Yamate Station

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Yamate Station
山手駅
Yamateeki-jr-platforms-2009.jpg
Yamate Station platforms
Location
Prefecture Kanagawa
(See other stations in Kanagawa)
City Yokohama
Ward Naka
Neighborhood etc. Kanagawa-ken, Yokohama-shi, Naka-ku, Yamato-cho 2-52
Postal Code 231 - 0846
(in Japanese) 横浜市中区大和町二丁目52
History
Year opened 1964
Rail services
Operator(s) JR East
Line(s)
Statistics 17,242 passengers/day 2008
Aiga bus inv.svg There is a bus stop near this station

Yamate Station (山手駅 Yamate-eki?) is a railway station operated by JR East's Negishi Line located in Naka-ku, Yokohama, Japan. It is 5.0 kilometers from the terminus of the Negishi Line at Yokohama Station and 64.1 kilometers from the terminus of the Keihin-Tōhoku Line at Ōmiya Station.

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[edit] History

Yamate Station was opened on May 9, 1964. The station was absorbed into the JR East network upon the privatization of the Japan National Railways (JNR) in 1987.

[edit] Lines

[edit] Station layout

Yamate Station has two opposed side platforms serving two tracks. Both tracks are utilised by the Keihin-Tōhoku Line and Yokohama Line; track 1 serves southbound trains to Ōfuna whilst track 2 serves northbound trains to Yokohama and Tokyo.

[edit] Platforms

1 Keihin-Tōhoku Line
Negishi Line
IsogoŌfuna
2 Keihin-Tōhoku Line
Negishi Line
YokohamaTokyoŌmiya
Yokohama Line Shin-YokohamaMachidaHachiōji

[edit] Adjacent stations

« Service »
Ishikawachō   Keihin-Tōhoku Line—Negishi Line   Negishi

[edit] References

  • Harris, Ken and Clarke, Jackie. Jane's World Railways 2008-2009. Jane's Information Group (2008). ISBN 0-7106-2861-7

[edit] External links


Coordinates: 35°25′37″N 139°38′46″E / 35.427°N 139.646°E / 35.427; 139.646

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