Nakayama Station (Kanagawa)

Nakayama Station 中山駅
Nakayama Station South Exit
Location
Prefecture	Kanagawa (See other stations in Kanagawa)
City	Yokohama
Ward	Midori
Neighborhood etc.	Terayama-cho 80 (JR East) / Nakamaya-cho (Green Line)
Postal Code	226 - 0013
(in Japanese)	神奈川県 横浜市緑区寺山町80/中山町
History
Year opened	1908
Rail services
Station number(s)	G-01 (Green Line)
Operator(s)	JR East Yokohama Municipal Subway
Line(s)	Yokohama Line Green Line
Statistics	36,541 (JR), 8,294 (Green line) passengers/day 2008 [1]
There is a bus stop near this station

Nakayama Station (中山駅, Nakayama-eki^?) is an interchange railway station located in Midori Ward, Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. It is served by the East Japan Railway Company's Yokohama Line, and is 13.5 kilometers from the terminus of the Yokohama Line at Higashi-Kanagawa Station, and is also the terminus of the Yokohama Municipal Subway’s Green Line.

History

Nakayama Station was opened on September 23, 1908 as a station on the privately-held Yokohama Railway Company. The line was acquired by the Japanese government in 1910, and merged into the Japanese Government Railways system (the predecessor to the JNR from October 1. 1917. All freight operations were suspended from 1960. A new station building was completed in 1985. With the privatization of the JNR on April 1, 1987, the station came under the operational control of JR East. It became an interchange station with the Green Line on March 30, 2008.

Lines

• East Japan Railway Company
  • Yokohama Line
• Yokohama Municipal Subway
  • Green Line

Station layout

JR Nakayama Station has a single side platform and an island platform serving three elevated tracks, although track 2 is not in normal use. The Yokohama Green Line subway station has a single island platform serving two underground tracks.

JR Nakayama statio platforms

1	■Yokohama Line	Machida・ Hashimoto・ Hachiōji
2	■Yokohama Line
3	■Yokohama Line	Shin-Yokohama・ Higashi-Kanagawa・Yokohama・ Isogo

Yokohama Municipal Subway platforms

1	■Green Line	Center-Minami ・ Hiyoshi
2	■Green Line

Surrounding area

• Midori Ward Office

Adjacent stations

«		Service		»
Kamoi		Yokohama Line		Tōkaichiba
Terminus		Green Line		Kawawachō

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

• Nakayama Station (JR East) (Japanese)
• Nakayama Station (Green Line) (Japanese)

Coordinates: 35°30′53″N 139°32′25″E / 35.5148322°N 139.5402503°E / 35.5148322; 139.5402503