Sakuragichō Station

Sakuragichō Station (桜木町駅, Sakuragichō-eki), is a railway station in Naka-ku, Yokohama, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East) and the Yokohama Municipal Subway.

JK11
Sakuragichō Station

桜木町駅
Sakuragichō Station as seen from the top of the Landmark Tower, August 2014
Location1 Sakuragichō, Naka-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa
（神奈川県横浜市中区桜木町1丁目）
Japan
Operated by
Line(s)
ConnectionsBus terminal
History
Opened1872
Previous namesYokohama (until 1915)
Passengers
JR East, FY201365,392 daily

Lines

Sakuragichō Station is served by the JR East Negishi Line (Keihin-Tohoku Line), with some services through-running to and from the Yokohama Line, and also by the Yokohama Municipal Subway Blue Line (station number B18).

Station layout

JR East
The view from the south end of platforms 1 and 2, with a Yokohama Line E233-6000 series EMU awaiting departure from platform 3, January 2015

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

1 JK Negishi Line for Isogo and Ōfuna
2 JK Negishi Line (Terminating services, alighting only)
3-4 JK Negishi Line for Yokohama
JK Keihin-Tohoku Line for Kawasaki, Tokyo, and Ōmiya
JH Yokohama Line for Shin-Yokohama, Nagatsuta, Machida, Hashimoto, and Hachiōji

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.

  • The north-east entrance, August 2014
  • The north-west entrance, August 2014
  • The south-west entrance, August 2014
  • The south-east entrance, August 2014
  • The north gate ticket barriers, August 2014
  • The view looking south from the end of platform 1/2 with the terminating middle track on the right, January 2015

Yokohama Municipal Subway

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

1 ■ Blue Line for Kannai, Kamiōoka, Totsuka, and Shōnandai
2 ■ Blue Line for Yokohama, Shin-Yokohama, and Azamino

Yokohama Air Cabin[1]

This transit is a ropeway, but it is a new type transportation in urban area. The ropeway is going to connect Sakuragichō Station with Unga Park(Yokohama Red Brick Warehouse) at 1000 yen from 22 April 2021.[2] Senyo Kōgyō which have constructed the line constructed the similar ropeway when YOKOHAMA EXOTIC SHOWCASE '89 was held.

Adjacent stations
←Service→
Negishi Line JK11
Kannai JK10   Rapid   Yokohama
YHMJK12
Kannai JK10   Local   Yokohama
YHMJK12
Yokohama Line JK11
Kannai JK10   Local
(Yokohama-bound limited)		   Yokohama
YHMJK12
Yokohama Subway Blue Line (Line 3) (B18)
Kannai (B17)   Rapid   Yokohama (B20)
Kannai (B17)   Local   Takashimachō (B19)
Yokohama Air Cabin
terminus   Local   YOKOHAMA WORLD PORTERS(Unga Park)

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 Toyoko 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]

  • Yokohama Station in 1872
  • Sakuragicho Station circa 1930
  • The former Tokyu Toyoko Line platforms in January 2004
  • The east side of the station in 2007 before the addition of the north entrance

Accidents
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 2013, the station was used by an average of 65,392 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[5] The passenger figures for previous years are as shown below.

Fiscal yearDaily average
200070,610[6]
200565,627[7]
201061,536[8]
201365,392[5]

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.

  • Sakuragicho Station with Yokohama Landmark Tower in the background, April 2007
  • The west side of the station, August 2014
  • The TOC Minato Mirai building adjoining the station, February 2012

References
  1. Senyo Kōgyō Homepage
  2. Construction
  3. 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]. Kanaloco (in Japanese). Kanagawa Shimbun. 27 May 2014. Retrieved 22 September 2014.
  4. Saito, Masao. "Japanese Railway Safety and the Technology of the Day". Japan Railway & Transport Review (33): 4–13. Retrieved August 3, 2008.
  5. 各駅の乗車人員 (2013年度) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2013)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. 2014. Retrieved 12 February 2015.
  6. 各駅の乗車人員 (2000年度) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2000)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. 2001. Retrieved 12 February 2015.
  7. 各駅の乗車人員 (2005年度) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2005)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. 2006. Retrieved 12 February 2015.
  8. 各駅の乗車人員 (2010年度) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2010)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. 2011. Retrieved 12 February 2015.

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