Sakuragichō Station

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Sakuragichō Station
桜木町駅
Sakuragichō Station as seen from the top of the Landmark Tower.
Location
Prefecture Kanagawa
(See other stations in Kanagawa)
City Yokohama
Ward Naka
History
Year opened 1872
Former name Yokohama Station
Year renamed to
the present name		 1915
Rail services
Line(s) JR East
Keihin-Tōhoku Line
Negishi Line
Yokohama Municipal Subway
Line 3 (Blue Line)

Sakuragichō Station (桜木町駅 Sakuragichō-eki?), is located in Naka Ward, Yokohama, Japan.

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[edit] Lines

Sakuragichō Station is served by the following lines:

[edit] Station layout

JR East platforms are located in the above ground portion of Sakuragichō Station.

1 ■Negishi Line Isogo ・Ōfuna
2 ■ (This platform is for disembarking only)
3- 4 ■Keihin-Tōhoku Line
■Negishi Line		 Kawasaki・Tokyo・Ōmiya
■Yokohama Line Shin-Yokohama・Machida・Hachiōji

The Yokohama City Subway is located on the 4th underground floor, south of the main station.

1 ■Line 3 Kannai ・Totsuka ・Shōnandai
2 ■Line 3 Yokohama ・ Shin-Yokohama ・ Azamino

[edit] History

Sakuragichō Train Fire, 1951
Sakuragichō Train Fire, 1951

Sakuragichō is one of Japan's oldest stations. It opened on June 12, 1872 as Yokohama Station when the service between Shinagawa and Yokohama provisionally started. The station was renamed Sakuragichō Station on August 15, 1915 when the next Yokohama Station opened (near Takashimachō Station).

Between March 31, 1932 and January 30, 2004, Sakuragichō Station was the terminus of the Tōkyū Tōyoko Line.

On April 24, 1951, a JNR Keihin Line (now part of the Negishi Line) train approaching the station caught fire when the train hit a loose overhead wire and caused a short circuit. The fire killed 106 and injured 92.[1]

[edit] Station area

The station is located near the Minato Mirai 21 district and the Landmark Tower, Japan's tallest skyscraper.

[edit] Adjacent stations

« Service »
Yokohama Station   Keihin-Tōhoku Line—Negishi Line   Kannai Station
Takashimachō Station   Yokohama Subway Line 3   Kannai Station
v • d • e
Stations of the JR Keihin-Tōhoku Line—Negishi Line
v • d • e
Stations of the Blue Line (Yokohama Municipal Subway)

Azamino – Nakagawa – Center-Kita – Center-Minami – Nakamachidai – Nippa – Kita Shin-yokohama – Shin-Yokohama – Kishine-kōen – Katakurachō – Mitsuzawa-kamichō – Mitsuzawa-shimochō – Yokohama – Takashimachō – Sakuragichō – Kannai – Isezaki-chōjamachi – Bandōbashi – Yoshinochō – Maita – Gumyōji – Kami-Ōoka – Kōnan-Chūō – Kaminagaya – Shimonagaya – Maioka – Totsuka – Odoriba – Nakada – Tateba – Shimoiida – Shōnandai
v • d • e
Stations of the Tōkyū Tōyoko Line
v • d • e
Stations of the Tokyo-Yokohama Railway in 1872

Shimbashi - Shinagawa - Kawasaki - Tsurumi - Kanagawa - Yokohama

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Coordinates: 35°27′03″N 139°37′52″E / 35.45083, 139.63111