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 | ![]() | |||||||||||||||
Line(s) | JK Negishi Line | |||||||||||||||
Distance | 5.0 km from Yokohama | |||||||||||||||
Platforms | 2 side platforms | |||||||||||||||
Other information | ||||||||||||||||
Status | Staffed | |||||||||||||||
Station code | JK08 | |||||||||||||||
Website | Official website | |||||||||||||||
History | ||||||||||||||||
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
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
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
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
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
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
- 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
References
- ^ 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
Media related to Yamate Station at Wikimedia Commons
- Official website (in Japanese)