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Yokohama Subway Blue Line
The is a rapid transit line serving Yokohama in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. It is the longer of the two lines in the Yokohama Municipal Subway system operated by Yokohama City Transportation Bureau, and is the second-longest subway line in Japan at in length, surpassed only by the long Toei Oedo Line in Tokyo. The Blue Line is divided into two operating segments: Line 3 from in Aoba-ku, Yokohama to , and Line 1 from Kannai to in Fujisawa. Local and rapid services operate continuously on both lines 1 and 3 as a single service. Following the opening of the Green Line on 30 March 2008, the line was nicknamed the "Blue Line". The line color is blue and the line symbol used in the station numbering is B. Operations Rapid Rapid trains stop at all stations from Shonandai to Totsuka, and from Nippa to Azamino. Between Totsuka and Nippa, they stop at Kaminagaya, Kamiooka, Kannai, Sakuragicho, Yokohama, and Shin-Yokohama. Rapid services began operating on 18 July 2015. L ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rapid Transit
Rapid transit or mass rapid transit (MRT), also known as heavy rail or metro, is a type of high-capacity public transport generally found in urban areas. A rapid transit system that primarily or traditionally runs below the surface may be called a subway, tube, or underground. Unlike buses or trams, rapid transit systems are railways (usually electric railway, electric) that operate on an exclusive right-of-way (transportation), right-of-way, which cannot be accessed by pedestrians or other vehicles, and which is often grade-separated in tunnels or on elevated railways. Modern services on rapid transit systems are provided on designated lines between rapid transit station, stations typically using electric multiple units on rail tracks, although some systems use guided rubber tires, magnetic levitation (''maglev''), or monorail. The stations typically have high platforms, without steps inside the trains, requiring custom-made trains in order to minimize gaps between train a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Center Kita Station
is an above-ground metro station located in Tsuzuki-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan, operated by the Yokohama Municipal Subway. It is an interchange station for the Green Line and Blue Line (Line 3). Lines Center-Kita Station is served by the Blue Line and Green Line. It is 37.3 kilometers from the terminus of the Blue Line at Shōnandai Station and 5.7 kilometers from the terminus of the Green Line at Nakayama Station. Station layout Center-Kita Station has two elevated island platforms serving four tracks. Platforms History Center-Kita Station opened on March 18, 1993 when Line 3 (later named the Blue Line) was extended from Shin-Yokohama Station to Azamino Station. Platform screen doors were installed in April 2007. Services on the Green Line started on March 30, 2008. Surrounding area *Hankyu Department Store * Yokohama History Museum and Otsuka-Saikachido archeological site See also * List of railway stations in Japan The links below contain all ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mitsuzawa-shimochō Station
is an underground metro station located in Kanagawa-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan operated by the Yokohama Municipal Subway’s Blue Line (Line 3). It is 23.9 kilometers from the terminus of the Blue Line at Shōnandai Station. History Misuzawa-shimochō Station was opened on March 14, 1985. Platform screen doors were installed in April 2007. Lines * Yokohama Municipal Subway ** Blue Line Station layout Misuzawa-shimochō Station has a dual opposed 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 ...s serving two tracks, located five stories underground. The station was constructed using the NATM method, with rounded tunnels unusual for Japanese metro systems. Platforms Surrounding area * St. Andrew's Cathedral * Yokohama Orthodox Church * Evan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mitsuzawa-kamichō Station
is an underground metro station located in Kanagawa-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan operated by the Yokohama Municipal Subway’s Blue Line (Line 3). It is 24.8 kilometers from the terminus of the Blue Line at Shōnandai Station. History Misuzawa-kamichō Station was opened on March 14, 1985. Platform screen doors were installed in April 2007. Lines *Yokohama Municipal Subway ** Blue Line Station layout Misuzawa-kamichō Station has a dual opposed side platforms serving two tracks, located five stories underground. The station was constructed at a depth of using the NATM method, with rounded tunnels unusual for Japanese metro systems. Platforms Surrounding area * Yokohama National University * Mitsuzawa Park and Mitsuzawa Stadium * Yokohama Municipal Hospital * Bugenji Temple * Mitsuzawa Cemetery * Kanagawa Prefectural Yokohama Suiran High School is a high school in Kanagawa-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. It was founded in 1914. It is a part of the Kanagaw ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kanagawa-ku, Yokohama
is one of the 18 wards of the city of Yokohama in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. As of 2010, the ward had an estimated population of 230,401 and a density of 9,650 persons per km2. The total area was 23.88 km2. Geography Kanagawa is located in eastern Kanagawa Prefecture, and northeast of the geographic center of the city of Yokohama. Surrounding municipalities * Tsurumi Ward * Nishi Ward * Kōhoku Ward * Midori Ward * Hodogaya Ward History Under the Nara period Ritsuryō system, the area that is now Kanagawa Ward became part of Tachibana District in Musashi Province. During the Edo period, the area was ''tenryō'' territory controlled directly by the Tokugawa shogunate, but administered through various ''hatamoto''. The area prospered in the Edo period as Kanagawa-juku, a post station on the Tōkaidō connecting Edo with Kyoto. During the Bakumatsu period, Kanagawa was the location of the signing of the Convention of Kanagawa, which ended Japan’s national isolation poli ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Katakurachō Station
is an underground metro station located in Kanagawa-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan operated by the Yokohama Municipal Subway’s Blue Line (Line 3). It is 26.7 kilometers from the terminus of the Blue Line at Shōnandai Station. History Katakurachō Station was opened on March 14, 1985. Platform screen doors were installed in April 2007. Lines * Yokohama Municipal Subway ** Blue Line Station layout Katakurachō Station has a dual opposed 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 ...s serving two tracks, located four stories underground. Platforms File:Katakuracho-Sta-Gate.JPG, Ticket gates File:Yokohama-municipal-subway-B23-Katakuracho-station-platform.jpg, Platform References * Harris, Ken and Clarke, Jackie. ''Jane's World Railways 2008- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kishine-kōen Station
is an underground metro station located in Kōhoku-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan operated by the Yokohama Municipal Subway’s Blue Line (Line 3). It is 27.9 kilometers from the terminus of the Blue Line at Shōnandai Station. History Kishine-kōen Station was opened on March 14, 1985. Platform screen doors were installed in April 2007. Lines * Yokohama Municipal Subway ** Blue Line Station layout Kishine-kōen Station has a dual opposed 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 ...s serving two tracks, located three stories underground. Platforms File:Yokohama-municipal-subway-B24-Kishine-koen-station-platform.jpg, Platform Surrounding area * Kishine Park References * Harris, Ken and Clarke, Jackie. ''Jane's World Railways 2008-2009''. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yokohama Line
The Yokohama Line ( ja, 横浜線, ) 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 the "Tokyo Mega Loop" ( ja, 東京メガループ, links=no) around Tokyo, consisting of the Keiyo Line, Musashino Line, Nambu Line, and Yokohama Line. The line's name comes from the section between Nagatsuta and Higashi-Kanagawa that runs through the city of Yokohama. Nicknamed the by locals, the line serves commuters in the southwestern suburbs of Tokyo and northeastern suburbs of Yokohama. History The line was opened by the private on 23 September 1908 and leased to the government in 1910. The line was nationalized on 1 October 1917. The Higashi-Kanagawa to Haramachida (now Machida) section was electrified on 1 October 1932, with the Haramachida to Hachiōji section electrified on 14 April 1941. The Higashi-Kanagawa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tokaido Shinkansen
The is a Japanese high-speed rail line that is part of the nationwide Shinkansen network. Along with the Sanyo Shinkansen, it forms a continuous high-speed railway through the Taiheiyō Belt, also known as the Tokaido corridor. Opened in 1964, running between Tokyo and Shin-Ōsaka, it is Japan's first high-speed rail line. Along with being the world's oldest high-speed rail line, it is also one of the most heavily used. Since 1987 it has been operated by the Central Japan Railway Company (JR Central), prior to that by Japanese National Railways (JNR). It is also called the Kyoto Express due to other previous services for this high-speed train and operating from Tokyo to Kyoto. There are three types of services on the line: from fastest to slowest, they are the limited-stop '' Nozomi'', the semi-fast ''Hikari'', and the all-stop '' Kodama''. Many ''Nozomi'' and ''Hikari'' trains continue onward to the San'yō Shinkansen, going as far as Fukuoka's Hakata Station. The line was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shin-Yokohama Station
is a railway station in Yokohama, Japan, jointly operated by Central Japan Railway Company (JR Central), East Japan Railway Company (JR East), and Yokohama City Transportation Bureau. Lines Shin-Yokohama Station is served by the Tōkaidō Shinkansen, Yokohama Line, and Yokohama Subway Blue Line. Station layout The station consists of an island platform at ground level serving the Yokohama Line, with two elevated island platforms for the shinkansen tracks overhead. The shinkansen platforms 2 and 3 have safety fences, as some trains passed non-stop through the station prior to 2008. The JR Central portion of the station includes a ''Midori no Madoguchi'' staffed ticket office. Also, The JR East portion of the station includes a Reserved Seat Ticket Vending Machines. JR platforms File:JR_Shin-Yokohama_Station_Platform_1・2_(20210509).jpg, Platforms 1 and 2 File:JR_Shin-Yokohama_Station_Platform_3・4_(20210509).jpg, Platforms 3 and 4 File:JR_East_Shin-Yokohama_Station_Pl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kita Shin-Yokohama Station
is a subway station on the Blue Line (Line 3) in Kōhoku-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan, operated by the Yokohama Municipal Subway. Lines Kita Shin-Yokohama Station is served by the Yokohama Municipal Subway Blue Line, and lies 30.8 km from the terminus of the line at Shōnandai Station. Station layout The station has a single island platform serving two tracks. Platforms File:Yokohama-municipal-subway-B26-Kita-shin-yokohama-station-platform.jpg, Platform History The station opened on March 18, 1993, as . It was renamed Kita Shin-Yokohama Station on August 29, 1999. Platform screen doors were installed in April 2007. See also * List of railway stations in Japan The links below contain all of the 8579 railway stations in Japan. External links {{Portal bar, Japan, Trains * Railway stations Japan Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It ... References * Harris, Ken and Clarke, Jackie. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kōhoku-ku, Yokohama
is one of the 18 wards of the city of Yokohama in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. As of March 1, 2012, the ward had an estimated population of 332,488, with 156,198 households and a population density of 10,588.79 persons per km². The total area was 31.40 km². Kōhoku Ward has the largest population of Yokohama's 18 wards, and ranks second to Naka Ward in the total number of workplaces. Geography Kōhoku Ward is located in eastern Kanagawa Prefecture, and on the northeastern borders of the city of Yokohama. Surrounding municipalities * Tsurumi Ward * Kanagawa Ward * Midori Ward * Tsuzuki Ward *Kawasaki, Kanagawa History The area around present-day Kōhoku Ward was formerly part of Tsuzuki District in Musashi Province. During the Edo period, it was a rural region classified as ''tenryō'' territory controlled directly by the Tokugawa shogunate, but administered through various ''hatamoto''. After the Meiji Restoration, the area became part of the new Kanagawa Prefecture in 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
