Kaminagaya Station
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is an above-ground metro station
located in Kōnan-ku, Yokohama
, Kanagawa
, Japan
operated by the Yokohama Municipal Subway
’s Blue Line (Line 1)
. It is 11.0 kilometers from the terminus of the Blue Line at Shōnandai Station
.
on March 14, 1985. Platform screen doors
were installed in September 2007.
s serving four tracks. The platforms are on the third floor, with the exit gates and station building below.
Metro station
A metro station or subway station is a railway station for a rapid transit system, often known by names such as "metro", "underground" and "subway". It is often underground or elevated. At crossings of metro lines, they are multi-level....
located in Kōnan-ku, Yokohama
Konan-ku, Yokohama
is one of the 18 wards of the city of Yokohama in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. As of 2010, the ward had an estimated population of 221,536 and a density of 11,150 persons per km²...
, Kanagawa
Kanagawa Prefecture
is a prefecture located in the southern Kantō region of Japan. The capital is Yokohama. Kanagawa is part of the Greater Tokyo Area.-History:The prefecture has some archaeological sites going back to the Jōmon period...
, Japan
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
operated by the Yokohama Municipal Subway
Yokohama Municipal Subway
is the metro network in the city of Yokohama, Japan, south of Tokyo In Kanagawa pref. It is operated by Yokohama City Transportation Bureau, and is operated as two lines, though 3 continuous lines exist.-Lines:Line 1 and 3 are operated as a single line...
’s Blue Line (Line 1)
Blue Line (Yokohama)
The is a line in the Yokohama Municipal Subway system of Yokohama, Japan, operated by Yokohama City Transportation Bureau. Line 3 runs from Azamino to Kannai, and Line 1 runs from Kannai to Shōnandai. All the trains join these two lines.-History:...
. It is 11.0 kilometers from the terminus of the Blue Line at Shōnandai Station
Shonandai Station
is a joint use railway station located in Fujisawa, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. It is operated by Odakyū Electric Railway, Sagami Railway , and Yokohama City Transportation Bureau...
.
History
Kaminagaya Station was opened on September 4, 1976, initially as a terminal station the Blue Line. The line was extended on to Maioka StationMaioka Station
is an underground metro station located in Totsuka-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan operated by the Yokohama Municipal Subway’s Blue Line . It is 9.0 kilometers from the terminus of the Blue Line at Shōnandai Station.-History:...
on March 14, 1985. Platform screen doors
Platform screen doors
Platform screen doors and platform edge doors at train or subway stations screen the platform from the train. They are a relatively new addition to many metro systems around the world, with some platform doors retrofitted rather than installed with the metro system itself. They are widely used in...
were installed in September 2007.
Station layout
Kaminagaya Station is an elevated station with two above-ground island platformIsland platform
An island platform is a station layout arrangement where a single platform is positioned between two tracks within a railway station, tram stop or transitway interchange...
s serving four tracks. The platforms are on the third floor, with the exit gates and station building below.