Tsurumi Station


鶴見駅 (Tsurumi Station)
East exit of Tsurumi Station
Location
Prefecture (県)	Kanagawa (See other stations in this prefecture)
City (市)	Yokohama
Ward (区)	Tsurumi Ward
More detailed address	1-chome, Tsurumi-Chuo
(Address in Japanese)	神奈川県横浜市鶴見区鶴見中央１丁目
History
Year opened	1872
Other Information
Operator(s) of the station	East Japan Railway Company
Line(s) connected	Keihin-Tohoku Line Tsurumi Line
There is a large bus terminal at this station.

Trains at the Tsurumi Line platforms

Tsurumi Station (鶴見駅 -eki) is a train station of the East Japan Railway Company located in Tsurumi Ward, Yokohama, Japan.

[edit] Station Structure

The Keihin-Tohoku Line line consists of an island plaform and the Tsurumi Line consists of two side platforms.

Platforms

1	■Keihin-Tohoku Line	Higashi-Kanagawa ・ Yokohama ・ Isogo
2	■Keihin-Tohoku Line	Kawasaki ・ Shinagawa ・ Tokyo ・ Ueno ・ Omiya
3-4	■Tsurumi Line	Tsurumi-ono ・ Asano ・ Ogimachi ・ Umi-shibaura ・ Okawa

October 15, 1872 : Opened as a station of Tokaido Line.
April 1, 1898 : Started freight services.
December 23, 1934 : Tsurumi Rinko Railway(present Tsurumi Line) opened at the present position.
July 1, 1943 : Tsurumi Rinko Railway was nationalized and became Tsurumi Line.
November 9, 1963 : Tsurumi Accident (one of the 5 big JNR accident past the war) occured.
October 1, 1974 : Discontinued freight services.
October 1, 1979 : Route from this station to Totsuka Station via Yokohama-Hazawa Station opened.
April 1, 1987 : JNR divided and became private, and this station became a station of East Japan Railway Company