Kanazawa Seaside Line

The Kanazawa Seaside Line (金沢シーサイド線, Kanazawa Shīsaido Sen) is an automated guideway transit line operated by Yokohama Seaside Line Co., Ltd. (株式会社横浜シーサイドライン, Kabushiki-gaisha Yokohama Shīsaido Rain) which operates between Shin-Sugita in Isogo Ward to Kanazawa-Hakkei in Kanazawa Ward in Yokohama. It opened on July 5, 1989.

Kanazawa Seaside Line
Overview
TypeAutomated guideway transit
Light metro
LocaleKanagawa Prefecture, Japan
TerminiShin-Sugita
Kanazawa-Hakkei
Stations14
Operation
OpenedJuly 5, 1989
OwnerYokohama Seaside Line Co., Ltd.
Technical
Line length10.6 km (6.6 mi)
Route map

The operator company was called Yokohama New Transit Co., Ltd. (横浜新都市交通株式会社, Yokohama Shintoshi Kōtsū Kabushiki-gaisha) until the name change on October 1, 2013.[1]

Accident

On 1 June 2019 at 20:15 (JST), a train ran in the opposite direction and collided with a bumping post, injuring about 20 passengers at Shin-Sugita Station.[2][3][4]

Line data
  • Total length: 10.6 km
  • Number of stations: 14

Station list
No. Station name Japanese Distance
(km)		 Transfers Location
Shin-Sugita 新杉田 0.0 Negishi Line Isogo-ku, Yokohama
Nambu-Shijō 南部市場 1.3 Kanazawa-ku, Yokohama
Torihama 鳥浜 2.2
Namiki-Kita 並木北 2.8
Namiki-Chūō 並木中央 3.5
Sachiura 幸浦 4.3
Sangyō-Shinkō-Center 産業振興センター 5.0
Fukuura 福浦 5.6
Shidai-Igakubu 市大医学部 6.3
Hakkeijima 八景島 7.5
Uminokōen-Shibaguchi 海の公園柴口 8.1
Uminokōen-Minamiguchi 海の公園南口 8.8
Nojimakōen 野島公園 9.6
Kanazawa-Hakkei 金沢八景 10.6 Keikyu Main Line, Keikyu Zushi Line

References
  1. "社名変更について" (PDF). Retrieved November 17, 2013.
  2. "Train travels in wrong direction, injuring about 20 in Yokohama". Mainichi Daily News. Mainichi Shimbun. 2019-06-01. Retrieved 2019-06-01.
  3. "About 20 passengers injured as automated train in Yokohama travels in wrong direction, crashes into buffer". The Japan Times. 2019-06-01. Retrieved 2019-06-01.
  4. "The train on Yokohama Seaside Line travels in wrong direction at Shin-Sugita Station, The 21 passengers were injured. (Japanese:横浜シーサイドライン・新杉田駅で逆走　21人けが)". TV Asahi. 2019-06-01. Retrieved 2019-06-01.


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