is an interchange

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located in the

Azamino is a bedroom community of Tokyo and Yokohama, located in Aoba-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. The area is 20 minutes from Shibuya Station on the Tōkyū Den-en-toshi Line and 27 minutes by subway from Yokohama Station on the Yokohama ...

neighborhood of Aoba-ku,

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, operated by the private railway company,

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and by the

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Lines

Azamino Station is served by the

Tōkyū Den-en-toshi Line The is a major commuter line operated by the private railway operator Tokyu Corporation and connecting south-western suburbs of Tokyo and neighbouring Kanagawa Prefecture, with its western terminus of , to a major railway junction of western d ...

and is 18.2 kilometers from the terminus of the line at . It is also a terminal stationer the Yokohama subway's Blue Line, and is 20.7 kilometers from the opposing terminus at .

Station layout

Tōkyū Den-en-toshi Line

Tōkyū Azamino Station has line has two opposed

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s serving two tracks on the second floor of the station building.

Platforms

File:Tokyu_Azamino-STA_Gate.jpg, Ticket gates File:Tokyu_Azamino-STA_Home1.jpg, Platform

Yokohama Subway Blue Line

The underground Blue line Station has a single

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Platforms

File:Yokohama-City-Subway_Azamino-STA_Gate.jpg, Ticket gates File:Yokohama-City-Subway_Azamino-STA_Home.jpg, Platform

History

Azamino Station was opened on May 25, 1977, as a station on the Den-en-toshi Line. The Yokohama subway connected Azamino to

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 Shi ...

on March 18, 1993.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2019, the Tōkyū station was used by an average of 136,108 passengers daily. During the same period, the Yokohama Subway station was used by an average of 80,055 passengers daily. The daily average passenger figures for previous years are as shown below.

References

External links

Tokyu Railway Station Information

Yokoham subway Station Information
Railway stations in Kanagawa Prefecture Railway stations in Japan opened in 1977 Railway stations in Yokohama {{Kanagawa-railstation-stub

Lines

Station layout

Tōkyū Den-en-toshi Line

Platforms

Yokohama Subway Blue Line

Platforms

History

Passenger statistics

See also

References

External links