Yokohama Municipal Subway

For the subway line connecting Yokohama Station with Yokohama Chinatown, see Minatomirai Line.

Yokohama Municipal Subway
Yokohama Municipal Subway Logo
Background
Locale	Yokohama
Transit type	Rapid Transit
Number of lines	2
Number of stations	32
Operation
Began operation	1972 (1972)
Operator(s)	Yokohama City Transportation Bureau
Technical
System length	40.4 km (25.10 mi)
System map Map of Yokohama Municipal Subway

Yokohama Municipal Subway (横浜市営地下鉄, Yokohama-shiei chikatetsu) is the metro network in the city of Yokohama, Japan, south of Tokyo In Kanagawa pref. It is operated by Yokohama City Transportation Bureau, and is operated as two lines, though 3 continuous lines exist.

New train on the Yokohama Municipal Subway green line

Lines

Yokohama Municipal Subway Lines in the railway network around Yokohama

Color & Icon		Name		Mark	First section opened	Last ex- tension	Length km/miles	Stations
blue		Line 1	Blue Line	B	1972	1999	19.7/12.2	17
		Line 3			1985	1993	20.7/12.9	22
green		Line 4	Green Line	G	2008	-	13.0/8.0	10

Line 1 and 3 are operated as a single line. Transfer to other railway systems is possible with JR Shinkansen and Yokohama Line at Shin-Yokohama Station and Keikyu Line, JR Tokaido Lines, and other lines at Yokohama Station.

• Blue Line (Lines 1/3) runs from Shonandai Station to Azamino Station.
• Green Line (Line 4) runs from Nakayama Station to Hiyoshi Station.

Transfer between the Blue and Green Line is possible at Center Kita and Center Minami.

Feeder bus services from western Kawasaki City area run to Azamino Station.

Future

Future plans for the blue line exist for 2015 for connection with Odakyu Odawara Line and with the future Kawasaki City Subway at Shin-Yurigaoka Station, Kawasaki City.

The original plans for the green line was a Yokohama loop line. The Green Line is a stage in the planned line to from Tsurumi Station to Hiyoshi Station, the current green line to Nakayama Station, to Futamatagawa Station, and on to Higashi-Totsuka Station, and to Kami-Ōoka Station, Negishi Station, and Motomachi.

The "missing" Line 2 was planned to run from Kanagawa-Shinmachi Station via Yokohama Station to Byobugaura Station. As of 2009, there is no schedule for building this line.

See also

• List of rapid transit systems
• Transportation in Greater Tokyo

External links

• Transportation Bureau, City of Yokohama (Official Website)
• Network map