Nakayama Station (Kanagawa)

Nakayama Station (中山駅, Nakayama-eki) is an interchange railway station in Midori-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan, jointly operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East) and the Yokohama Municipal Subway.

JH19
Nakayama Station

中山駅
Nakayama Station South Exit, April 2008
Location80 Terayama-cho (JR East) / Nakamaya-cho (Green Line), Midori, Yokohama, Kanagawa
（神奈川県 横浜市緑区寺山町80/中山町）
Japan
Operated by
Line(s)
Connections
  • Bus stop
Other information
Station codeG-01 (Green Line)
History
Opened1908
Passengers
JR East, FY201238,821 daily

Lines

Nakayama Station is served by the JR East Yokohama Line, and is 13.5 kilometers from the starting point of the Yokohama Line at Higashi-Kanagawa Station, and is also the terminus of the 13.0 km Yokohama Municipal Subway Green Line to Hiyoshi.

Station layout

JR East station has a single side platform and an island platform serving three tracks.[1] It has a Midori no Madoguchi staffed ticket office. The Yokohama Green Line subway station has a single island platform serving two underground tracks.

  • Yokohama Subway entrance, March 2008
  • Yokohama Subway platforms, March 2008

JR East platforms
1 JH Yokohama Line for Machida, Hashimoto and Hachioji
2,3 JH Yokohama Line for Higashi-Kanagawa, Yokohama, Sakuragicho, and Ōfuna

Yokohama Municipal Subway platforms
1/2 ■ Green Line for Center-Minami and Hiyoshi

Adjacent stations
« Service »
Yokohama Line JH19
Kamoi JH18   Rapid   Nagatsuta JH21
Kamoi JH18   Local   Tōkaichiba JH20
Green Line
Terminus Kawawachō

History

Nakayama Station opened on 23 September 1908.[2] A new station building was completed in 1985. With the privatization of JNR on 1 April 1987, the station came under the operational control of JR East. It became an interchange station with the Green Line on 30 March 2008.[3]

Accidents

On 20 January 2006, a 60-year-old man was killed by a train at the station after jumping from the platform onto the tracks to commit suicide.[4]

On 1 October 2013, a 40-year-old woman, Natsue Murata (村田 奈津恵), was hit and killed by a train while trying to assist a 74-year-old-man who was spotted lying on the level crossing immediately to the east of the station.[5] The man survived with injuries.[5] On 4 October, the Government announced that it would award the Medal with Red Ribbon (紅綬褒章) to Murata posthumously for demonstrating extraordinary courage in saving another person's life.[6]

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2012, the JR East station was used by an average of 38,821 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[7] The Yokohama Subway station was used by an average of 11,668 passengers daily (boarding passengers only) in fiscal 2011.[3]

The JR East passenger figures for previous years are as shown below.

Fiscal yearDaily average
200030,237[8]
200531,529[9]
201037,302[10]
201137,829[11]
201238,821[7]

Surrounding area

References
  • Harris, Ken; Clarke, Jackie (2008). Jane's World Railways 2008-2009. Jane's Information Group. ISBN 978-0-7106-2861-9.
  1. Kawashima, Ryozo (May 2010). 日本の鉄道　中部ライン　全線・全駅・全配線　第２巻　三鷹駅―八王子エリア [Railways of Japan - Chubu Line - Lines/Stations/Track plans - Vol 2 Mitaka Station - Hachioji Area]. Japan: Kodansha. p. 56. ISBN 978-4-06-270062-7.
  2. 日本国有鉄道停車場一覧 [JNR Station Directory]. Japan: Japanese National Railways. 1985. p. 32. ISBN 4-533-00503-9.
  3. Terada, Hirokazu (19 January 2013). データブック日本の私鉄 [Databook: Japan's Private Railways]. Japan: Neko Publishing. p. 235. ISBN 978-4-7770-1336-4.
  4. Sato, Yuichi (July 2011). 鉄道人身事故データブック2002-2009 [Railway Accident Data Book 2002-2009]. Japan: Tsugeshobo. p. 123. ISBN 978-4-8068-0620-2.
  5. "Woman killed by train after saving man". The Japan Times. Japan: The Japan Times Limited. 3 October 2013. p. 2. Retrieved 4 October 2013.
  6. "Woman who died saving man earns heroism awards". The Japan Times. Japan: The Japan Times Limited. 5 October 2013. p. 2. Retrieved 5 October 2013.
  7. 各駅の乗車人員 (2012年度) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2012)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. Retrieved 2 October 2013.
  8. 各駅の乗車人員 (2000年度) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2000)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. Retrieved 2 October 2013.
  9. 各駅の乗車人員 (2005年度) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2005)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. Retrieved 2 October 2013.
  10. 各駅の乗車人員 (2010年度) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2010)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. Retrieved 2 October 2013.
  11. 各駅の乗車人員 (2011年度) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2011)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. Retrieved 2 October 2013.

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