is a passenger

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located in

Asahi-ku, Yokohama is one of the 18 wards of the city of Yokohama in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. As of 2010, the ward has an estimated population of 249,045 and a population density of 7,600 persons per km². The total area is 32.77 km². Geography Asahi i ...

, 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

Tsurugamine Station is served by the

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, and lies 8.5 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 two opposed

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s serving two tracks.

Platforms

History

Tsurugamine Station was opened on 25 October 1930.

Future plans

The station facilities are planned to be transitioned to an underground structure by 2034. The results of the planning process were presented in January 2022, and it was determined that the project will cost . Construction for the elevation of the section of the Sotetsu Main Line began in June 2022. The goal of the project is to remove 10 level crossings from the main line.

Gallery

File:Tsurugamine station.jpg, Station platforms in 2021 File:Sagami-railway-SO09-Tsurugamine-station-entrance-south-20200114-122915.jpg, South entrance in 2020

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 57,068 passengers daily. The passenger figures for previous years are as shown below.

Surrounding area

*Asahi Ward Office * Yokohama City Asahi Library * Yokohama City Waterworks Bureau Asahi / Seya Service Center * Asahi Civil Engineering Office * Resource Recycling Bureau Asahi Office

References

External links

Official home page
{{Sagami Railway Main Line Railway stations in Kanagawa Prefecture Railway stations in Japan opened in 1930 Railway stations in Yokohama