is a passenger

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located in Isogo-ku, Yokohama,

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, operated by the

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(JR East).

Lines

Isogo Station is served by the Negishi Line from to in Kanagawa Prefecture. with through services inter-running to and from the Keihin-Tōhoku Line and also the Yokohama Line. It is 9.5 kilometers from the terminus of the Negishi line at Yokohama, and 68.6 kilometers from the northern terminus of the Keihin-Tōhoku Line at .

Station layout

The station consists of a single

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with a two tracks and an elevated station building above the platform and tracks. Both tracks are utilised by the Keihin-Tohoku Line and Yokohama Line; track 1 serves southbound trains to whilst track 2 serves northbound trains to and . The station is staffed. An adjacent

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formerly used to support freight operations, was sold to the Nisshin OilliO Group.

Platforms

History

Isogo Station opened on May 9, 1964 as the terminus of the Negishi Line until the line was extended to in 1970. All freight operations were suspended from October 1986. The station was absorbed into the JR East network upon the

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of the

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(JNR) in 1987. The station building was extensively remodelled in 2000 with the addition of ticket gates, automatic ticket machines, and new ticket windows.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 20,199 passengers daily (boarding passengers only). The passenger figures (boarding passengers only) for previous years are as shown below.

Surrounding area

* Isogo Ward General Government Building * Isogo Ward Office * Yokohama City Isogo Library * Isogo Public Hall * Koshinkai Shiomidai Hospital

References

External links

* {{Keihin-Tōhoku Line Negishi Line Railway stations in Kanagawa Prefecture Railway stations in Japan opened in 1964 Keihin-Tōhoku Line Negishi Line Railway stations in Yokohama