is an underground railway station on the

Minatomirai Line The Minatomirai 21 Line (みなとみらい21線 ''Minato-mirai-21-sen''), commonly known as the Minatomirai Line (みなとみらい線 ''Minatomirai-sen''), is a subway line in Yokohama, Japan that runs from Yokohama Station to Motomachi-Chūk ...

in Nishi-ku, Yokohama,

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, Japan, operated by the third-sector railway operating company Yokohama Minatomirai Railway.

Lines

Minatomirai Station is served by the 4.1 km underground

from to , and is located 1.7 km from the starting point of the line at Yokohama Station. Trains through-run to and from the

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from Shibuya Station and beyond on the

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and

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and

Seibu Ikebukuro Line The is a railway line of the Japanese private railway operator Seibu Railway. It originates at Ikebukuro Station, a large railway junction in north-western Tokyo, extending to northwest suburbs as far as Tokorozawa, Saitama, and nominally term ...

Station layout

Minatomirai Station is an underground station with a single

island platform An island platform (also center platform, centre platform) is a station layout arrangement where a single platform is positioned between two tracks within a railway station, tram stop or transitway interchange. Island platforms are popular on ...

serving two tracks. The station is located directly below the Queen's Square shopping complex.

Platforms

Chest-high

platform-edge 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 syst ...

were installed on both sides of the platform by April 2018.

History

Minatomirai Station opened on 1 February 2004, coinciding with the opening of the Minatomirai Line.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2011, the station was used by an average of 60,056 passengers daily.

Surrounding area

* Minato Mirai 21 ** Yokohama Landmark Tower ** Pacifico Yokohama ** Yokohama Museum of Art

References

External links

* {{Minatomirai Line Railway stations in Kanagawa Prefecture Railway stations in Yokohama Railway stations in Japan opened in 2004