Hazawa Yokohama-Kokudai Station

Hazawa Yokohama-Kokudai Station (羽沢横浜国大駅, Hazawa-Yokohama-Kokudai-eki) is a railway station on the Sōtetsu Shin-Yokohama Line and Tōkaidō Freight Line. It is located in Kanagawa-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture. This station is jointly operated by Sōtetsu (Sagami Railway), with station number SO51, and JR East.

History

Chronology

• 11 December 2017: Sōtetsu finalised the station name as Hazawa Yokohama-Kokudai Station. However, as of that time the route name was still provisional. The station's name comes from its locale, Hazawa (羽沢), and also its neighbouring university, the Yokohama National University, or in Japanese, Yokohama Kokudai (横浜国大).
• 30 November 2019: Opening of the Sōtetsu JR Link Line.
• 18 March 2023: Opening of the Sōtetsu Shin-yokohama Line extension towards Shin-yokohama.

Station layout

The station consists of two underground side platforms. At the east side of the station, the tracks for the JR Link Line and the Tōkyū Link Line diverge, with the JR Link Line converging with the Tōkaidō Freight Line after leaving the junction.

Platforms

Surrounding area

• JR Freight Yokohama-Hazawa Station (Freight Station of the Tōkaidō Freight Line)
• Daisan Keihin Road
  • Hazawa Interchange
  • Hodogaya Parking Area
  • Hodogaya Toll Gate
• Sagawa Express North Yokohama Branch
• Yokohama National University Tokiwadai Campus
• Tokiwadai Hospital
• JCHO Yokohama Hodogaya Central Hospital

See also

• List of railway stations in Japan

References

This article incorporates material from the corresponding article in the Japanese Wikipedia.

External links