Maita Station (Kanagawa)
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is an underground metro station
located in Minami-ku, Yokohama
, Kanagawa
, Japan
operated by the Yokohama Municipal Subway
’s Blue Line (Line 1)
. It is 16.5 kilometers from the terminus of the Blue Line at Shōnandai Station
.
were installed in September 2007.
s serving two tracks.
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 Minami-ku, Yokohama
Minami-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 197,019 and a density of 15,550 persons per km². The total area was 12.67 km².-Geography:...
, 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 16.5 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
Maita Station was opened on December 16, 1972. Platform screen doorsPlatform 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
Maita Station is an underground station with two opposed side platformSide platform
A Side platform is a platform positioned to the side of a pair of tracks at a railway station, a tram stop or a transitway. A pair of side platforms are often provided on a dual track line with a single side platform being sufficient for a single track line...
s serving two tracks.