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Yokohama Station 横浜駅
Location
Prefecture	Kanagawa (See other stations in Kanagawa)
City	Yokohama
Ward	Nishi
Neighborhood etc.	1-chome, Takashima(Keikyu) 2-chome, Takashima(JR) 1-chome, Minami-Saiwai(Tokyu, Sotetsu, Subway)
(in Japanese)	神奈川県横浜市西区高島一丁目 高島二丁目 南幸一丁目
History
Opened	1872 (1st) 1915 (2nd) 1928 (3rd, the present)
Rail services
Operator(s)	East Japan Railway Company Keihin Electric Express Railway Tokyu Corporation Yokohama Minatomirai Railway Company Sagami Railway Yokohama City Transportation Bureau
Major bus terminal(s) attached to the station

Tōyoko Line/Minatomirai Line Ticket Gate (2004-04-30)

Tōyoko Line/Minatomirai Line Platform (2008-03-27)

Keikyū Main Line Platform (2008-03-27)

Yokohama Station from Landmark Tower

Yokohama Station west exit

Yokohama Station (横浜駅, yokohama-eki^?) is a main interchange station located in Nishi-ku, Yokohama, Japan. It is the busiest station in Kanagawa Prefecture and the 5th busiest in Japan as of 2004, serving 2.05 million passengers daily.

Lines

Yokohama Station is served by the following lines:

• East Japan Railway Company (JR East)
  • Tōkaidō Main Line
  • Yokosuka Line
  • Yokohama Line
  • Shōnan-Shinjuku Line
  • Keihin-Tōhoku Line
  • Negishi Line
• Keihin Electric Express Railway (Keikyū)
  • Keikyu Main Line
• Sagami Railway (Sōtetsu)
  • Sagami Railway Main Line
• Tokyu Corporation
  • Tōyoko Line
• Yokohama Minatomirai Railway Company
  • Minatomirai Line
• Yokohama Municipal Subway
  • Blue Line (B20)

(JR Central's Tōkaidō Shinkansen passes through Shin-Yokohama Station, not Yokohama Station)

Station layout

JR East and Keikyū platforms are located in the main above ground portion of Yokohama Station. Keikyū's section consists of platforms 1-2, JR has platforms 3-10.

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.

The Yokohama Municipal Subway is located on the 3rd underground floor, west of the main station.

Sagami Railway is an above ground structure to the west of the main station, connected to the Sotetsu Department Store.

Station 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
• Sogo (with Yokohama station eastside bus terminal)
• Lumine
• Kiyoken
• Marui (0101)
• Yokohama Sky Building (city air terminal, and its bus terminal)
• Yokohama Plaza Hotel
• Yokohama Central Japan Post Office
• The Port Service Yokohama Station East Exit pier

West entrance

• The Diamond (underground shopping mall, and stairs to westside bus terminal)
• Takashimaya
• CIAL
• Sotetsu Joinus
• Sotetsu Mobile
• Sotetsu highway bus terminal
• Yokohama station westside second bus terminal
• Yokohama Cinema Society
• Yokohama Excel Hotel Tokyu
• Yokohama Bay Sheraton Hotel and Towers
• Okadaya More's
• Tokyu Hands, Yokohama Location
• Yodobashi Camera, in front of Yokohama Station
• Biccamera, Yokohama Location
• Vivre
• Daiei
• NTT Yokohama East Building

History

• May 7, 1872 (June 12 in Gregorian calendar): Yokohama Station (original station, now Sakuragichō Station) opens as one of the first railway stations in Japan.
• July 11, 1887: The railway is extended from Yokohama to Kōzu Station. Through trains between Shimbashi Station and Kōzu Station require a switchback at Yokohama Station.
• August 1, 1898: A line bypassing Yokohama Station is opened to avoid the switchback. Through trains stop at Kanagawa Station or Hodogaya Station instead of Yokohama Station, and shuttle trains connect Yokohama and Hodogaya.
• August 15, 1915: The second Yokohama Station opens close to the present day Takashimachō Station to allow Tōkaidō Main Line trains to call at Yokohama Station. The original Yokohama Station is renamed Sakuragichō Station. The Yokohama–Hodogaya shuttle trains cease. JR East uses this date as the opening date of the current Yokohama Station.[1]
• September 1, 1923: The station is destroyed by a fire in the 1923 Great Kanto earthquake.
• September 7, 1923: The station reopens with a temporary building.
• March 18, 1928: Tokyo Yokohama Railway (now the Tokyu Toyoko Line) is connected to the station.
• October 15, 1928: The third (current) Yokohama Station opens on the north side of the second station. The Tōkaidō Main Line also moves to its current route.
• February 5, 1930: Keihin Electric Railway (now the Keikyu Main Line) is connected to the station.
• December 27, 1933: Jinchū Railway (now the Sotetsu Main Line) is connected to the station.
• March 29, 1945: The station is destroyed in the Yokohama Air Raid.
• December 9, 1957: The north side underground entrance opens.
• December 1, 1965: The MARS on-line ticket reservation system is introduced at the station.
• September 4, 1976: The Yokohama City Subway Line No. 3 is connected to Yokohama Station.
• November 7, 1980: The new east station building and east-west passage open.
• January 31, 2004: The Tōkyū Tōyoko Line platform reopens underground.
• February 1, 2004: The Minatomirai Line opens.

Adjacent stations

External links

• JR-East Yokohama Station information (English)
• Sōtetsu Line Yokohama Station Map (Japanese)
• Yokohama Subway Yokohama Station

Coordinates: 35°27′55.60″N 139°37′22.21″E / 35.465444°N 139.6228361°E / 35.465444; 139.6228361