Shin-Yokohama Station
Shin-Yokohama Station (新横浜駅, Shin-yokohama-eki?) is a train station in Yokohama, Japan. It is serves the Tōkaidō Shinkansen, Yokohama Line, and Yokohama Municipal Subway Line 3.
History
Shin-Yokohama Station was opened on October 1, 1964 as part of the opening of the Tōkaidō Shinkansen. At the time, the surrounding area was completely rural, and the site was selected as it was the intersection of the Tōkaidō Shinkansen tracks with the existing Yokohama Line. The station was connected to the Yokohama Municipal Subway system on March 14, 1985. With the privatization of the JNR on April 1, 1987, the JNR portion of the station came under the operational control of JR East. In the 1980s, the area around the station saw an influx of mid-size companies including computer software firms set up offices there on thanks to increased stops by the Hikari and Nozomi services (from 1992) which offered shorter travel hours to Nagoya and Shin-Ōsaka. The station building was remodeled in 1998.
Station layout
JR platforms
Shinkansen platforms 1-4 consist of two elevated island platforms. Platforms 2 and 3 have safety fences since (prior to March 2008) some trains passed non-stop through the station at speeds higher than 200 km/h. Platforms 5 and 6 for the Yokohama Line is a ground-level island platform.
Yokohama Municipal Subway platforms
Surrounding area
The Nissan Stadium (formerly International Stadium Yokohama) (the largest stadium in Japan with a capacity of 72,327 seats) was the host to the 2002 FIFA World Cup final match and is the home of the Yokohama F Marinos soccer team, and the Yokohama Arena are located about a 10-minute walk each from the station. The Shin-Yokohama Raumen Museum is about a 5-minute walk from the station.
Nearby hotels
Adjacent stations