Tsurumi Station

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Tsurumi Station
鶴見駅
East exit of Tsurumi Station
Location
Prefecture Kanagawa
(See other stations in Kanagawa)
City Yokohama
Ward Tsurumi
Neighborhood etc. 1-chōme, Tsurumi-Chūō
(in Japanese) 神奈川県横浜市鶴見区鶴見中央１丁目
History
Year opened 1872
Rail services
Operator(s) East Japan Railway Company
Line(s) Keihin-Tōhoku Line
Tsurumi Line
There is a large bus terminal at this station.
205 series trains at the Tsurumi Line platforms
205 series trains at the Tsurumi Line platforms

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

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[edit] Station layout

The Keihin-Tōhoku Line line consists of an island platform serving two tracks, and the Tsurumi Line consists of two side terminus platforms serving two tracks.

[edit] Platforms

1 ■Keihin-Tōhoku Line Higashi-Kanagawa ・ Yokohama ・ Isogo
2 ■Keihin-Tōhoku Line Kawasaki ・ Shinagawa ・ Tokyo ・ Ueno ・ Ōmiya
3-4 ■Tsurumi Line Tsurumi-ono ・ Asano ・ Ōgimachi ・ Umi-shibaura ・ Okawa

Tsurumi is officially the southern terminus of the Musashino Line but does not ordinarily have passenger service on that line.

[edit] History

  • November 15, 1872: Opens as a station of Tōkaidō Line.
  • April 1, 1898: Freight services started.
  • December 23, 1934: Tsurumi Rinkō Railway (present Tsurumi Line) opens at the present location.
  • July 1, 1943: Tsurumi Rinkō Railway is nationalized, becoming Tsurumi Line.
  • November 9, 1963: The Tsurumi Accident occurred (one of the 5 big JNR accidents since the war).
  • November 1, 1974: Freight services are discontinued.
  • November 1, 1979: The line opens from this station to Totsuka Station via Yokohama-Hazawa Station.
  • April 1, 1987: The station becomes a station of JR East following privatization of JNR.

[edit] Adjacent stations

« Service »
Kawasaki   Keihin-Tōhoku Line   Shin-Koyasu
Kawasaki Rapid Shin-Koyasu
Terminus   Tsurumi Line   Kokudō
v • d • e
Stations of the JR Keihin-Tōhoku Line—Negishi Line
v • d • e
Stations of the JR Tsurumi Line

Tsurumi - Kokudō - Tsurumi-Ono - Bentembashi - Asano - Anzen - Musashi-Shiraishi - Hama-Kawasaki - Shōwa - Ōgimachi

Branches: Asano - Shin-Shibaura - Umi-Shibaura, Anzen - Ōkawa
v • d • e
Stations of the Tokyo-Yokohama Railway in 1872

Shimbashi - Shinagawa - Kawasaki - Tsurumi - Kanagawa - Yokohama
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Coordinates: 35°30′31″N 139°40′34″E / 35.50861, 139.67611