Shin-Yokohama Station

is a railway station in Yokohama, Japan, jointly operated by Central Japan Railway Company (JR Central), East Japan Railway Company (JR East), and Yokohama City Transportation Bureau.

Lines

Shin-Yokohama Station is served by the Tōkaidō Shinkansen, Yokohama Line, and Yokohama Subway Blue Line.

Station layout

The station consists of an island platform at ground level serving the Yokohama Line, with two elevated island platforms for the shinkansen tracks overhead. The shinkansen platforms 2 and 3 have safety fences, as some trains passed non-stop through the station prior to 2008. The JR Central portion of the station includes a ''Midori no Madoguchi'' staffed ticket office. Also, The JR East portion of the station includes a Reserved Seat Ticket Vending Machines.

JR platforms

File:JR_Shin-Yokohama_Station_Platform_1・2_(20210509).jpg, Platforms 1 and 2
File:JR_Shin-Yokohama_Station_Platform_3・4_(20210509).jpg, Platforms 3 and 4
File:JR_East_Shin-Yokohama_Station_Platform_5・6.jpg, Platforms 5 and 6
File:Shin-Yokohama Station -02.jpg, View of the Shinkansen platforms from the eastern end of platforms 3 and 4 in February 2011
File:JREast-Yokohama-line-Shin-yokohama-station-platform.jpg, The Yokohama Line platforms, August 2008

Yokohama Municipal Subway platforms

File:Subway-Shinyokohama-Sta-Gate-for-JR.JPG, Ticket gates
File:Subway-Shinyokohama-Sta-Platform.JPG, Platform

History

Real estate agents purchased the private property in the area by telling residents and local government officials that the land was needed to build a Nissan/Ford motor vehicle factory which would provide increased employment. Actually, however, the agents were in league with JNR and national politicians from the LDP party to acquire the land for the proposed station, which was not disclosed to the public at this time. The subterfuge was subsequently exposed in a novel and popular film called ''Kuro No Cho Tokkyu''. The police opened several investigations, but the suspected agents, JNR employees, and political staffers fled the country until the statute of limitations on the alleged crimes expired.

Shin-Yokohama Station opened on October 1, 1964, with the opening of the Tokaido Shinkansen. At the time, the surrounding area was completely rural, and the site was selected as it was the intersection of the Tōkaidō Shinkansen tracks with the existing Yokohama Line. The station was connected to the Yokohama Municipal Subway system on March 14, 1985. With the privatization of JNR on April 1, 1987, the JNR portion of the station came under the operational control of JR East. The station building was remodeled in 1998.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2012, the JR East station was used by an average of 57,439 passengers daily (boarding passengers only). The JR East passenger figures for previous years are as shown below.

Surrounding area

The Nissan Stadium (formerly International Stadium Yokohama) (the largest stadium in Japan with a capacity of 72,327 seats) was the host to the 2002 FIFA World Cup final match and is the home of the Yokohama F Marinos soccer team. The Nissan Stadium and the Yokohama Arena are each about a 10-minute walk from the station. The Shin-Yokohama Raumen Museum is about a 5-minute walk from the station.

Nearby hotels

* Shin-Yokohama Prince Hotel
* Hotel Associa Shin-Yokohama

Future developments

Tōkyū Shin-Yokohama Line

The station is planned to open in March 2023, with 2 platforms and 3 tracks, where the middle track will be used for Tōkyū train which originates service from here. This platform layout will also enable Sōtetsu and Tōkyū to turn back when accidents occur.

The station will be jointly operated by Sōtetsu and Tōkyū.

On 16 September 2022, the station numbers were finalized. The station, which acts as the boundary between the Sotetsu and Tokyu portions of the line, will be assigned two station numbers to reflect the two operators: SO-52 for the Sotetsu line and SH-01 for the Tokyu line.
File:Construction of Shin-Yokohama Station (Shin-Yokohama Line) 01.jpg, View above the construction site

References

External links

Shin-Yokohama station information
(JR Central)

Shin-Yokohama station information
(JR East)


(Yokohama Subway)

{{ja-linecat, Central Japan Railway Company, East Japan Railway Company, Yokohama City Transportation Bureau

Railway stations in Japan opened in 1964
Railway stations in Yokohama