Motosumiyoshi Station

Motosumiyoshi Station 元住吉駅
Platform
Location
Prefecture	Kanagawa (See other stations in Kanagawa)
City	Kawasaki
Ward	Nakahara
Neighborhood etc.	Kizuki 1-36-1
Postal Code	211 - 0025
(in Japanese)	横浜市中原区木月一丁目36番1号
History
Year opened	1926
Rail services
Operator(s)	Tokyu Corporation
Line(s)	Tōyoko Line
Statistics	62,149 passengers/day 2008
There is a bus stop near this station

Motosumiyoshi Station (元住吉駅, Motosumiyoshi-eki^?) is a railway station on the Tokyu Corporation's Tōyoko Line located in located in Nakahara Ward, Kawasaki, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. It is 12.1 kilometers from the terminus of the Tōyoko Line at Shibuya Station and 10.4 kilometers from the terminus of the Meguro Line at Meguro Station.

History

Motosumiyoshi Station opened as one of the original Tōyoko Line stations on February 14, 1926. The station was rebuilt as an underground station in 1963, but was totally reconstructed in 2006 as an elevated above-ground station.

Lines

This station is served by following line:

• Tokyo Kyuko Electric Railway
  • Tōyoko Line
  • Meguro Line

Motosumiyoshi Station Track Layout
Legend ↑Musashi-Kosugi Station (6) 5 4 3 2 (1) ↓Hiyoshi Station

Station layout

Motosumiyoshi Station has two island platforms with six tracks. The outermost tracks 1 and 6 are for through passage of express traffic.

For Passing	■Tōyoko Line	Used for express services
2	■Toyoko Line	Hiyoshi・Kikuna・Yokohama ・Minatomirai ・ Motomachi-Chūkagai
3	■Meguro Line	Hiyoshi
4	■Meguro Line	Musashi-Kosugi ・ Ōokayama ・ Meguro (Tokyo Metro Namboku Line) Akabane-Iwabuchi, (Saitama Rapid Railway Line) Urawa-Misono (Toei Mita Line) Nishi-Takashimadaira
5	■Tōyoko Line	Musashi-Kosugi ・ Jiyūgaoka ・Shibuya・ (Tokyo Metro Hibiya Line) Kita-Senju
For Passing	■Toyoko Line	Used for faster service

Adjacent stations

«		Service	»
Tōkyū Tōyoko Line
Musashi-Kosugi		Local		Hiyoshi
Express: no stop
Commuter Ltd. Exp.: no stop
Ltd. Exp.: no stop
Tōkyū Meguro Line
Musashi-Kosugi		Local		Hiyoshi
Express: no stop

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)

Coordinates: 35°33′52″N 139°39′15″E / 35.564315°N 139.654046°E / 35.564315; 139.654046