Tōkaichiba Station (Kanagawa)

Tōkaichiba Station 十日市場駅
Tōkaichiba Station North Exit
Location	Tōkaichiba-Nakasato, Midori, Yokohama, Kanagawa （神奈川県 横浜市緑区十日市場町中里） Japan
Operated by	JR East
Line(s)	Yokohama Line
Connections	Bus stop
History
Opened	1979
Traffic
Passengers (2008 [1])	21,417 daily

Tōkaichiba Station (十日市場駅 Tōkaichiba-eki) is a railway station located in Midori Ward, Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. It is served by the East Japan Railway Company's Yokohama Line, and is 15.9 kilometers from the terminus of the Yokohama Line at Higashi-Kanagawa Station. Rapid services do not stop at this station.

History

Tōkaichiba Station was opened on March 1, 1979 as a station on the Japanese National Railways (JNR). With the privatization of the JNR on April 1, 1987, the station came under the operational control of JR East.

Lines

• East Japan Railway Company
  • Yokohama Line

Station layout

Tōkaichiba Station has a single island platform serving two elevated tracks.

Platforms

1	■Yokohama Line	Higashi-Kanagawa, (Negishi Line) Yokohama, Sakuragichō, Isogo, Ōfuna, (Yokosuka Line) Zushi
2	■Yokohama Line	Shin-Yokohama, Nagatsuta, Machida, Hashimoto, Hachiōji Matsumoto (Hamakaiji Limited Express via Chūō Main Line and Shinonoi Line)

Service Patterns

Trains run 0455-0040 every day. The typical hourly off-peak service is:

• 6 trains an hour to Higashi-Kanagawa, of which:
  • 4 continue to Sakuragichō
• 6 trains an hour to Hashimoto, of which:
  • 4 continue to Hachiōji

Neighboring stations

«		Service	»
Yokohama Line
Nakayama		Local	Nagatsuta

Bus transfers

• Yokohama City Transit
• Tokyū Bus
• Kanagawa Central Transit

Points of interest

• Yokohama City Midori Ward Public Library branch
• Daiei supermarket
• Bus Terminal
• Bank of Yokohama
• Mediapolis (used books, movies and video games)
• Super Autobucks
• Sotetsu Rosen
• Mister Donut
• Doutor Coffee
• MOS Burger
• McDonald's

References

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

1. JR East statistics. Average number of incoming passengers in fiscal year 2008.

External links

• East Japan Railways page for Tōkaichiba Station (Japanese)

Coordinates: 35°31′34.5″N 139°31′0″E / 35.526250°N 139.51667°E