is an underground

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located in

Totsuka-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 273,418 and a density of 7,640 persons per km2. The total area was 35.70 km2. Geography Totsuka Ward is loca ...

, Kanagawa,

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operated by the Yokohama Municipal Subway’s Blue Line (Line 1). It is 9.0 kilometers from the terminus of the Blue Line at Shōnandai Station.

Lines

* Yokohama Municipal Subway ** Blue Line

Station layout

Maioka Station has a two underground opposed

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Platforms

File:Maioka-Sta-Gate.JPG, Ticket gates File:Yokohama-municipal-subway-B07-Maioka-station-platform.jpg, Platform

History

Maioka Station was opened on 14 March 1985, originally as a terminal station of the Blue Line. It became an intermediate station when the line was extended to Totsuka on 24 May 1987.

Platform screen doors Platform screen doors (PSDs), also known as platform edge doors (PEDs), are used at some train, rapid transit and people mover stations to separate the platform from train tracks, as well as on some bus rapid transit, tram and light rail syste ...

were installed in September of 2007.

References

* Harris, Ken and Clarke, Jackie. ''Jane's World Railways 2008-2009''. Jane's Information Group (2008).

External links

Maioka Station (Blue Line)
Railway stations in Kanagawa Prefecture Railway stations in Japan opened in 1985 Blue Line (Yokohama) {{Kanagawa-railstation-stub