Hiyoshi Station (Kanagawa)

Hiyoshi Station 日吉駅
File:Tokyu hiyoshi station keio university side.jpg Hiyoshi Station Keio University Exit
Location	2-1-1 Hiyoshi, Kōhoku, Yokohama, Kanagawa （横浜市港北区日吉二丁目1-1） Japan
Operated by	Tokyu Corporation
Line(s)	Tōkyū Tōyoko Line Tokyu Meguro Line Green Line
History
Opened	1926
Traffic
Passengers (FY2008)	163,949 (Tokyu); 21,676 (Green Line) daily

Hiyoshi Station (日吉駅, Hiyoshi-eki) is an interchange station in Kōhoku-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan, jointly operated by Tokyu Corporation and the Yokohama Municipal Subway.

Lines

Hiyoshi Station is served by the Tōkyū Tōyoko Line and Tōkyū Meguro Line. It is also served by the Yokohama Municipal Subway Green Line. It is 13.6 kilometers from the terminus of the Toyoko Line at Shibuya Station, and 11.9 kilometers from the terminus of the Meguro Line at Meguro Station.

Station layout

The station is an elevated structure with two island platforms serving four tracks above ground. The station building is also connected to the Tokyu Store, a large upscale supermarket, and the reformed Tokyu Department Store on the second floor, which features many individually branded shops as well as a major consumer electronic shop ("Best Denki") as a tenant occupying the entire third floor. The Yokohama Subway consists of a single island platform underground.

Tokyu platforms

File:Tokyu-railway-Hiyoshi-station-platform-1-and-2.jpg

Tokyu platforms, April 2008

1	■ Tokyu Toyoko Line	for Kikuna, Yokohama, Minatomirai, and Motomachi-Chūkagai
2	■ Tokyu Meguro Line	Terminating services only
3	■ Tokyu Meguro Line	for Musashi-Kosugi, Ōokayama, and Meguro Tokyo Metro Namboku Line for Akabane-Iwabuchi Saitama Rapid Railway Line for Urawa-Misono Toei Mita Line for Nishi-Takashimadaira
4	■ Tokyu Toyoko Line	for Musashi-Kosugi, Jiyūgaoka, and Shibuya, Tokyo Metro Fukutoshin Line for Kotake-Mukaihara and Wakōshi

Yokohama Subway platforms

1/2

■ Green Line

for Center Kita, Center Minami, and Nakayama

Adjacent stations

«		Service	»
Tokyu Toyoko Line
Limited Express: no stop
Musashi-Kosugi		Commuter Express		Kikuna
Musashi-Kosugi		Express		Tsunashima
Motosumiyoshi		Local		Tsunashima
Tokyu Meguro Line (MG13)
Terminus		Express		Musashi-Kosugi (MG11)
Terminus		Local		Motosumiyoshi (MG12)
Yokohama Subway Green Line (G10)
Hiyoshi-Honchō (G09)		-	Terminus

History

Hiyoshi Station opened as one of the original Toyoko Line stations on February 14, 1926. The station was completely rebuilt in 1991 with half-submerged tracks and an elevated station building constructed above the tracks. The adjacent Tokyu Department store opened in 1995. The Yokohama Subway Green Line connected to Hiyoshi Station on March 30, 2008.

Future plans

An approximately 10 km link is scheduled to be constructed from a new station at Hazawa on the JR Freight Tokaido Line via Shin-Yokohama, enabling through services to and from the Sagami Railway Main Line via Nishiya from March 2019.

References

• Harris, Ken and Clarke, Jackie. Jane's World Railways 2008-2009. Jane's Information Group (2008). ISBN 0-7106-2861-7

External links

• Tokyu station information (Japanese)
• Yokohama Subway station information (Japanese)