Hazawa yokohama-kokudai Station

Kanagawa-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture
Japan
Kanagawa-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture; Japan
Coordinates	35°28′53″N 139°35′11″E / 35.481389°N 139.586389°E
Operated by	Sagami Railway; JR East;
Line(s)	■ Sōtetsu Shin-yokohama Line; Tōkaidō Freight Line;
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	2
Construction
Structure type	Underground
History
Opened	30 November 2019
Services

Hazawa yokohama-kokudai Station (羽沢横浜国大駅, Hazawa-Yokohama-Kokudai-eki) is a railway station on the

JR East

.

History

Chronology

11 December 2017: Sōtetsu finalised the station name as Hazawa yokohama-kokudai Station.^[2] However, as of that time the route name was still provisional. The station's name comes from its locale, Hazawa (羽沢), and also its neighbouring university, the Yokohama National University, or in Japanese, Yokohama Kokudai (横浜国大).
30 November 2019: Opening of the
Sōtetsu JR Link Line.^[2]

18 March 2023: Opening of the
Shin-yokohama.^[3]

Platforms 1 and 2

Station layout

The station consists of two underground side platforms. At the east side of the station, the tracks for the JR Link Line and the Tōkyū Link Line diverge, with the JR Link Line converging with the Tōkaidō Freight Line after leaving the junction.^[4]

Platforms

1

Sōtetsu Shin-yokohama Line

for Nishiya and Futamata-gawa

2

JA Through to Saikyō Line

for Musashi-Kosugi, Ōsaki, and Shinjuku
(some trains for Kawagoe)

Sōtetsu Shin-yokohama Line

for

Shin-yokohama, through to SH Tōkyū Shin-yokohama Line for Shin-tsunashima and Hiyoshi

Upbound through services via Tōyoko Line:
TY Tōyoko Line for Musashi-Kosugi and Shibuya
F Fukutoshin Line for Shinjuku-sanchōme, Ikebukuro, Kotake-mukaihara and Wakōshi
TJ

Shinrinkōen and Ogawamachi

Upbound through services via Meguro Line:
MG Meguro Line for Musashi-Kosugi and Meguro

Mita Line for Nishi-takashimadaira

Namboku Line for Akabane-iwabuchi
SR

Saitama Railway Line for Urawa-misono

Surrounding area

JR Freight Yokohama-Hazawa Station (Freight Station of the Tōkaidō Freight Line)
Daisan Keihin Road
- Hazawa Interchange
- Hodogaya Parking Area
- Hodogaya Toll Gate
Sagawa Express North Yokohama Branch
Yokohama National University Tokiwadai Campus
Tokiwadai Hospital
JCHO Yokohama Hodogaya Central Hospital

References

This article incorporates material from the corresponding article in the Japanese Wikipedia.

^ 相鉄新横浜線・東急新横浜線、神奈川東部方面線の路線名称が決定 (in Japanese). 2018-12-13.
^ ^a ^b "相鉄・ＪＲ直通線新駅名称を「羽沢横浜国大駅」に" (PDF) (in Japanese). 相模鉄道株式会社. 2017-12-11. Retrieved 2017-12-11.
^ "New railway link shortens ride from Kanagawa into Tokyo - The Asahi Shimbun: Breaking News, Japan News and Analysis". The Asahi Shimbun. 18 March 2023. Retrieved 18 March 2023.
^ 都市鉄道利便増進事業　相鉄・ＪＲ直通線、相鉄・東急直通線｜羽沢駅工事 - 鉄道・運輸機構、相模鉄道、東京急行電鉄。2013年4月14日閲覧

External links

[1] 相鉄新横浜線・東急新横浜線、神奈川東部方面線の路線名称が決定 (in Japanese). 2018-12-13.

[sotetsu171211-2] "相鉄・ＪＲ直通線新駅名称を「羽沢横浜国大駅」に" (PDF) (in Japanese). 相模鉄道株式会社. 2017-12-11. Retrieved 2017-12-11.

[The_Asahi_Shimbun_2023-3] "New railway link shortens ride from Kanagawa into Tokyo - The Asahi Shimbun: Breaking News, Japan News and Analysis". The Asahi Shimbun. 18 March 2023. Retrieved 18 March 2023.

[chokutsu_hazawa-4] 都市鉄道利便増進事業　相鉄・ＪＲ直通線、相鉄・東急直通線｜羽沢駅工事 - 鉄道・運輸機構、相模鉄道、東京急行電鉄。2013年4月14日閲覧

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