Nishi-Yokohama Station

Nishi-Yokohama Station 西横浜駅
File:Nishiyokohama Station.jpg Nishi-Yokohama Station building
Location	Nishi-Hiranuma chō 8-1, Nishi, Yokohama, Kanagawa （神奈川県西区西平沼町8-1） Japan
Operated by	Sagami Railway
Line(s)	Main Line
Connections
History
Opened	1929
Traffic
Passengers (2005)	12,347 daily

Nishi-Yokohama Station (西横浜駅, Nishi-Yokohama-eki) is a railway station located in Nishi-ku, Yokohama, Japan. It is 1.8 kilometers from the eastern terminus of the line at Yokohama Station.

Lines

• Sagami Railway
  • Main Line

Station layout

Nishi-Yokohama Station has a single island platform serving two tracks.

History

Nishi-Yokohama Station was opened on February 14, 1929 and was the terminal of the Jinchū Railway until the opening of Hiranumabashi Station in 1931. The station was primarily a freight terminal connecting the Sotetsu Line with the national railway's freight terminal at Hodogaya Station via a short branch line. The freight service on the branch was discontinued on September 30, 1979. On February 14, 1993 an unexploded bomb from World War II was discovered during construction work near the station. The current station building dates from June 26, 2005.

Adjacent stations

«		Service	»
Sagami Railway Main Line
Hiranumabashi		Local		Tennōchō
Rapid: no stop
Express: no stop

External links

• Station Map
• Satellite picture on Google Map