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is a passenger

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located in

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Kanagawa Prefecture is a prefecture of Japan located in the Kantō region of Honshu. Kanagawa Prefecture is the second-most populous prefecture of Japan at 9,221,129 (1 April 2022) and third-densest at . Its geographic area of makes it fifth-smallest. Kana ...

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, operated by the

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(JR East). The station is also a freight terminal on the

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, as well as the

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for the all-freight Honmoku Line of the Kanagawa Rinkai Railway.

Lines

Negishi Station is served by the

Negishi Line The Negishi Line ( ja, 根岸線, ) is a Japanese railway line which connects Yokohama and Ōfuna stations. It is operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East). Freight trains also operate on this line, and it is essential for the southern K ...

from to in Kanagawa Prefecture. with through services inter-running to and from the Keihin-Tōhoku Line and also the

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. It is 7.1 kilometers from the terminus of the Negishi line at Yokohama, and 66.2 kilometers from the northern terminus of the Keihin-Tōhoku Line at .

Station layout

The station consists of an

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serving two tracks for normal passenger operations, and an additional five tracks for freight operations. The station has a "

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" staffed ticket office.

Platforms

History

Negishi Station was opened on May 19, 1964, as a station on the

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(JNR) for both passenger and freight services. The Kanagawa Rinkai Railway's Honmoku Line, also for freight-only operations, began operations from Negishi on October 1, 1969. The station was absorbed into the JR East network upon the

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of the

(JNR) in 1987.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 21,998 passengers daily (boarding passengers only). The passenger figures (boarding passengers only) for previous years are as shown below.

Surrounding area

* ENEOS Negishi Refinery * Kanagawa Prefectural Hygiene Nursing College * Yokohama Municipal Negishi Junior High School * Yokohama Municipal Negishi Elementary School

References

External links

* Railway stations in Kanagawa Prefecture Railway stations in Japan opened in 1964 Keihin-Tōhoku Line Negishi Line Railway stations in Yokohama Stations of Japan Freight Railway Company {{Kanagawa-railstation-stub