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横浜駅 (Yokohama Station)
Location
Prefecture (県)	Kanagawa (See other stations in this prefecture)
City (市)	Yokohama
Ward (区)	Nishi Ward
More detailed address	1-chome, Takashima(Keikyu) 2-chome, Takashima(JR) 1-chome, Minami-Saiwai(Tokyu, Sotetsu, Subway)
(Address in Japanese)	神奈川県横浜市西区高島一丁目 高島二丁目 南幸一丁目
History
Year opened	1872 (1st) 1915 (2nd) 1928 (3rd, the present)
Other Information
Operator(s) of the station	East Japan Railway Company Keihin Electric Express Railway Tokyo Kyuko Electric Railway Yokohama Minatomirai Railway Company Sagami Railway Yokohama City Transportation Bureau
There is major bus terminal at this station.

Yokohama Station (横浜駅, yokohama-eki^?) is a main interchange station located in Nishi Ward, Yokohama, Japan. It is the busiest station in Kanagawa Prefecture and the 5th busiest in Japan as of 2004, serving 2.05 million passengers daily.

Contents 1 Lines 2 Station Layout 3 Station Area 3.1 East Entrance 3.2 West Entrance 4 History 5 Adjacent stations 6 External links

Yokohama Station is served by the following lines:

• East Japan Railway Company
  • Tōkaidō Main Line
  • Yokosuka Line
  • Shonan Shinjuku Line
  • Keihin-Tohoku Line
  • Negishi Line

• Keihin Electric Express Railway
  • Keikyu Main Line

• Sagami Railway
  • Sagami Railway Main Line

• Tokyo Kyuko Electric Railway
  • Toyoko Line

• Yokohama Minatomirai Railway Company
  • Minato Mirai Line

• Yokohama Municipal Subway
  • Line 3

(JR's Tōkaidō Shinkansen passes through Shin-Yokohama Station, not Yokohama Station)

JR East and Keikyu platforms are located in the main above ground portion of Yokohama Station. Keikyu's section consists of platforms 1-2, JR has platforms 3-10.

1	■Keikyu Main Line	Uraga ・Kurihama Line ・ Misakiguchi ・ Zushi Line
2	■Keikyu Main Line	Shinagawa ・Segakuji ・ Through service for Toei Asakusa Line ・Keisei Main Line
3	■Negishi Line	Sakuragicho・Isogo・Ofuna
4	■Keihin-Tohoku Line	Kawasaki・Tokyo・Omiya
	■Yokohama Line	Shin-Yokohama・Machida・Hashimoto・Hachioji
5-6	■Tōkaidō Line	Odawara・Atami
7-8	■Tōkaidō Line	Kawasaki・Shinagawa・Tokyo
9	■Yokosuka Line	Zushi・Kamakura・Yokosuka・Kurihama
	■Shonan Shinjuku Line	Totsuka ・Ofuna
10	■Yokosuka Line	Shinagawa・Tokyo ・ Sobu Line to Chiba・Naruto ・Narita Line to Narita Airport・Uchibo Line to Kimitsu・Sotobo Line to Kazusa-Ichinomiya
	■Shonan Shinjuku Line	Shibuya ・Shinjuku ・Omiya

Tokyu Electric Railway and the Yokohama Minatomirai Railway Company share the same underground station located in the 5th underground level of Yokohama Station, to the west of the JR platforms.

1	■Minato Mirai Line	Minato Mirari ・ Bashamichi ・ Motomachi
2	■Tokyu Toyoko Line	Musashi Kosugi ・ Jiyugaoka ・ Shibuya

The Yokohama Municipal Subway is located on the 3rd underground floor, west of the of the main station.

1	■Line 3	Sakuragicho ・Kannai ・ Shonandai
2	■Line 3	Shin-Yokohama ・ Azamino

Sagami Railway is an above ground structure to the west of the main station, connected to the Sotetsu Department Store.

1	■Sagami Railway Main Line	Futamatagawa ・Yamato ・Ebina ・(Through service to the Izumino Line at Futamatagawa to Shonandai) (Local Only)
2	■Sagami Railway Main Line	Futamatagawa ・Yamato ・Ebina ・(Through service to the Izumino Line at Futamatagawa to Shonandai)
3	■Sagami Railway Main Line	Futamatagawa ・Yamato ・Ebina (Express Only)

The west and east have a complex underground business district which spans over several floors and is directly connected with the buildings which surround the station. Yokohama station has three bus terminals, and two other bus terminals are located near the station.

• Porta
• SOGO (with Yokohama station eastside bus terminal)
• LUMINE
• Kiyoken
• Marui (0101)
• Yokohama Sky Building (city air terminal, and its bus terminal)
• Yokohama Plaza Hotel
• Yokohama Central Japan Post Office

• The Diamond (underground shopping mall, and stairs to westside bus terminal)
• Takashimaya
• CIAL
• Sotetsu Joinus
• Sotetsu Mobile
• Sotetsu highway bus terminal
• Yokohama station westside second bus terminal
• Yokohama Cinema Society
• Yokohama Excel Hotel Tokyu
• Yokohama Bay Sheraton Hotel and Towers
• Okadaya More's
• Tokyu Hands, Yokohama Location
• Yodobashi Camera, In front of Yokohama Station
• Biccamera, Yokohama Location
• Vivre
• Daiei
• NTT Yokohama East Building

• May 7, 1872 Opened for business as The Yokohama Railroad Station（First generation). One of the first Rail Stations opened in Japan. The location of the first Yokohama station is now the Sakuragicho Station.
• July 11, 1887 The rail west of Tōkaidō Main Line's Yokohama Station and up to Kozu Station opened. The need occurred for cars that head to the Shinbashi Station and Kozu Station to reverse direction at the Yokohama Station using a switchback.
• August 1, 1898 To get rid of the Tōkaidō Main Line's switch back a short direct line was opened that does not pass through Yokohama station. Cars directly servicing stations west of Yokohama Station then began stopping at Hodogaya Station instead of Yokohama Station, and a "Small Driven Train" (Lightweight Rail?) was set up connecting Yokohama–Hodogaya.
• August 15, 1915 In order to avoid a pass through at Tōkaidō Main Line's Yokohama Station, a station was opened nearby the present day Takashima Station and became the second generation Yokohama Station. The first generation Yokohama Station was renamed the Sakaragicho Station and the Yokohama–Hodogaya "Small Driven Train" was done away with.
• September 1, 1923 The station was destroyed in a fire in the Great Kanto Earthquake disaster.
• September 7, 1923 Tentative Station Building was established. The station was in business for some period of time.
• March 18, 1928 Tokyo Yokohama Rail (presently the Tokyu Toyoko Line was connected to the station.
• October 15, 1928 Becoming the third generation, the current Yokohama Station opened for business in a location that is on the northern side of the second generation station, and this is also where it currently operates. The Tōkaidō Main Line was made the current route.
• February 5, 1930 Keihin Electric Rail (presently the Keikyu Main Line) was connected to the station.
• December 27, 1933 Kaminaka Rail (presently the Sotetsu Main Line) was connected to the station.
• March 29, 1945 The large half of the station's facilities were destroyed in the Yokohama Great Air Raid.
• December 9, 1957 North side underground entrance opened.
• December 1, 1965 The ticket sales area, "Midori no Madoguchi" (lit. Green Window), opened.
• September 4, 1976 The Yokohama City(-operated) Subway Line Nr.3 was connected to Yokohama Station.
• November 7, 1980 The new east entrance station building and the east-west passage opened.
• January 31, 2004 Tokyu Toyoko Line platform was reopened underground.
• February 1, 2004 Yokohama High-Speed Rail Minato Mirai 21 Line was connected to the Yokohama Station. With Tokyu Toyoko and Yokohama High Speed Rail Minato Mirai 21 beginning mutual direct service, the sharing of the North-South passage began.

«		Service		»
Kawasaki		Tōkaidō Line		Totsuka
Kawasaki		Rapid ACTY		Totsuka
pass		Commuter Rapid		pass
Higashi-Kanagawa		Keihin-Tōhoku Line—Negishi Line		Sakuragichō
Higashi-Kanagawa		Rapid		Sakuragichō
Shin-Kawasaki		Yokosuka Line		Hodogaya
Shin-Kawasaki		Shōnan-Shinjuku Line		Hodogaya
Ōsaki		Rapid		Totsuka
Ōsaki		Special Rapid		Totsuka
Kanagawa		Keikyu Main Line		Tobe
Kanagawa-Shinmachi		Ltd. Express		Kami-Ōoka
Keikyū Kawasaki		Rapid Ltd. Express		Kami-Ōoka
pass		KEIKYU WING		pass
Terminus		Sagami Railway Main Line		Hiranumabashi
Terminus		Rapid		Hoshikawa
Terminus		Express		Futamatagawa
Tanmachi		Tokyu Toyoko Line / Minatomirai Line		Shin-Takashima
Kikuna		Express		Minatomirai
Kikuna		Commuter Ltd. Express		Minatomirai
Kikuna		Ltd. Express		Minatomirai
Mitsuzawa-Shimochō		Yokohama Municipal Subway Line 3		Takashimachō

• JR-East (Yokohama Station)
• Sotetsu Line (Yokohama Station Map)

Coordinates: 35°27′55.60″N, 139°37′22.21″E