Yamate Station

Location
	Yamate Station Location within Kanagawa Prefecture Yamate Station Yamate Station (Japan)

JK08
Yamate Station

山手駅
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°25′37″N 139°38′46″E / 35.427°N 139.646°E
Operated by	JR East
Line	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
Location
Location
	Yamate Station Location within Kanagawa Prefecture Yamate Station Yamate Station (Japan)

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).

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	Negishi Line	for Isogo and Ōfuna
2	Negishi Line-Keihin-Tohoku Line	for Yokohama, Tokyo, and Ōmiya
2	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
Yokohama International School
Seiko Gakuin Junior and Senior High School

References

↑ 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.
↑ 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.
↑ 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.
↑ 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. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 August 2017. Retrieved 26 March 2021.