Yamate Station

JK08 Yamate Station 山手駅
Yamate Station building
General information
Location	Kanagawa-ken, Yokohama-shi, Naka-ku, Yamato-cho 2-52, Naka, Yokohama, Kanagawa （横浜市中区大和町二丁目52） Japan
Operated by	JR East
Line(s)	JK Negishi Line
Connections	Bus stop
History
Opened	1964
Passengers
2008	17,242 daily

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.

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.

Lines

• East Japan Railway Company
  • Keihin-Tōhoku Line / Negishi Line, Yokohama Line

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.

Platforms

1	JK Negishi Line	for Isogo and Ōfuna
2	JK Negishi Line-Keihin-Tohoku Line	for Yokohama, Tokyo, and Ōmiya
	JH Yokohama Line	for Yokohama, Nagatsuta, Machida, and Hachiōji

Adjacent stations

←		Service		→
Keihin-Tōhoku Line—Negishi Line JK08
Ishikawachō JK09		-	Negishi JK07

References

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

External links

• Template:Ja icon JR East Yamate Station