Hiyoshi Station (Kanagawa)
Hiyoshi Station 日吉駅 | |
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| Hiyoshi Station Keio University Exit | |
| Location | |
| Prefecture | Kanagawa (See other stations in Kanagawa) |
| City | Yokohama |
| Ward | Kōhoku |
| Neighborhood etc. | 2-1-1 Hiyoshi |
| Postal code | 223-0061 |
| (in Japanese) | 横浜市港北区日吉二丁目1-1 |
| History | |
| Year opened | 1926 |
| Rail services | |
| Operator(s) | Tokyu Corporation |
| Line(s) | Tōkyū Tōyoko Line, Tokyu Meguro Line Green Line |
| Statistics | 163,949 (Tokyu); 21,676 (Green Line) passengers/day (FY2008) |
Hiyoshi Station (日吉駅 Hiyoshi-eki) is an interchange station in Kōhoku-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan, jointly operated by Tokyu Corporation and the Yokohama Municipal Subway.
Lines
Hiyoshi Station is served by the Tōkyū Tōyoko Line and Tōkyū Meguro Line. It is also served by the Yokohama Municipal Subway Green Line. It is 13.6 kilometers from the terminus of the Toyoko Line at Shibuya Station, and 11.9 kilometers from the terminus of the Meguro Line at Meguro Station.
Station layout
The station is an elevated structure with two island platforms serving four tracks above ground. The station building is also connected to the Tokyu Store, a large upscale supermarket, and the reformed Tokyu Department Store on the second floor, which features many individually branded shops as well as a major consumer electronic shop ("Best Denki") as a tenant occupying the entire third floor. The Yokohama Subway consists of a single island platform underground.
Tokyu platforms
| 1 | ■Tokyu Toyoko Line | for Kikuna, Yokohama, Minatomirai, and Motomachi-Chūkagai |
| 2 | ■Tokyu Meguro Line | Terminating services only |
| 3 | ■Tokyu Meguro Line | for Musashi-Kosugi, Ōokayama, and Meguro Tokyo Metro Namboku Line for Akabane-IwabuchiSaitama Rapid Railway Line for Urawa-Misono  Toei Mita Line for Nishi-Takashimadaira
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| 4 | ■Tokyu Toyoko Line | for Musashi-Kosugi, Jiyūgaoka, and Shibuya, Tokyo Metro Fukutoshin Line for Kotake-Mukaihara and Wakōshi |
Yokohama Subway platforms
| 1/2 | ■Green Line | for Center Kita, Center Minami, and Nakayama |
Adjacent stations
| « | Service | » | ||
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| Tokyu Toyoko Line | ||||
| Limited Express: no stop | ||||
| Musashi-Kosugi | Commuter Limited Express | Kikuna | ||
| Musashi-Kosugi | Express | Tsunashima | ||
| Motosumiyoshi | Local | Tsunashima | ||
| Tokyu Meguro Line (MG13) | ||||
| Terminus | Express | Musashi-Kosugi (MG11) | ||
| Terminus | Local | Motosumiyoshi (MG12) | ||
| Yokohama Subway Green Line (G10) | ||||
| Hiyoshi-Honchō (G09) | - | Terminus | ||
History
Hiyoshi Station opened as one of the original Toyoko Line stations on February 14, 1926. The station was completely rebuilt in 1991 with half-submerged tracks and an elevated station building constructed above the tracks. The adjacent Tokyu Department store opened in 1995. The Yokohama Subway Green Line connected to Hiyoshi Station on March 30, 2008.
Future plans
An approximately 10 km link is scheduled to be constructed from a new station at Hazawa on the JR Freight Tokaido Line via Shin-Yokohama, enabling through services to and from the Sagami Railway Main Line via Nishiya from March 2019.[1]
References
- Harris, Ken and Clarke, Jackie. Jane's World Railways 2008-2009. Jane's Information Group (2008). ISBN 0-7106-2861-7
- ↑ "相鉄・東急:乗り入れ認可 沿線開発に期待、新幹線アクセスも向上 ／神奈川" [Sotetsu-Tokyu inter-running approved]. Mainichi.jp (in Japanese). Japan: The Mainichi Newspapers. 6 October 2012. Retrieved 6 October 2012.
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Hiyoshi Station. |
- Tokyu station information (Japanese)
- Yokohama Subway station information (Japanese)
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Coordinates: 35°33′11″N 139°38′48″E / 35.553062°N 139.64678°E