Negishi Station (Kanagawa)

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.

JK07
Negishi Station

根岸駅
Negishi Station, 2021
General information
LocationHigashi-chō 16-1, Isogo-ku, Yokohama-shi, Kanagawa-ken 235-0005
Japan
Coordinates35.416°N 139.635°E / 35.416; 139.635
Operated by
Line(s)JK Negishi Line
Distance7.1 km from Yokohama
Platforms1 island platform
Connections
  • Bus stop
Other information
StatusStaffed (Midori no Madoguchi)
Station codeJK07
WebsiteOfficial website
History
OpenedMay 19, 1964
Passengers
FY201921,998 daily
Services
Preceding station Logo of the East Japan Railway Company (JR East) JR East Following station
Isogo
JK06
towards Ōfuna
 Negishi Line Yamate
JK08
towards Yokohama
Isogo
One-way operation
 Yokohama Line
Local
 Yamate
JK08
towards Hachiōji
Location
Negishi Station is located in Kanagawa Prefecture
Negishi Station
Negishi Station
Location within Kanagawa Prefecture
Negishi Station is located in Japan
Negishi Station
Negishi Station
Negishi Station (Japan)
Platform

Lines

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 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

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

In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 21,998 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[1]

The passenger figures (boarding passengers only) for previous years are as shown below.

Fiscal yeardaily average
200519,828[2]
201020,594[3]
201521,572[4]

Surrounding area
  • ENEOS Negishi Refinery
  • Kanagawa Prefectural Hygiene Nursing College
  • Yokohama Municipal Negishi Junior High School
  • Yokohama Municipal Negishi Elementary School

See also

References
  1. 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.
  2. 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.
  3. 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.
  4. 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. Retrieved 26 March 2021.

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