jpg, Yokohama Municipal Subway station
File:Guide sign of Sagami Railway Line - Yokohama Station 2.jpg, The Sotetsu platforms, February 2014
*Eastside bus terminal **For JR
The west and east have a complex underground business district which spans over several floors and is directly connected with the buildings which surround the station. Yokohama station has three bus terminals, and two other bus terminals are located near the station.
*Porta (underground shopping mall)
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*The Diamond (underground shopping mall, and stairs to westside bus terminal)
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On 15 August 1915, the second Yokohama Station opened close to the present day Takashimachō Station to allow Tōkaidō Main Line trains to call at Yokohama Station. The original Yokohama Station was renamed Sakuragichō Station. JR East uses this date as the opening date of the current Yokohama Station.
The terminal of the Keihin Line (present-day Keihin-Tōhoku Line) had been in Takashimachō since 1914 and was merged with the new station. The government-run electric line was later that year extended to Sakuragichō.
On 1 September 1923, the station was destroyed by a fire in the
On 15 October 1928, the third (current) Yokohama Station opened on the north side of the second station. The Tōkaidō Main Line also moved to its current route, which was the route of the bypass line opened in 1898. The government railways and the Toyoko Line shared the station from the beginning.
On 5 February 1930, the Keihin Electric Railway (now the Keikyu Main Line) was connected to the station.
On 27 December 1933, the Jinchū Railway (now the
JR-East Yokohama Station information
Keikyu Railway Train and Bus information
Transportation Bureau, City of Yokohama (Municipal Subway and Bus)
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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 popu ...
, Japan. It is the busiest station in Kanagawa Prefecture
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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
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(JR East)
** Tokaido Main Line (plus through service via the Ueno–Tokyo Line)
** Shōnan-Shinjuku Line
** Yokosuka Line
The is a railway line in Japan operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East).
The Yokosuka Line connects Tokyo Station with in Yokosuka, Kanagawa. Officially, the name Yokosuka Line is assigned to the segment between and Kurihama sta ...
** Yokohama Line
** Keihin-Tohoku Line
** 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 ...
''Shōnan'' limited express
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Japan
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trains do not stop here. ''Sunrise Izumo'' and ''Sunrise Seto'' sleeper trains stop here for boarding and alighting passengers.
* Keikyū
** Keikyū Main Line
The is a railway line in Japan, operated by the private railway operator Keikyu. The line connects the Tokyo wards of Minato, Tokyo, Minato, Shinagawa, Tokyo, Shinagawa, Ōta, Tokyo, Ōta, and the Kanagawa Prefecture, Kanagawa municipalities o ...
Morning Wing and Evening Wing trains pass this station.
* Sagami Railway (Sotetsu)
** Sotetsu Main Line
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* Tokyu Corporation
** Tokyu Toyoko Line
* Yokohama Minatomirai Railway
** Minatomirai Line
The Minatomirai 21 Line (みなとみらい21線 ''Minato-mirai-21-sen''), commonly known as the Minatomirai Line (みなとみらい線 ''Minatomirai-sen''), is a subway line in Yokohama, Japan that runs from Yokohama Station to Motomachi-Ch� ...
*Yokohama Municipal Subway
is the rapid transit network in the city of Yokohama, Japan, south of Tokyo in Kanagawa Prefecture. It is operated by Yokohama City Transportation Bureau as two lines, though three continuous lines exist.
Lines
The Yokohama Municipa ...
**
( JR Central's Tokaido Shinkansen
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passes through Shin-Yokohama Station, not Yokohama Station.)
Station layout
Keikyu and JR East
The JR East and Keikyū platforms are located in the main above-ground portion of Yokohama Station. Keikyū's section consists of platforms 1 to 2, JR East operates platforms 3 to 10. Keikyū introducedstation numbering
Station numbering is a sign system which assigns station codes consisting of a few letters and numbers to train stations. It aims to facilitate navigation for foreign travelers not familiar with the local language by using globally understood c ...
to its stations on 21 October 2010; Yokohama Station was assigned station number KK37.
Tokyu and Minatomirai
Tokyu Corporation and the Yokohama Minatomirai Railway Company share the same underground station located in the 5th underground level of Yokohama Station, to the west of the JR platforms.Yokohama Municipal Subway
TheYokohama Municipal Subway
is the rapid transit network in the city of Yokohama, Japan, south of Tokyo in Kanagawa Prefecture. It is operated by Yokohama City Transportation Bureau as two lines, though three continuous lines exist.
Lines
The Yokohama Municipa ...
is located on the 3rd basement level, west of the main station.
Sotetsu
Sagami Railway is an above-ground structure to the west of the main station, connected to the Sotetsu Department Store.Bus services
Expressway bus (daytime)
*Yokohama City Air Terminal **ForHaneda Airport
, also known as and sometimes abbreviated to ''Tokyo-Haneda'', is the busier of the two international airports serving the Greater Tokyo Area, the other one being Narita International Airport (NRT). It serves as the primary domestic base of J ...
**For Narita Airport
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*Eastside bus terminal
**For Tokyo Disney Resort
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**For JR Gotemba Station (Mount Fuji
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), Hakone
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Hakone is a notable spa town and a popular tourist destination due to its many onsen, hot springs being within view of ...
Tōgendai ( Lake Ashi)
Expressway bus (overnight)
*Yokohama City Air Terminal **For JRNagoya Station
is a major railway station in Nakamura-ku, Nagoya, Japan. It is Japan's, and one of the world's largest train stations by floor area (410,000 m2), and houses the headquarters of the Central Japan Railway Company (JR Central). Much of this space ...
, JR Okayama Station
is a major railway station in Kita-ku, Okayama, Okayama Prefecture, Japan. The station is operated by West Japan Railway Company (JR West).
Lines
Okayama Station is one of the major intersections of railways in the Chūgoku region. All trai ...
JR Bus Group*Eastside bus terminal **For JR
Kyoto Station
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, JR Ōsaka Station
is a major railway station in the Umeda district of Kita-ku, Osaka, Japan, operated by West Japan Railway Company (JR West). It forms as one of the city's main railway terminals to the north, the other being Shin-Ōsaka Station, Shin-Ōsaka.
Al ...
, JR Sendai Station, JR Akita Station
Local routes
* Yokohama Municipal Bus * Sotetsu Bus * Kanachu Bus * Keikyū BusSurrounding area
The west and east have a complex underground business district which spans over several floors and is directly connected with the buildings which surround the station. Yokohama station has three bus terminals, and two other bus terminals are located near the station.
East entrance
*Porta (underground shopping mall)
*Sogo
is a department store chain with a significant presence in Japan. It operates a network of branches in various countries and has a long history dating back to 1830 when it was founded in Osaka by Ihei Sogō. The company is known for its retail ...
(department store, with Yokohama station eastside bus terminal)
*Lumine (shopping building)
*Kiyoken
*Marui
is a Japanese multinational retail company which operates a chain of department stores in Tokyo as well in other major Japanese cities. They are best known for their women's fashion and accessories, which are aimed at the 25–35 age range.
...
(0101) (department store)
*Yokohama Sky Building (with Yokohama City Air Terminal, and its bus terminal)
*Bay Quarter Yokohama (shopping center)
*Yokohama Plaza Hotel
*Yokohama Central Post Office
* The Port Service Yokohama Station East Exit pier
*Horizon Japan International School (HJIS) Yokohama
West entrance
*The Diamond (underground shopping mall, and stairs to westside bus terminal)
*Takashimaya
is a Japanese multinational corporation operating a department store chain selling a wide array of products, ranging from wedding dresses and other apparel to electronics and flatware. It has more than 12 branches in Japan located in 2 region ...
(department store)
*CIAL (shopping building : under construction)
*Sotetsu Joinus (shopping building)
*Sotetsu Movil 109 cinemas
*Yokohama station westside second bus terminal
*Yokohama Cinema Society
*Yokohama Excel Hotel Tokyu (under construction)
*Yokohama Bay Sheraton Hotel and Towers
*Yokohama More's (shopping building, with Tokyu Hands Yokohama store)
* Yodobashi Camera Yokohama store
* Bic Camera Yokohama store
*Vivre (shopping building)
*Daiei
, based in Kobe, Hyōgo, is one of the largest supermarket chains in Japan. In 1957, Isao Nakauchi founded the chain in Osaka near Sembayashi Station on the Keihan train line. Daiei is now under a restructuring process supported by Marubeni ...
(supermarket)
*NTT Yokohama East Building
History
First station
On 7 May 1872 (12 June inGregorian calendar
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), Yokohama Station (original station, now Sakuragichō Station) opened as one of the first railway stations in Japan.
On 11 July 1887, the railway was extended from Yokohama to Kōzu Station. Through trains between Shimbashi Station and Kōzu Station required a switchback at Yokohama Station.
On 1 August 1898, a line bypassing Yokohama Station was opened to avoid the switchback. Through trains stopped at Kanagawa Station or Hodogaya Station instead of Yokohama Station, and shuttle trains connected Yokohama and Hodogaya until Hiranuma Station opened near present-day Hiranumabashi Station on 10 October 1901. Hiranuma Station had no connection to public transport such as trams, so that major part of the passengers for the city continued to use trains that stopped at Yokohama Station.
Second station
On 15 August 1915, the second Yokohama Station opened close to the present day Takashimachō Station to allow Tōkaidō Main Line trains to call at Yokohama Station. The original Yokohama Station was renamed Sakuragichō Station. JR East uses this date as the opening date of the current Yokohama Station.
The terminal of the Keihin Line (present-day Keihin-Tōhoku Line) had been in Takashimachō since 1914 and was merged with the new station. The government-run electric line was later that year extended to Sakuragichō.
On 1 September 1923, the station was destroyed by a fire in the 1923 Great Kantō earthquake
The 1923 Great Kantō earthquake (, or ) was a major earthquake that struck the Kantō Plain on the main Japanese island of Honshu at 11:58:32 JST (02:58:32 UTC) on Saturday, 1 September 1923. It had an approximate magnitude of 8.0 on the mom ...
.
Six days later, the station reopened with a temporary building.
The city of Yokohama and the Ministry of Railways agreed in February 1924 that the station would be relocated.
On 18 May 1928, the Tokyo Yokohama Railway (now the Tokyu Toyoko Line) was extended from its former terminal at Kanagawa Station to the station. The extension line passed through the construction site of the new Yokohama Station of the government railways.
Third station
On 15 October 1928, the third (current) Yokohama Station opened on the north side of the second station. The Tōkaidō Main Line also moved to its current route, which was the route of the bypass line opened in 1898. The government railways and the Toyoko Line shared the station from the beginning.
On 5 February 1930, the Keihin Electric Railway (now the Keikyu Main Line) was connected to the station.
On 27 December 1933, the Jinchū Railway (now the Sotetsu Main Line
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 own ...
) was connected to the station. On 9 December 1957, the north side underground entrance opened. On 1 December 1965, the MARS
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on-line ticket reservation system was introduced at the station. On 4 September 1976, the Yokohama City Subway Line No. 3 was connected to Yokohama Station. On 7 November 1980, the new east station building and east-west passage opened. On 31 January 2004, The Tōkyū Tōyoko Line platform reopened underground, and on 1 February 2004, the Minatomirai Line opened.
2020
On 26 August 2010, JR East announced the development of a new station building to replace the current West Entrance, tentatively named the . It opened in 2020 before the Tokyo 2020 Summer Olympics. The development includes a 26-story retail and office building, , on the site of the current West Entrance and a nine-story building to the north-east, , which includes parking and childcare facilities.Passenger statistics
In fiscal 2013, the JR East station was used by an average of 406,594 passengers daily (boarding passengers only), making it the busiest JR East station in Kanagawa Prefecture and the fourth-busiest on the JR East network as a whole. The JR East passenger figures for previous years are as shown below.See also
* List of East Japan Railway Company stationsReferences
External links
JR-East Yokohama Station information
Keikyu Railway Train and Bus information
Transportation Bureau, City of Yokohama (Municipal Subway and Bus)
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