Green Line (Yokohama)

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Green Line 10000 series train (April 2008)

A 10000 series train under test on the Green Line (July 2006)

The Yokohama Municipal Subway Green Line (横浜市営地下鉄グリーンライン, Yokohama Shiei Chikatetsu Gurīn Rain^?) is a line of the Yokohama Municipal Subway in the city of Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. Its formal designation is Line 4, and it is the first part of a proposed Yokohama Loop Railway (横浜環状鉄道, Yokohama Kanjō Tetsudō^?). The line links Nakayama Station on the JR East Yokohama Line and Hiyoshi Station on the Tōkyū Tōyoko Line with 13 km of track.

After construction which began in 2001, it started operating in March 30, 2008.

The new subway has 10 stations and it takes approximately 21 minutes from Nakayama to Hiyoshi. The stations are designed in a distinctive way. For example, Kawawachō station is designed with a slight dome-shaped arc^[clarify] which represents the waves of the Tsurumi River which flows south of Nakayama Station.

From June 2008, there will be a new connection on the Tōkyū Meguro Line from Hiyoshi Station via Musashi-Kosugi station and then straight into central Tokyo through the Tokyo Metro Namboku Line and Toei Mita Line. 　

1 Data
2 Stations
3 Rolling stock
4 References
5 External links

[edit] Data

Length: 13.1 km
- Underground: 10.7 km
- Aboveground: 2.4 km
Gauge: 1,435 mm
Stations: 10, including terminals
Depot: Kawawa
Multiple-track sections: Entire line
Electrification: 1,500 V DC overhead (linear motor propulsion)

[edit] Stations

Number	Station	in Japanese	Distance (km)	Connections	Ward (in Yokohama City)
G01	Nakayama	中山	0.0	JR East: Yokohama Line	Midori-ku
G02	Kawawachō	川和町	1.7		Tsuzuki-ku
G03	Tsuzuki-Fureai-no-Oka	都筑ふれあいの丘	3.1
G04	Center-Minami	センター南	4.8	Yokohama Municipal Subway: ■Blue Line (B29)
G05	Center-Kita	センター北	5.7	Yokohama Municipal Subway: ■Blue Line (B30)
G06	Kita-Yamata	北山田	7.4
G07	Higashi-Yamata	東山田	8.8
G08	Takata	高田	10.3		Kōhoku-ku
G09	Hiyoshi-Honchō	日吉本町	11.6
G10	Hiyoshi	日吉	13.0	Tokyu Corporation: Tōyoko Line, Meguro Line (from June 2008)

Its platforms are above ground at Kawawachō, Center-Kita, and Center-Minami stations.

[edit] Rolling stock

10000 series 4-car EMUs (x15)

[edit] References

This article incorporates material translated from the article 横浜市営地下鉄グリーンライン (Yokohama Shiei Chikatetsu Gurīn Line) in the Japanese Wikipedia, retrieved on November 4, 2007.