Yamate Station

JK08
Yamate Station

山手駅
Yamate Station building
Location Kanagawa-ken, Yokohama-shi, Naka-ku, Yamato-cho 2-52, Naka, Yokohama, Kanagawa
(横浜市中区大和町二丁目52)
Japan
Operated by JR East
Line(s) JK Negishi Line
Connections
  • Bus stop
History
Opened 1964
Traffic
Passengers (2008) 17,242 daily

Yamate Station (山手駅, Yamate-eki) is a railway station operated by JR East's Negishi Line located in Naka-ku, Yokohama, Japan. It is 5.0 kilometers from the terminus of the Negishi Line at Yokohama Station and 64.1 kilometers from the terminus of the Keihin-Tōhoku Line at Ōmiya Station.

History

Yamate Station was opened on May 9, 1964. The station was absorbed into the JR East network upon the privatization of the Japan National Railways (JNR) in 1987.

Lines

Station layout

Yamate Station has two opposed side platforms serving two tracks. Both tracks are utilised by the Keihin-Tōhoku Line and Yokohama Line; track 1 serves southbound trains to Ōfuna whilst track 2 serves northbound trains to Yokohama and Tokyo.

Platforms

1 JK Negishi Line for Isogo and Ōfuna
2 JK Negishi Line-Keihin-Tohoku Line for Yokohama, Tokyo, and Ōmiya
JH Yokohama Line for Yokohama, Nagatsuta, Machida, and Hachiōji

Adjacent stations

Service
Keihin-Tōhoku Line—Negishi Line JK08
Ishikawachō JK09 - Negishi JK07

References

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

Coordinates: 35°25′37″N 139°38′46″E / 35.427°N 139.646°E / 35.427; 139.646

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