Yokohama Municipal Subway Green Line

Yokohama Municipal Subway Green Line
A Green Line 10000 series train
Overview
Native name	横浜市営地下鉄グリーンライン
Type	Rapid transit
System	Yokohama Municipal Subway
Locale	Yokohama
Termini	Nakayama Hiyoshi
Stations	10
Daily ridership	129,104 daily (FY2014)
Line number	4
Operation
Opened	30 March 2008
Owner	Yokohama Municipal Subway
Depot(s)	Kawawa
Rolling stock	10000 series
Technical
Line length	13.0 km (8.1 mi)
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in)
Electrification	1,500 V DC, overhead
Operating speed	80 km/h (50 mph)

The Yokohama Municipal Subway Green Line (横浜市営地下鉄グリーンライン, Yokohama Shiei Chikatetsu Gurīn Rain) is a line of the Yokohama Municipal Subway in the city of Yokohama, in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. Its formal designation is Line 4, and it is the first part of a proposed Yokohama Loop Railway (横浜環状鉄道, Yokohama Kanjō Tetsudō). The line links Nakayama Station on the JR East Yokohama Line and Hiyoshi Station on the Tokyu Toyoko Line with 13 km of track.

After construction which began in 2001, it started operating on March 30, 2008.

The new subway has 10 stations and it takes approximately 21 minutes from Nakayama to Hiyoshi. The stations are designed in a distinctive way.

Stations

No.	Station	Japanese	Distance (km)	Transfers	Location (in Yokohama)
G-01	Nakayama	中山	0.0	JH Yokohama Line	Midori-ku
G-02	Kawawachō	川和町	1.7		Tsuzuki-ku
G-03	Tsuzuki-Fureai-no-Oka	都筑ふれあいの丘	3.1
G-04	Center-Minami	センター南	4.8	Yokohama Municipal Subway Blue Line (B29)
G-05	Center-Kita	センター北	5.7	Yokohama Municipal Subway Blue Line (B30)
G-06	Kita-Yamata	北山田	7.4
G-07	Higashi-Yamata	東山田	8.8
G-08	Takata	高田	10.3		Kōhoku-ku
G-09	Hiyoshi-Honchō	日吉本町	11.6
G-10	Hiyoshi	日吉	13.0	TY Tokyu Toyoko Line MG Tokyu Meguro Line

Platforms are above ground at Kawawachō, Center-Kita, and Center-Minami stations and underground at other stations.

Rolling stock

A 10000 series train under test on the Green Line in July 2006

• 10000 series 4-car EMUs (x15)

References

• Japan Railfan Magazine, January 2008 issue (Vol 48, No. 561), p62-63

External links

• Transportation Bureau, City of Yokohama