Isogo Station
Isogo Station (磯子駅, Isogo-eki) is a passenger railway station located in Isogo-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan, operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East).
JK06 Isogo Station 磯子駅 | ||||||||||||||||
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 Isogo Station west exit | ||||||||||||||||
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| Location | 1-1-1 Mori, Isogo-ku, Yokohama-shi, Kanagawa-ken 235-0023 Japan | |||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 35.400°N 139.618°E | |||||||||||||||
| Operated by | .svg.png.webp){kind=logo} JR East | |||||||||||||||
| Line(s) | JK Negishi Line | |||||||||||||||
| Distance | 9.5 km from Yokohama | |||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 1 island platform | |||||||||||||||
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| Status | Staffed | |||||||||||||||
| Station code | JK06 | |||||||||||||||
| Website | Official website | |||||||||||||||
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| Opened | May 9, 1964 | |||||||||||||||
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| FY2019 | 20,199 daily | |||||||||||||||
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  Isogo Station Location within Kanagawa Prefecture  Isogo Station Isogo Station (Japan) | ||||||||||||||||
Lines
Isogo 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 9.5 kilometers from the terminus of the Negishi line at Yokohama, and 68.6 kilometers from the northern terminus of the Keihin-Tōhoku Line at Ōmiya.
Station layout
The station consists of a single island platform with a two tracks and an elevated station building above the platform and tracks. Both tracks are utilised by the Keihin-Tohoku Line and Yokohama Line; track 1 serves southbound trains to Ōfuna whilst track 2 serves northbound trains to Yokohama and Tokyo. The station is staffed. An adjacent side platform formerly used to support freight operations, was sold to the Nisshin OilliO Group.
Platforms
| 1 | JK Negishi Line | for Shin-Sugita, and Ōfuna |
| 2 | JK Negishi Line-Keihin-Tohoku Line | for Yokohama, Tokyo, and Ōmiya |
| JH Yokohama Line | for Yokohama, Nagatsuta, Machida, and Hachiōji |
History
Isogo Station opened on May 9, 1964 as the terminus of the Negishi Line until the line was extended to Yōkōdai in 1970. All freight operations were suspended from October 1986. The station was absorbed into the JR East network upon the privatization of the Japanese National Railways (JNR) in 1987. The station building was extensively remodelled in 2000 with the addition of ticket gates, automatic ticket machines, and new ticket windows.
Passenger statistics
In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 20,199 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[1]
The passenger figures (boarding passengers only) for previous years are as shown below.
| Fiscal year | daily average | |
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| 2005 | 19,085 | [2] |
| 2010 | 18,456 | [3] |
| 2015 | 20,183 | [4] |
Surrounding area
- Isogo Ward General Government Building
- Isogo Ward Office
- Yokohama City Isogo Library
- Isogo Public Hall
- Koshinkai Shiomidai Hospital
See also
References
- 各駅の乗車人員 (2019年度) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2019)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. 2020. Retrieved 11 August 2020.
- 神奈川県県勢要覧（平成18年度） [Kanagawa Prefecture official statistics (fiscal 2005)] (PDF) (in Japanese). Japan: Kanagawa Metropolitan Government. Retrieved 26 March 2021.
- 神奈川県県勢要覧（平成23年度） [Kanagawa Prefecture official statistics (fiscal 2010)] (PDF) (in Japanese). Japan: Kanagawa Prefecture. Retrieved 26 March 2021.
- 神奈川県県勢要覧（平成28年度 [Kanagawa Prefecture official statistics (fiscal 2010)] (PDF) (in Japanese). Japan: Kanagawa Prefecture. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 August 2017. Retrieved 26 March 2021.
