Hiyoshi Station (Kanagawa)
Hiyoshi Station (日吉駅, Hiyoshi-eki) is an interchange passenger railway station located in Kōhoku-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan, jointly managed by the private railway operator Tokyu Corporation and the Yokohama Municipal Subway.
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| Location | 2-1-1 Hiyoshi, Kōhoku-ku, Yokohama-shi, Kanagawa-ken 223-0061 Japan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 35°33′11″N 139°38′48″E | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Platforms | 3 island platforms | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Opened | February 14, 1926 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| FY2019 | 163,949 (Tokyu); 84,908 (Green Line) daily | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Lines
Hiyoshi Station is served by the Tōkyū Tōyoko Line and Tōkyū Meguro Line. It is 13.6 kilometers from the terminus of the Tōyoko Line at Shibuya Station, and 11.9 kilometers from the terminus of the Meguro Line at Meguro Station. It is also served by the underground Green Line.
Station layout
The station is an elevated structure with two island platforms serving four tracks above ground. The station building is also connected to the Tokyu Store, a large upscale supermarket, and the reformed Tokyu Department Store on the second floor, which features many individually branded shops as well as a major consumer electronic shop (Yamada Denki) as a tenant occupying most of the third floor. The Yokohama Subway consists of a single island platform underground.
Tokyu platforms
| 1 | ■ Tokyu Toyoko Line | for Kikuna, Yokohama, Minatomirai, and Motomachi-Chūkagai |
| 2 | ■ Tokyu Meguro Line | Terminating services only |
| 3 | ■ Tokyu Meguro Line | for Musashi-Kosugi, Ōokayama, and Meguro Tokyo Metro Namboku Line for Akabane-IwabuchiSaitama Rapid Railway Line for Urawa-Misono  Toei Mita Line for Nishi-Takashimadaira
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| 4 | ■ Tokyu Toyoko Line | for Musashi-Kosugi, Jiyūgaoka, and Shibuya, Tokyo Metro Fukutoshin Line for Kotake-Mukaihara and Wakōshi |
Yokohama Subway platforms
| 1/2 | ■ Green Line | for Center Kita, Center Minami, and Nakayama |
History
Hiyoshi Station opened as one of the original Tōyoko Line stations on February 14, 1926. The station was completely rebuilt in 1991 with half-submerged tracks and an elevated station building constructed above the tracks. The adjacent Tokyu Department store opened in 1995. The Yokohama Subway Green Line connected to Hiyoshi Station on March 30, 2008.<<cn|date=August 2012}}
Future plans
The Kanagawa Eastern Line is an approximately 10 km link, which is constructed from Nishiya via Hazawa Yokohama-Kokudai and Shin-Yokohama to Hiyoshi, that will enable through services between the Tōkyū Tōyoko Line, the Tōkyū Meguro Line and the Sōtetsu Main Line by late 2022.
Passenger statistics
In fiscal 2019, the Tokyu station was used by an average of 206,301 passengers daily.[1] During the same period, the Yokohama Municipal Subway was used by an average of 84,908 passengers daily,[2]
The daily average passenger figures for previous years (boarding passengers only) are as shown below.
| Fiscal year | Tokyu | ||
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| 2005 | 64,773 | NA | [3] |
| 2010 | 106,129 | 29,173 | [4] |
| 2015 | 119,008 | 38,164 | [5] |
Surrounding area
- Keio University Hiyoshi Campus
- Keio University Yagami Campus (Faculty of Science and Engineering)
- Keio Senior High School
- Nihon University High School / Junior High School
- Tokyo College of Photography
See also
References
- "2020年度乗降人員" (in Japanese). Japan: Tokyu Corporation. 2020. Retrieved 11 August 2020.
- 横浜市統計書 第９章 道路、運輸及び通信 [Yokohama City Statistics Chapter 9 Roads, Transportation and Communications (Fiscal 2019)] (in Japanese). Japan: Yokohama City. 2020. Retrieved 6 March 2020.
- 神奈川県県勢要覧（平成18年度） [Kanagawa Prefecture official statistics (fiscal 2005)] (PDF) (in Japanese). Japan: Kanagawa Metropolitan Government. Retrieved 26 March 2021.
- 神奈川県県勢要覧（平成23年度） [Kanagawa Prefecture official statistics (fiscal 2010)] (PDF) (in Japanese). Japan: Kanagawa Prefecture. Retrieved 26 March 2021.
- 神奈川県県勢要覧（平成28年度 [Kanagawa Prefecture official statistics (fiscal 2010)] (PDF) (in Japanese). Japan: Kanagawa Prefecture. Retrieved 26 March 2021.
External links
Media related to Hiyoshi Station (Kanagawa) at Wikimedia Commons
- Tokyu station information (in Japanese)
- Yokohama Subway station information (in Japanese)
Stations of Kanagawa Eastern Line | |
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 Sōtetsu Shin-Yokohama Line |
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 Tōkyū Shin-Yokohama Line |
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