Isogo Station
Isogo Station 磯子駅 | |
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|---|---|
| Isogo Station west exit | |
| Location | |
| Prefecture | Kanagawa (See other stations in Kanagawa) |
| City | Yokohama |
| Ward | Isogo |
| Neighborhood etc. | 1-1-1 Mori |
| Postal code | 235-0023 |
| (in Japanese) | 横浜市磯子区森一丁目1-1 |
| History | |
| Year opened | 1964 |
| Rail services | |
| Operator(s) | JR East |
| Line(s) | Negishi Line Yokohama Line |
| Statistics | 19,047 passengers/day (FY2007) |
Isogo Station (磯子駅 Isogo-eki) is a railway station on the Negishi Line in Isogo-ku, Yokohama, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East).
Lines
Isogo Station is served by the Negishi Line, with through-running to and from the Keihin-Tohoku Line extending to Ōmiya in Saitama Prefecture. The station is located 11.1 km from the terminus of the Negishi Line at Yokohama Station and 70.2 km from the northern terminus of the Keihin-Tōhoku Line at Ōmiya Station.
Station layout
Isogo Station is located at surface level and features a single island platform with a two tracks. Both tracks are utilised by the Keihin-Tohoku Line and Yokohama Line; track 1 serves southbound trains to Ōfuna whilst track 2 serves northbound trains to Yokohama and Tokyo. An adjacent side platform formerly used to support freight operations, was sold to the Nisshin OilliO Group.
Platforms
| 1 | ■Negishi Line | for Shin-Sugita and Ōfuna |
| 2 | ■Negishi Line | for Yokohama Keihin-Tohoku Line for Tokyo and Ōmiya |
| ■Yokohama Line | for Shin-Yokohama, Machida, and Hachiōji |
Adjacent stations
| « | Service | » | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Keihin-Tōhoku Line—Negishi Line | ||||
| Shin-Sugita | Rapid | Negishi | ||
| Shin-Sugita | Local | Negishi | ||
History
Isogo Station opened on May 9, 1964 as the terminus of the Negishi Line until the line was extended to Yōkōdai in 1970. All freight operations were suspended from October 1986. The station was absorbed into the JR East network upon the privatization of the Japanese National Railways (JNR) in 1987. The station building was extensively remodelled in 2000 with the addition of ticket gates, automatic ticket machines, and new ticket windows.
Passenger statistics
In fiscal 2007, the station was used by 19,047 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[1]
References
- Harris, Ken and Clarke, Jackie. Jane's World Railways 2008-2009. Jane's Information Group (2008). ISBN 0-7106-2861-7
- ↑ JR East fiscal 2007 passenger figures. Retrieved on 20 January 2009. (Japanese)
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Isogo Station. |
- JR East Isogo Station (Japanese)