Yamate Station

Not to be confused with Yau Ma Tei station.

Yamate Station (山手駅, Yamate-eki) is a passenger railway station located in Naka-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan, operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East).

JK08 Yamate Station 山手駅
Yamate Station building, 2021
General information
Location	Yamato-cho 2-52, Naka-ku, Yokohama-shi, Kanagawa-ken 231-0845 Japan
Coordinates	35.427°N 139.646°E / 35.427; 139.646
Operated by	JR East
Line(s)	JK Negishi Line
Distance	5.0 km from Yokohama
Platforms	2 side platforms
Other information
Status	Staffed
Station code	JK08
Website	Official website
History
Opened	May 9, 1964
Passengers
FY2019	17,545 daily
Services
Preceding station JR East Following station Negishi JK07 towards Ōfuna Negishi Line Ishikawachō JK09 towards Yokohama Negishi One-way operation Yokohama Line Local Ishikawachō JK09 towards Hachiōji
Location Yamate Station Location within Kanagawa Prefecture Show map of Kanagawa Prefecture Yamate Station Yamate Station (Japan) Show map of Japan

Station platforms

Lines

Yamate Station is served by the Negishi Line from Yokohama to Ōfuna in Kanagawa Prefecture, with through services inter-running to and from the Keihin-Tōhoku Line and also the Yokohama Line. It is 5.0 kilometers from the terminus of the Negishi line at Yokohama, and 64.1 kilometers from the northern terminus of the Keihin-Tōhoku Line at Ōmiya.

Station layout

The station consists of two elevated opposed side platforms serving two tracks, with the station building underneath. Both tracks are utilised by the Keihin-Tōhoku Line and Yokohama Line. The station is staffed.

Platforms

1	JK Negishi Line	for Isogo and Ōfuna
2	JK Negishi Line-Keihin-Tohoku Line	for Yokohama, Tokyo, and Ōmiya
	JH Yokohama Line	for Yokohama, Nagatsuta, Machida, and Hachiōji

History

Yamate Station was opened on May 9, 1964. The station was absorbed into the JR East network upon the privatization of the Japan National Railways (JNR) in 1987.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 17,545 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).^[1]

The passenger figures (boarding passengers only) for previous years are as shown below.

Fiscal year	daily average
2005	16,509	[2]
2010	17,118	[3]
2015	17,193	[4]

Surrounding area

• Negishi Forest Park / Equine Museum
• Yokohama Foreign General Cemetery
• Yamate Park
• Yokohama City Tateno Elementary School
• Yokohama City Nakaodai Junior High School
• Yokohama National University
• Seiko Gakuin Junior and Senior High School

See also

• List of railway stations in Japan

References

1. 各駅の乗車人員 (2019年度) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2019)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. 2020. Retrieved 11 August 2020.
2. 神奈川県県勢要覧（平成18年度） [Kanagawa Prefecture official statistics (fiscal 2005)] (PDF) (in Japanese). Japan: Kanagawa Metropolitan Government. Retrieved 26 March 2021.
3. 神奈川県県勢要覧（平成23年度） [Kanagawa Prefecture official statistics (fiscal 2010)] (PDF) (in Japanese). Japan: Kanagawa Prefecture. Retrieved 26 March 2021.
4. 神奈川県県勢要覧（平成28年度 [Kanagawa Prefecture official statistics (fiscal 2010)] (PDF) (in Japanese). Japan: Kanagawa Prefecture. Retrieved 26 March 2021.

External links

Media related to Yamate Station at Wikimedia Commons

• Official website (in Japanese)