is a railway station in
Yokohama
is the second-largest city in Japan by population and the most populous municipality of Japan. It is the capital city and the most populous city in Kanagawa Prefecture, with a 2020 population of 3.8 million. It lies on Tokyo Bay, south of T ...
, Japan, jointly operated by
Central Japan Railway Company
is the main railway company operating in the Chūbu (Nagoya) region of central Japan. It is officially abbreviated in English as JR Central and in Japanese as JR Tōkai ( ja, JR東海, links=no). ''Tōkai'' is a reference to the geographical ...
(JR Central),
East Japan Railway Company
The is a major passenger railway company in Japan and is the largest of the seven Japan Railways Group companies. The company name is officially abbreviated as JR-EAST or JR East in English, and as in Japanese. The company's headquarters ar ...
(JR East), and
Yokohama City Transportation Bureau.
Lines
Shin-Yokohama Station is served by the
Tōkaidō Shinkansen
The is a Japanese high-speed rail line that is part of the nationwide Shinkansen network. Along with the Sanyo Shinkansen, it forms a continuous high-speed railway through the Taiheiyō Belt, also known as the Tokaido corridor. Opened in 19 ...
,
Yokohama Line
The Yokohama Line ( ja, 横浜線, ) is a Japanese railway line of the East Japan Railway Company (JR East) connecting Higashi-Kanagawa Station in Yokohama, Kanagawa and Hachiōji Station in Hachiōji, Tokyo. The line forms part of what JR Ea ...
, and
Yokohama Subway Blue Line.
Station layout
The station consists of an
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 o ...
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
, which stands for ''Multi Access (originally Magnetic-electronic Automatic) seat Reservation System'', is a train ticket reservation system used by the railway companies of former Japanese National Railways, currently Japan Railways Group (JR Gro ...
'' 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
Privatization (also privatisation in British English) can mean several different things, most commonly referring to moving something from the public sector into the private sector. It is also sometimes used as a synonym for deregulation when ...
of
JNR
The abbreviated JNR or , was the business entity that operated Japan's national railway network from 1949 to 1987.
Network Railways
As of June 1, 1949, the date of establishment of JNR, it operated of narrow gauge () railways in all 46 pre ...
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
Nissan Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in Nashville, Tennessee, United States. Owned by the Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County, it is primarily used for football and is the home field of the Tennessee Titans of the Nati ...
(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
The 2002 FIFA World Cup, also branded as Korea Japan 2002, was the 17th FIFA World Cup, the quadrennial Association football, football world championship for List of men's national association football teams, men's national teams organized by ...
final match and is the home of the
Yokohama F Marinos
is a Japanese professional football club based in Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, part of the Greater Tokyo Area. The club competes in the J1 League, which is the top tier of football in the country.
Having won the J-League title four times an ...
soccer team. The Nissan Stadium and the
Yokohama Arena
is an indoor arena located in Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. The capacity of the arena is 17,000 and was opened in 1989. The arena was modeled after US sports venue Madison Square Garden in New York City. It is a five-minute walk from the ...
are each about a 10-minute walk from the station. The
Shin-Yokohama Raumen Museum
is a small district in Kōhoku-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan.
Buildings and attractions
* Shin-Yokohama Station
* Kita Shin-Yokohama Station
* Shin-Yokohama Raumen Museum
* Yokohama Arena
* Nissan Stadium
Nissan Stadium is a mult ...
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.
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