Kannai Station

Kannai Station
関内駅
Kannai Station platform
Location
Prefecture Kanagawa
(See other stations in Kanagawa)
City Yokohama
Ward Naka
Neighborhood etc. Kanagawa-ken, Yokohama-shi, Naka-ku, Minato-cho 1-1
Postal Code 231 - 0017
(in Japanese) 横浜市中区港町一丁目1
History
Year opened 1964
Rail services
Station number(s) B17
Operator(s) JR East
Yokohama Subway
Line(s)

Blue Line (Yokohama)

Statistics 57,410 (JR)
22,325 (Blue Line) passengers/day 2008
There is a bus stop near this station

Kannai Station (関内駅 Kannai-eki?) is an interchange railway station operated by JR East's Negishi Line and the Yokohama Municipal Subway's Blue Line, located in Naka-ku, Yokohama, Japan. It is 3.0 kilometers from the terminus of the Negishi Line at Yokohama Station and 62.1 kilometers from the terminus of the Keihin-Tōhoku Line at Ōmiya Station and is 19.7 kilometers from the terminus of the Blue Line at Shōnandai.

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History

Kannai Station was opened on May 9, 1964 as a station on the Japan National Railways (JNR). The Yokohama Municipal Subway began operations to Kannai Station from September 4, 1976. The station was absorbed into the JR East network upon the privatization of the JNR in 1987.

Lines

Station layout

JR Kannai Station is an elevated station with two opposed side platforms, connected to the station building beloy by underpasses. The Yokohama Municipal Subway Blue Line Station is located on the 2nd & 3rd underground floors, north of the main station. It has two island platforms serving three tracks. Track one is unusable due to the curve of the line, and there is no corresponding platform. Tracks 2 and 4 are in regular use, and Track 3 is used only during rush hours.

JR Kannai Platforms

1 Negishi Line IsogoŌfuna
2 Negishi Line YokohamaTokyoŌmiya
Yokohama Line Shin-YokohamaMachidaHachiōji

Blue Line Platforms

2 Blue Line Kamiōoka, Totsuka, Shōnandai
3 Blue Line (extra) Yokohama, Shin-Yokohama, Azamino
4 Blue Line Yokohama, Shin-Yokohama, Azamino

Surrounding area

Adjacent stations

« Service »
Keihin-Tōhoku Line—Negishi Line
Sakuragichō - Ishikawachō
Yokohama Subway Blue Line (Line1, Line 3) (B17)
Isezaki-Chōjamachi (B16) - Sakuragichō (B18)

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