Minatomirai Station

Minatomirai Station
みなとみらい駅
Entrance No.5
Location
Prefecture Kanagawa
(See other stations in Kanagawa)
City Yokohama
Ward Nishi
Neighborhood etc. 3-5 Minatomirai
Postal code220-0012
(in Japanese)横浜市西区みなとみらい三丁目5
History
Year opened 2004
Rail services
Operator(s) Yokohama Minatomirai Railway Company
Line(s) Minatomirai Line
Statistics 60,056 passengers/day (FY2011)

Minatomirai Station (みなとみらい駅 Minatomirai-eki) is an underground railway station on the Minatomirai Line in Nishi-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan, operated by the third-sector railway operating company Yokohama Minatomirai Railway.

Lines

Minatomirai Station is served by the 4.1 km underground Minatomirai Line from Yokohama to Motomachi-Chukagai, and is located 1.7 km from the starting point of the line at Yokohama Station. Trains through-run to and from the Tokyu Toyoko Line from Shibuya Station and beyond on the Tokyo Metro Fukutoshin Line and Tobu Tojo Line and Seibu Ikebukuro Line.

Station layout

Escalators down from Queen's Square to platform level of Minatomirai Station, September 2011

Minatomirai Station is an underground station with a single island platform serving two tracks. The station is located directly below the Queen's Square shopping complex.

Platforms

1 ■Minatomirai Line for Bashamichi and Motomachi-Chukagai
2 ■Minatomirai Line for Shin-Takashima and Yokohama
Tokyu Toyoko Line for Shibuya
Tokyo Metro Fukutoshin Line for Shinjuku-sanchōme, Ikebukuro, and Wakōshi
Tobu Tojo Line for Kawagoeshi and Shinrinkoen
Seibu Ikebukuro Line for Hannō

Adjacent stations

« Service »
Minatomirai Line
Yokohama   Limited Express   Motomachi-Chukagai
Yokohama   Commuter Express   Bashamichi
Yokohama   Express   Bashamichi
Shin-Takashima   Local   Bashamichi

History

Minatomirai Station opened on 1 February 2004, coinciding with the opening of the Minatomirai Line.[1]

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2011, the station was used by an average of 60,056 passengers daily.[1]

Surrounding area

References

  • Harris, Ken; Clarke, Jackie (2008). Jane's World Railways 2008-2009. Jane's Information Group. ISBN 0-7106-2861-7.
  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Terada, Hirokazu (19 January 2013). データブック日本の私鉄 [Databook: Japan's Private Railways]. Japan: Neko Publishing. p. 232. ISBN 978-4-7770-1336-4.

External links

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Coordinates: 35°27′28.53″N 139°37′56.33″E / 35.4579250°N 139.6323139°E