Hoshikawa Station (Kanagawa)

Hoshikawa Station 星川駅
South exit of Hoshikawa Station
Location	1-chome, Hoshikawa 1-1, Hodogaya, Yokohama, Kanagawa （神奈川県横浜市保土ヶ谷区星川１丁目1-1） Japan
Operated by	Sagami Railway
Line(s)	Main Line
Connections	Bus terminal
History
Opened	1927
Previous names	Kita-Hodogaya (until 1931)
Traffic
Passengers (2006)	26,730 daily

Hoshikawa Station (星川駅, Hoshikawa-eki) is a railway station located in Hodogaya Ward, Yokohama, Kanagawa. It is 3.3 kilometers from the terminus of the line at Yokohama Station.

History

Hoshikawa Station opened on March 31, 1927, as Kita-Hodogaya Station (北程ヶ谷駅, Kita-Hodogaya-eki) on the Jinchu Railways, the predecessor to the Sagami Main Line. It was renamed to its present name on April 1, 1933.

Lines

• Sagami Railway
  • Sagami Railway Main Line

Station layout

Hoshikawa Station has a two island platforms serving four tracks. The station building is elevated and is located on a cantilever above the platforms and tracks.

Bus services

North Exit

• Mine shōgakkō mae (峰小学校前) bus stop (5 minutes walking)
• Hodogaya shako-mae (保土ヶ谷車庫前) bus stop (5 minutes walking)

South Exit

• Hoshikawa Station bus stop (in front of the station)
  • Sagami Railway Bus
    • <旭4>Mitatebashi
    • <旭4>Hodogaya Station West Exit (via Daimon-dōri)
• Hoshikawa Station bus stop (3 minutes walking)
  • For the west
    • Yokohama Municipal Bus
      • <22>Hodogaya Station West Exit (via Wadamachi Station)
      • <25>Hodogaya Statien West Exit (via Hanamidai)
    • Sagami Railway Bus
      • <浜16>Nishihara Housing Complex (via Wadamachi Station)
  • For the east
    • Yokohama Municipal Bus
      • <25>Yokohama Station West Exit (via Daimon-dōri)
      • <22, 25>Hodogaya Station West Exit (via Daimon-dōri)
      • <深夜25>Hodogaya Garage mae (via Daimon-dōri)
    • Sagami Railway Bus
      • <浜16>Yokohama Station West Exit (via Daimon-dōri)

Surrounding area

• Hodogaya Ward Office (north exit)
• Yokohama Business Park (south exit)

Adjacent stations

References

• Harris, Ken and Clarke, Jackie. Jane's World Railways 2008-2009. Jane's Information Group (2008). ISBN 0-7106-2861-7

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External links

• (in English) and (in Japanese)Station Map

Coordinates: 35°27′30″N 139°35′42″E / 35.458341°N 139.595107°E / 35.458341; 139.595107