Isogo Station Explained


Isogo Station
Style:JR East
Native Name:磯子駅
Native Name Lang:ja
Address:1-1-1 Mori, Isogo-ku, Yokohama-shi, Kanagawa-ken 235-0023
Country:Japan
Coordinates:35.4°N 139.618°W
Operator: JR East
Distance:9.5 km from
Platforms:1 island platform
Code:JK06
Status:Staffed
Opened:May 9, 1964
Passengers:20,199 daily
Pass Year:FY2019
Map Type:Japan Kanagawa Prefecture#Japan
Map Dot Label:Isogo Station

is a passenger railway station located in Isogo-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan, operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East).

Lines

Isogo Station is served by the Negishi Line from to in Kanagawa Prefecture. with through services inter-running to and from the Keihin-Tōhoku Line and also the Yokohama Line. It is 9.5 kilometers from the terminus of the Negishi line at Yokohama, and 68.6 kilometers from the northern terminus of the Keihin-Tōhoku Line at .

Station layout

The station consists of a single island platform with a two tracks and an elevated station building above the platform and tracks. Both tracks are utilised by the Keihin-Tohoku Line and Yokohama Line; track 1 serves southbound trains to whilst track 2 serves northbound trains to and . The station is staffed. An adjacent side platform formerly used to support freight operations, was sold to the Nisshin OilliO Group.

Platforms

History

Isogo Station opened on May 9, 1964 as the terminus of the Negishi Line until the line was extended to in 1970. All freight operations were suspended from October 1986. The station was absorbed into the JR East network upon the privatization of the Japanese National Railways (JNR) in 1987. The station building was extensively remodelled in 2000 with the addition of ticket gates, automatic ticket machines, and new ticket windows.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 20,199 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[1]

The passenger figures (boarding passengers only) for previous years are as shown below.

Fiscal year daily average
200519,085 [2]
2010 18,456 [3]
2015 20,183 [4]

Surrounding area

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: https://www.jreast.co.jp/passenger/2019_02.html. ja:各駅の乗車人員 (2019年度). Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2019). 2020. East Japan Railway Company. Japan. Japanese. 11 August 2020.
  2. Web site: http://www.pref.kanagawa.jp/uploaded/attachment/369528.pdf. ja:神奈川県県勢要覧(平成18年度). Kanagawa Prefecture official statistics (fiscal 2005). Japanese. Japan. Kanagawa Metropolitan Government. 26 March 2021.
  3. Web site: http://www.pref.kanagawa.jp/uploaded/attachment/427362.pdf. ja:神奈川県県勢要覧(平成23年度). Kanagawa Prefecture official statistics (fiscal 2010). Japanese. Japan. Kanagawa Prefecture. 26 March 2021.
  4. Web site: http://www.pref.kanagawa.jp/uploaded/attachment/877254.pdf. ja:神奈川県県勢要覧(平成28年度. Kanagawa Prefecture official statistics (fiscal 2010). Japanese. Japan. Kanagawa Prefecture. 26 March 2021. 1 August 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170801131207/http://www.pref.kanagawa.jp/uploaded/attachment/877254.pdf. dead.