is an interchange passenger

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located in

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, Japan, jointly managed by the private railway operator

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and the

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Lines

Hiyoshi Station is served by the

Tōkyū Tōyoko Line The is a major railway line connecting Tokyo (Shibuya) to Yokohama. The line is owned and operated by the private railway operator Tokyu Corporation. The name of the line, ''Tōyoko'' (東横), is a combination of the first characters of ''Tōky ...

and

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. It is from the terminus of the Tōyoko Line at

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, and from the terminus of the Meguro Line at

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. It is also served by the underground Green Line.

Station layout

The station is an elevated structure with two

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s serving four tracks above ground. The station building is also connected to the Tokyu Store, a large upscale supermarket, and the reformed Tokyu Department Store on the second floor, which features many individually branded shops as well as a major consumer electronic shop (

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) as a tenant occupying most of the third floor. The Yokohama Subway consists of a single island platform underground.

Tokyu platforms

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Yokohama Municipal Subway platforms

History

Hiyoshi Station opened as one of the original Tōyoko Line stations on 14 February 1926. The station was completely rebuilt in 1991 with half-submerged tracks and an elevated station building constructed above the tracks. The adjacent Tokyu Department store opened in 1995. The Yokohama Subway Green Line connected to Hiyoshi Station on March 30, 2008.

Future plans

The Tōkyū Shin-Yokohama Line is under construction from to Hiyoshi, that will enable through services between the Tōkyū Tōyoko Line, the Tōkyū Meguro Line and the

Sōtetsu Shin-Yokohama Line 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 ...

by early 2023. As a result, the station will receive the station number SH03 when these services begin revenue operations.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2019, the Tokyu station was used by an average of 206,301 passengers daily. During the same period, the Yokohama Municipal Subway was used by an average of 84,908 passengers daily, The daily average passenger figures for previous years (boarding passengers only) are as shown below.

Surrounding area

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Hiyoshi Campus * Keio University Yagami Campus (Faculty of Science and Engineering) * Keio Senior High School * Nihon University High School / Junior High School * Tokyo College of Photography

References

External links

Tokyu station information

Yokohama Subway station information
{{Kanagawa Eastern Line Railway stations in Kanagawa Prefecture Railway stations in Japan opened in 1926 Tokyu Toyoko Line Tokyu Meguro Line Green Line (Yokohama) Stations of Tokyu Corporation Railway stations in Yokohama