Nakayama Station (Kanagawa)
Encyclopedia
is an interchange
railway station located in Midori Ward
, Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture
, Japan
. It is served by the East Japan Railway Company
's Yokohama Line, and is 13.5 kilometers from the terminus of the Yokohama Line at Higashi-Kanagawa Station
, and is also the terminus
of the Yokohama Municipal Subway
’s Green Line
.
system (the predecessor to the JNR
from October 1. 1917. All freight operations were suspended from 1960. A new station building was completed in 1985. With the privatization
of the JNR on April 1, 1987, the station came under the operational control of JR East. It became an interchange station with the Green Line on March 30, 2008.
and an island platform
serving three elevated tracks, although track 2 is not in normal use. The Yokohama Green Line subway station has a single island platform serving two underground tracks.
Interchange station
An interchange station or a transfer station is a train station for more than one railway route in a public transport system, and allows passengers to change from one route to another. Transfer may occur within the same mode, or between rail modes, or to buses...
railway station located in Midori Ward
Midori-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 176,038 and a density of 6,900 persons per km². The total area was 25.42 km².-Geography:...
, Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture
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...
. It is served by the East Japan Railway Company
East Japan Railway Company
is the largest passenger railway company in the world and one of the seven Japan Railways Group companies. The company name is officially abbreviated as JR East in English, and as in Japanese. The company's headquarters are in Yoyogi, Shibuya, Tokyo....
's Yokohama Line, and is 13.5 kilometers from the terminus of the Yokohama Line at Higashi-Kanagawa Station
Higashi-Kanagawa Station
is a commuter railway station on the East Japan Railway Company's Keihin-Tōhoku and Yokohama Lines located in Kanagawa Ward, Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan...
, and is also the terminus
Terminal Station
Terminal Station is a 1953 film by Italian director Vittorio De Sica. It tells the story of the love affair between an Italian man and an American woman. The film was entered into the 1953 Cannes Film Festival.-Production:...
of 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 Green Line
Green Line (Yokohama)
The is a line of the Yokohama Municipal Subway in the city of Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. Its formal designation is Line 4, and it is the first part of a proposed...
.
History
Nakayama Station was opened on September 23, 1908 as a station on the privately-held Yokohama Railway Company. The line was acquired by the Japanese government in 1910, and merged into the Japanese Government RailwaysJapanese Government Railways
The Japanese Government Railways was the national railway system directly operated by the central government of Japan until 1949. It is a predecessor of Japanese National Railways and the Japan Railways Group.- Name :...
system (the predecessor to the JNR
Japanese National Railways
, abbreviated or "JNR", was the national railway network of Japan from 1949 to 1987.-History:The term Kokuyū Tetsudō "state-owned railway" originally referred to a network of railway lines operated by nationalized companies under the control of the Railway Institute following the nationalization...
from October 1. 1917. All freight operations were suspended from 1960. A new station building was completed in 1985. With the privatization
Privatization
Privatization is the incidence or process of transferring ownership of a business, enterprise, agency or public service from the public sector to the private sector or to private non-profit organizations...
of the JNR on April 1, 1987, the station came under the operational control of JR East. It became an interchange station with the Green Line on March 30, 2008.
Lines
- East Japan Railway CompanyEast Japan Railway Companyis the largest passenger railway company in the world and one of the seven Japan Railways Group companies. The company name is officially abbreviated as JR East in English, and as in Japanese. The company's headquarters are in Yoyogi, Shibuya, Tokyo....
- Yokohama Municipal SubwayYokohama Municipal Subwayis 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...
- Green LineGreen Line (Yokohama)The is a line of the Yokohama Municipal Subway in the city of Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. Its formal designation is Line 4, and it is the first part of a proposed...
- Green Line
Station layout
JR Nakayama Station has a single 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...
and an island platform
Island 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...
serving three elevated tracks, although track 2 is not in normal use. The Yokohama Green Line subway station has a single island platform serving two underground tracks.
JR Nakayama statio platforms
| 1 | ■Yokohama Line | idth=430 style="border-top:solid 1px gray;border-bottom:solid 1px gray;"| ・ ・ |
| 2 | ■Yokohama Line | |
| 3 | ■Yokohama Line | ・ ・・ |