is a passenger

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located in

Nishi-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 93,027 and a density of 13,210 persons per km². The total area was 7.04 km². Geography Nishi Ward is locate ...

, Japan, operated by the

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operator

Sagami Railway The , or , is a private railway company operating three lines in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. It is a wholly owned subsidiary of holding company Sotetsu Holdings, Inc. Sotetsu Holdings is listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange; 6.58% of it is owned ...

(Sotetsu).

Lines

Nishi-Yokohama Station is served by the

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, and lies 1.8 kilometers from the starting point of the line at

Yokohama Station is a major interchange railway station in Nishi-ku, Yokohama, Japan. It is the busiest station in Kanagawa Prefecture and the fifth-busiest in the world as of 2013, serving 760 million passengers a year. Lines Yokohama Station is served by the ...

Station layout

The station consists of a single

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serving two tracks.

Platforms

History

Nishi-Yokohama Station was opened on February 14, 1929 and was the terminal of the Jinchū Railway until the opening of Hiranumabashi Station in 1931. The station was primarily a freight terminal connecting the Sotetsu Line with the national railway's freight terminal at

Hodogaya Station is a passenger railway station located in Hodogaya-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan, operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East). Lines Hodogaya Station is served by the Yokosuka Line and Shōnan-Shinjuku Line and is 31.8 kilo ...

via a short branch line. The freight service on the branch was discontinued on September 30, 1979. On February 14, 1993 an unexploded bomb from

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was discovered during construction work near the station. The current station building dates from June 26, 2005.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 14,831 passengers daily. The passenger figures for previous years are as shown below.

Surrounding area

* Fujidana Shopping Street *Nico Nico Shopping Street *Nishimae Shopping Street *

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References

External links

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