Yamate Station
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Japan
JK08 Yamate Station 山手駅 | |||||||||||||||
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Yamate Station building, 2021 | |||||||||||||||
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| Location | Yamato-cho 2-52, Naka-ku, Yokohama-shi, Kanagawa-ken 231-0845 Japan | ||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 35°25′37″N 139°38′46″E / 35.427°N 139.646°E | ||||||||||||||
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| Distance | 5.0 km from Yokohama | ||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 side platforms | ||||||||||||||
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| Status | Staffed | ||||||||||||||
| Station code | JK08 | ||||||||||||||
| Website | Official website | ||||||||||||||
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| Opened | May 9, 1964 | ||||||||||||||
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| FY2019 | 17,545 daily | ||||||||||||||
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Yamate Station (山手駅, Yamate-eki) is a passenger railway station located in Naka-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan, operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East).
Yamate 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 5.0 kilometers from the terminus of the Negishi line at Yokohama, and 64.1 kilometers from the northern terminus of the Keihin-Tōhoku Line at Ōmiya.
Station layout
The station consists of two elevated opposed side platforms serving two tracks, with the station building underneath. Both tracks are utilised by the Keihin-Tōhoku Line and Yokohama Line. The station is staffed.
Platforms
| 1 | for Isogo and Ōfuna | |
| 2 | for Yokohama, Tokyo, and Ōmiya | |
| for Yokohama, Nagatsuta, Machida, and Hachiōji |
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.
Passenger statistics
Surrounding area
- Negishi Forest Park / Equine Museum
- Yokohama Foreign General Cemetery
- Yamate Park
- Yokohama City Tateno Elementary School
- Yokohama City Nakaodai Junior High School
- Yokohama National University
- Yokohama International School
- Seiko Gakuin Junior and Senior High School