Minatomirai Station
 Minatomirai Station みなとみらい駅 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 Entrance No.5 in March 2010 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Location | 3-5 Minatomirai, Nishi-ku, Yokohama-shi, Kanagawa-ken Japan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Operated by | Yokohama Minatomirai Railway Company | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Line(s) |  Minatomirai Line | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Distance | 1.7 km from Yokohama | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 1 island platform | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Structure type | Underground | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Accessible | Yes | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Station code | MM03 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Website | Official website | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Opened | 1 February 2004 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| FY2011 | 60,056 daily | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Minatomirai Station (みなとみらい駅, Minatomirai-eki) is an underground railway station on the Minatomirai Line in Nishi-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan, operated by the third-sector railway operating company Yokohama Minatomirai Railway.
Lines
[edit]Minatomirai Station is served by the 4.1 km underground Minatomirai Line from Yokohama to Motomachi-Chūkagai, and is located 1.7 km from the starting point of the line at Yokohama Station. Trains through-run to and from the Tokyu Toyoko Line from Shibuya Station and beyond on the Tokyo Metro Fukutoshin Line and Tobu Tojo Line and Seibu Ikebukuro Line.
Station layout
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Minatomirai Station is an underground station with a single island platform serving two tracks. The station is located directly below the Queen's Square shopping complex.
Platforms
[edit]| 1 |  Minatomirai Line
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for Bashamichi and Motomachi-Chūkagai |
| 2 | Minatomirai Line
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for Shin-takashima and Yokohama TY Tokyu Toyoko Line for Shibuya F Tokyo Metro Fukutoshin Line for Shinjuku-sanchōme, Ikebukuro, and Wakōshi TJ Tobu Tojo Line for Kawagoeshi and Shinrinkoen  Seibu Ikebukuro Line for Hannō
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Chest-high platform-edge doors were installed on both sides of the platform by April 2018.[1]
History
[edit]Minatomirai Station opened on 1 February 2004, coinciding with the opening of the Minatomirai Line.[2]
Passenger statistics
[edit]In fiscal 2011, the station was used by an average of 60,056 passengers daily.[2]
Surrounding area
[edit]See also
[edit]References
[edit]- Harris, Ken; Clarke, Jackie (2008). Jane's World Railways 2008-2009. Jane's Information Group. ISBN 978-0-7106-2861-9.
- ^ みなとみらい駅で可動式ホーム柵の設置に着手 [Work starts on installing platform-edge doors at Minatomirai Station]. Japan Railfan Magazine Online (in Japanese). Japan: Koyusha Co., Ltd. 10 February 2018. Archived from the original on 12 February 2018. Retrieved 12 February 2018.
- ^ a b 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. 232. ISBN 978-4-7770-1336-4.
External links
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- Official website (in Japanese)