Negishi Station (Kanagawa)
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Negishi LineJK07 Negishi Station 根岸駅 | |||||||||||||||
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 Negishi Station, 2021 | |||||||||||||||
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| Location | Higashi-chō 16-1, Isogo-ku, Yokohama-shi, Kanagawa-ken 235-0005 Japan | ||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 35°24′58″N 139°38′06″E / 35.416°N 139.635°E | ||||||||||||||
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| Line | Negishi Line | ||||||||||||||
| Distance | 7.1 km from Yokohama | ||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 1 island platform | ||||||||||||||
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| Status | Staffed (Midori no Madoguchi) | ||||||||||||||
| Station code | JK07 | ||||||||||||||
| Website | Official website | ||||||||||||||
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| Opened | May 19, 1964 | ||||||||||||||
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| FY2019 | 21,998 daily | ||||||||||||||
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Negishi Station (根岸駅, Negishi-eki) is a passenger railway station located in Isogo-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan, operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East). The station is also a freight terminal on the Japan Freight Railway Company, as well as the terminus for the all-freight Honmoku Line of the Kanagawa Rinkai Railway.
Negishi Station is served by the Negishi Line from Yokohama to Ōfuna in Kanagawa Prefecture. with through services inter-running to and from the Keihin-Tōhoku Line and also the Yokohama Line. It is 7.1 kilometers from the terminus of the Negishi line at Yokohama, and 66.2 kilometers from the northern terminus of the Keihin-Tōhoku Line at Ōmiya.
Station layout
The station consists of an island platform serving two tracks for normal passenger operations, and an additional five tracks for freight operations. The station has a "Midori no Madoguchi" staffed ticket office.
Platforms
| 1 | Negishi Line |
for Isogo and Ōfuna |
| 2 | Negishi Line-Keihin-Tohoku Line |
for Yokohama, Tokyo, and Ōmiya |
 Yokohama Line |
for Yokohama, Nagatsuta, Machida, and Hachiōji |
History
Negishi Station was opened on May 19, 1964, as a station on the Japan National Railways (JNR) for both passenger and freight services. The Kanagawa Rinkai Railway's Honmoku Line, also for freight-only operations, began operations from Negishi on October 1, 1969. The station was absorbed into the JR East network upon the privatization of the Japan National Railways (JNR) in 1987.
Passenger statistics
Surrounding area
- ENEOS Negishi Refinery
- Kanagawa Prefectural Hygiene Nursing College
- Yokohama Municipal Negishi Junior High School
- Yokohama Municipal Negishi Elementary School
