Kanazawa Seaside Line Explained

Kanazawa Seaside Line
Color:F68B1E
Type:Automated guideway transit
Locale:Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan
Stations:14
Open:July 5, 1989
Owner:Yokohama Seaside Line Co., Ltd.
Stock:2000 series
Linelength:10.6km (06.6miles)
Map State:collapsed

The is an automated guideway transit line operated by which operates between Shin-Sugita in Isogo Ward to Kanazawa-Hakkei in Kanazawa Ward in Yokohama. It opened on July 5, 1989.

The operator company was called until the name change on October 1, 2013.[1]

Accident

On 1 June 2019 at 20:15 (JST), a train ran in the opposite direction and collided with a bumping post, injuring about 20 passengers at Shin-Sugita Station.[2] [3] [4]

Station list

No.Station nameJapaneseDistanceTransfersLocation
Shin-Sugita新杉田0km (00miles) Negishi LineIsogo-ku, Yokohama
Nambu-Shijō南部市場1.3km (00.8miles)Kanazawa-ku, Yokohama
Torihama鳥浜2.2km (01.4miles)
Namiki-Kita並木北2.8km (01.7miles)
Namiki-Chūō並木中央3.5km (02.2miles)
Sachiura幸浦4.3km (02.7miles)
Sangyō-Shinkō-Center産業振興センター5km (03miles)
Fukuura福浦5.6km (03.5miles)
Shidai-Igakubu市大医学部6.3km (03.9miles)
Hakkeijima八景島7.5km (04.7miles)
Uminokōen-Shibaguchi海の公園柴口8.1km (05miles)
Uminokōen-Minamiguchi海の公園南口8.8km (05.5miles)
Nojimakōen野島公園9.6km (06miles)
Kanazawa-Hakkei金沢八景10.6km (06.6miles) Keikyu Main Line Keikyu Zushi Line

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 社名変更について. November 17, 2013.
  2. News: Train travels in wrong direction, injuring about 20 in Yokohama. 2019-06-01. Mainichi Shimbun. 2019-06-01. Mainichi Daily News.
  3. Web site: About 20 passengers injured as automated train in Yokohama travels in wrong direction, crashes into buffer. 2019-06-01. The Japan Times. 2019-06-01.
  4. Web site: The train on Yokohama Seaside Line travels in wrong direction at Shin-Sugita Station, The 21 passengers were injured. (Japanese:横浜シーサイドライン・新杉田駅で逆走 21人けが). 2019-06-01. TV Asahi. 2019-06-01.