Negishi Station | |
| Style: | JR East |
| Native Name: | 根岸駅 |
| Native Name Lang: | ja |
| Address: | Higashi-chō 16-1, Isogo-ku, Yokohama-shi, Kanagawa-ken 235-0005 |
| Country: | Japan |
| Coordinates: | 35.416°N 139.635°W |
| Distance: | 7.1 km from |
| Platforms: | 1 island platform |
| Code: | JK07 |
| Status: | Staffed (Midori no Madoguchi) |
| Opened: | May 19, 1964 |
| Passengers: | 21,998 daily |
| Pass Year: | FY2019 |
| Map Type: | Japan Kanagawa Prefecture#Japan |
| Map Dot Label: | Negishi Station |
is a passenger railway station located in Isogo-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan, operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East). The station is also a freight terminal on the Japan Freight Railway Company, as well as the terminus for the all-freight Honmoku Line of the Kanagawa Rinkai Railway.
Negishi 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 7.1 kilometers from the terminus of the Negishi line at Yokohama, and 66.2 kilometers from the northern terminus of the Keihin-Tōhoku Line at .
The station consists of an island platform serving two tracks for normal passenger operations, and an additional five tracks for freight operations. The station has a "Midori no Madoguchi" staffed ticket office.
Negishi Station was opened on May 19, 1964, as a station on the Japan National Railways (JNR) for both passenger and freight services. The Kanagawa Rinkai Railway's Honmoku Line, also for freight-only operations, began operations from Negishi on October 1, 1969. The station was absorbed into the JR East network upon the privatization of the Japan National Railways (JNR) in 1987.
In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 21,998 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[1]
The passenger figures (boarding passengers only) for previous years are as shown below.
| Fiscal year | daily average | |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 19,828 | [2] |
| 2010 | 20,594 | [3] |
| 2015 | 21,572 | [4] |