Sakuragichō Station Explained


Sakuragichō Station
Native Name:桜木町駅
Native Name Lang:ja
Address:1 Sakuragichō, Naka-ku, Yokohama-shi, Kanagawa-ken 231-0062
Country:Japan
Connections:Bus terminal
Code:JK11, B18
Status:Staffed (Midori no Madoguchi)
Former:Yokohama (until 1915)
Passengers:70,797 (JR)
19,767 (Blue Line) daily
Pass Year:FY2019
Map Type:Japan Yokohama#Japan Kanagawa Prefecture#Japan
Map Dot Label:Sakuragichō Station

is an interchange passenger railway station located in Naka-ku, Yokohama, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East) and the Yokohama Municipal Subway.

Lines

Sakuragichō 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 2.0 kilometers from the terminus of the Negishi line at Yokohama, and 61.1 kilometers from the northern terminus of the Keihin-Tōhoku Line at . It is also served by the underground Yokohama Subway Blue Line, and is 20.4 km from the terminus of the Blue Line at .

Station layout

JR East

The JR East station consists of two elevated island platforms serving three tracks.

The station has two sets of ticket barriers ("North" and "South" gates), with entrances on the east and west sides (four in total). The station has a "Midori no Madoguchi" staffed ticket office, next to the South gate.

Yokohama Municipal Subway

The Yokohama Municipal Subway (Blue Line) platforms are located on the 4th basement level, south of the main station.

Yokohama Air Cabin

This transit is a ropeway,[1] but it is a new type transportation in urban area. The ropeway connects Sakuragichō Station with Unga Park where is located near Yokohama Red Brick Warehouse and Yokohama Cosmo World at 1000 yen from 22 April 2021.[2] Senyo Kōgyō constructed the similar ropeway when Yokohama Exotic Showcase '89 was held in 1989.

History

Sakuragichō is one of Japan's oldest stations. It opened on 12 June 1872, as the original Yokohama Station when the service between Shinagawa and Yokohama provisionally started. The station was renamed Sakuragichō Station on 15 August 1915, when the then-new and second Yokohama Station opened near Takashimachō Station. Yokohama Station was relocated again after the 1923 Great Kantō earthquake, to its third and current location.

Between 31 March 1932, and 30 January 2004, Sakuragichō Station was the terminus of the Tokyu Tōyoko Line.

The north gate ticket barriers were opened on 1 July 2014, with the passageway linking the east and west sides opened to the public on 16 July.[3] A new commercial and shopping complex, called "Cial", adjoining the north side of the station was also opened at the same time.[3]

Accidents

See main article: Sakuragichō train fire. On 24 April 1951, a 63 series Keihin Line (now part of the Negishi Line) train approaching the station caught fire when the train hit a loose overhead wire and caused a short circuit. The fire killed 106 and injured 92.[4]

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 70,797 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[5] During the same period, the Yokohama Municipal Subway by an average of 19,767 passengers daily, (boarding passengers only).[6]

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

Fiscal year JR East Blue Line
200565,627 14,769 [7]
2010 61,536 15,483 [8]
2015 68,546 18,566 [9]

Surrounding area

The station is located near the Minato Mirai 21 district and Yokohama Landmark Tower. Other stations in the vicinity include Minatomirai Station on the Minatomirai Line.

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. http://www.senyo.co.jp/newbiz/2646/ Senyo Kōgyō Homepage
  2. https://web.archive.org/web/20201128190928/https://www.msn.com/ja-jp/news/opinion/%E3%83%A9%E3%83%B3%E3%83%89%E3%83%9E%E3%83%BC%E3%82%AF%E3%82%BF%E3%83%AF%E3%83%BC%E3%81%AB%E5%B7%A8%E5%A4%A7%E6%9F%B1%E3%81%8C%E4%B8%A6%E3%82%93%E3%81%A0%EF%BC%81-%E6%A8%AA%E6%B5%9C%E3%81%AE%E3%83%AD%E3%83%BC%E3%83%97%E3%82%A6%E3%82%A7%E3%82%A4%E5%BB%BA%E8%A8%AD%E3%82%92%E8%A6%8B%E3%82%8B-%E5%90%8D%E7%89%A9%E3%81%AF%E5%BB%83%E7%B7%9A%E8%B7%A1%EF%BC%9F/ar-BB1aTY9c Press on a ropeway line will be opening
  3. Web site: http://www.kanaloco.jp/article/71984/cms_id/82919 . ja:JR桜木町駅 7月に商業施設CIAL開業 先立ち北改札も開設 . JR Sakuragicho Station: Cial commercial facility to open in July, with north gate opening earlier. Kanagawa Shimbun. Kanaloco . 27 May 2014 . 22 September 2014 . ja.
  4. Saito. Masao. Japanese Railway Safety and the Technology of the Day. Japan Railway & Transport Review. 33. 4–13. August 3, 2008.
  5. 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.
  6. Web site: https://www.city.yokohama.lg.jp/city-info/yokohamashi/tokei-chosa/portal/tokeisho/09.html. ja: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). 2020 . Yokohama City. Japan. Japanese . 6 March 2020.
  7. 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.
  8. 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.
  9. 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.