Yamate Station
JK08 Yamate Station 山手駅 | ||||||||||||||||
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 Yamate Station building, 2021 | ||||||||||||||||
| General information | ||||||||||||||||
| Location | Yamato-cho 2-52, Naka-ku, Yokohama-shi, Kanagawa-ken 231-0845 Japan | |||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 35°25′37″N 139°38′46″E / 35.427°N 139.646°E | |||||||||||||||
| Operated by | .svg){kind=logo} JR East | |||||||||||||||
| Line(s) | JK Negishi Line | |||||||||||||||
| Distance | 5.0 km from Yokohama | |||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 side platforms | |||||||||||||||
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| Status | Staffed | |||||||||||||||
| Station code | JK08 | |||||||||||||||
| Website | Official website | |||||||||||||||
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| Opened | May 9, 1964 | |||||||||||||||
| Passengers | ||||||||||||||||
| FY2019 | 17,545 daily | |||||||||||||||
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Yamate Station (山手駅, Yamate-eki) is a passenger railway station located in Naka-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan, operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East).
Lines
[edit]Yamate Station is served by the Negishi Line from Yokohama to Ōfuna in Kanagawa Prefecture, with through services inter-running to and from the Keihin-Tōhoku Line and also the Yokohama Line. It is 5.0 kilometers from the terminus of the Negishi line at Yokohama, and 64.1 kilometers from the northern terminus of the Keihin-Tōhoku Line at Ōmiya.
Station layout
[edit]The station consists of two elevated opposed side platforms serving two tracks, with the station building underneath. Both tracks are utilised by the Keihin-Tōhoku Line and Yokohama Line. The station is staffed.
Platforms
[edit]| 1 | JK Negishi Line | for Isogo and Ōfuna |
| 2 | JK Negishi Line-Keihin-Tohoku Line | for Yokohama, Tokyo, and Ōmiya |
| JH Yokohama Line | for Yokohama, Nagatsuta, Machida, and Hachiōji |
History
[edit]Yamate Station was opened on May 9, 1964. The station was absorbed into the JR East network upon the privatization of the Japan National Railways (JNR) in 1987.
Passenger statistics
[edit]In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 17,545 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[1]
The passenger figures (boarding passengers only) for previous years are as shown below.
| Fiscal year | daily average | |
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| 2005 | 16,509 | [2] |
| 2010 | 17,118 | [3] |
| 2015 | 17,193 | [4] |
Surrounding area
[edit]- Negishi Forest Park / Equine Museum
- Yokohama Foreign General Cemetery
- Yamate Park
- Yokohama City Tateno Elementary School
- Yokohama City Nakaodai Junior High School
- Yokohama National University
- Seiko Gakuin Junior and Senior High School
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ 各駅の乗車人員 (2019年度) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2019)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. 2020. Retrieved 11 August 2020.
- ^ 神奈川県県勢要覧（平成18年度） [Kanagawa Prefecture official statistics (fiscal 2005)] (PDF) (in Japanese). Japan: Kanagawa Metropolitan Government. Retrieved 26 March 2021.
- ^ 神奈川県県勢要覧（平成23年度） [Kanagawa Prefecture official statistics (fiscal 2010)] (PDF) (in Japanese). Japan: Kanagawa Prefecture. Retrieved 26 March 2021.
- ^ 神奈川県県勢要覧（平成28年度 [Kanagawa Prefecture official statistics (fiscal 2010)] (PDF) (in Japanese). Japan: Kanagawa Prefecture. Retrieved 26 March 2021.
External links
[edit]
Media related to Yamate Station at Wikimedia Commons
- Official website (in Japanese)
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