Yamate Station

Yamate Station
山手駅

Yamate Station building
Location Kanagawa-ken, Yokohama-shi, Naka-ku, Yamato-cho 2-52, Naka, Yokohama, Kanagawa
(横浜市中区大和町二丁目52)
Japan
Operated by JR East
Line(s)
Connections
  • Bus stop
History
Opened 1964
Traffic
Passengers (2008) 17,242 daily

Yamate Station (山手駅 Yamate-eki) is a railway station operated by JR East's Negishi Line located in Naka-ku, Yokohama, Japan. It is 5.0 kilometers from the terminus of the Negishi Line at Yokohama Station and 64.1 kilometers from the terminus of the Keihin-Tōhoku Line at Ōmiya Station.

History

Yamate Station was opened on May 9, 1964. The station was absorbed into the JR East network upon the privatization of the Japan National Railways (JNR) in 1987.

Lines

Station layout

Yamate Station has two opposed side platforms serving two tracks. Both tracks are utilised by the Keihin-Tōhoku Line and Yokohama Line; track 1 serves southbound trains to Ōfuna whilst track 2 serves northbound trains to Yokohama and Tokyo.

Platforms

1 ■Keihin-Tōhoku Line
■Negishi Line
Isogo・ Ōfuna
2 ■Keihin-Tōhoku Line
■Negishi Line
Yokohama・ Tokyo・ Ōmiya
■Yokohama Line Shin-Yokohama・ Machida・ Hachiōji

Adjacent stations

←Service→
Ishikawachō   Keihin-Tōhoku Line—Negishi Line   Negishi

References

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Coordinates: 35°25′37″N 139°38′46″E / 35.427°N 139.646°E / 35.427; 139.646

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