- Takashimachō Station
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namerom= Takashimachō
name= 高島町
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pref= Kanagawa
city= Yokohama
ward= Nishi
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open= 1914
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operator=Yokohama Municipal Subway
line= Line 3
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bus=nihongo|Takashimachō Station|高島町駅|Takashimachō-eki, is a subway station located in
Nishi-ku, Yokohama ,Japan and operated byYokohama Municipal Subway .Lines
Takashimachō Station is served by Yokohama Subway Line 3. The station was previously served by the
Tōkyū Tōyoko Line as well, until the Yokohama - Sakuragichō section closed in January 2004.tation layout
The platforms are located on the 4th underground floor.
History
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December 20 ,1914 -Keihin Line (presently theKeihin-Tōhoku Line ) opened the first electrified service between Tokyo and Yokohama, with nihongo|Takashimachō Station|高島町駅 as its temporary terminus on the Yokohama side.
*August 15 ,1915 - The station was renamed nihongo|Yokohama Station|横浜駅, the second station ever to be designated as such, as part of theTōkaidō Line . The first Yokohama Station was renamed nihongo|Sakuragichō Station |桜木町駅 at this time.
*May 18 ,1928 -Tokyo Yokohama Railway (now theTōkyū Tōyoko Line ) opened its station here as nihongo|Takashima Station|高島駅.
*August 8 ,1928 - Tokyo Yokohama Railway renamed its station nihongo|Hon-Yokohama Station|本横浜駅.
*October 15 ,1928 - JNR movedYokohama Station (and Tōkaidō Line) north to the current location, thereby ending its service here.
*January 20 ,1931 - The station is renamed back to the original nihongo|Takashimachō Station|高島町駅.
*September 4 ,1976 - Inauguration of theYokohama Municipal Subway Line 3, and its station underground.
*January 31 ,2004 - The Tōyoko Line station closes following the closure of the Tōyoko Line Yokohama-Sakuragichō segment.Adjacent stations
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ee also
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Shin-Takashima Station External links
* [http://www.city.yokohama.jp/me/koutuu/english/sub/kounaizu_en/19.html Yokohama Subway Takashimachō Station]
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