Yokohama Municipal Subway Green Line
4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge
The Yokohama Municipal Subway Green Line (横浜市営地下鉄グリーンライン, Yokohama Shiei Chikatetsu Gurīn Rain) is a rapid transit line serving Yokohama in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. It is the shorter of the two lines in the Yokohama Municipal Subway system operated by Yokohama City Transportation Bureau. Its formal designation is Line 4, and it is the first section to be opened of a proposed Yokohama Circular Railway (横浜環状鉄道, Yokohama Kanjō Tetsudō).
The Green Line links Nakayama on the JR East Yokohama Line and Hiyoshi on the Tokyu Toyoko Line with 13.0 kilometers (8.1 mi) of track and 10 stations. Construction began in 2001 and the new line started operating on 30 March 2008.[2] It uses linear motor propulsion and a full journey takes approximately 21 minutes one way.
Stations
Platforms are above ground at Kawawachō, Center-Kita, and Center-Minami stations and underground at other stations.
No. | Station | Japanese | Distance (km) | Transfers | Location (in Yokohama) |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
G01 | Nakayama | 中山 | 0.0 | JH Yokohama Line | Midori-ku |
G02 | Kawawachō | 川和町 | 1.7 | Tsuzuki-ku | |
G03 | Tsuzuki-fureainooka | 都筑ふれあいの丘 | 3.1 | ||
G04 | Center-Minami | センター南 | 4.8 | Yokohama Municipal Subway Blue Line (Line 3, B29) | |
G05 | Center-Kita | センター北 | 5.7 | Yokohama Municipal Subway Blue Line (Line 3, B30) | |
G06 | Kita-Yamata | 北山田 | 7.4 | ||
G07 | Higashi-Yamata | 東山田 | 8.8 | ||
G08 | Takata | 高田 | 10.3 | Kōhoku-ku | |
G09 | Hiyoshi-Honchō | 日吉本町 | 11.6 | ||
G10 | Hiyoshi | 日吉 | 13.0 |
Rolling stock
The Green Line is operated by 17 4-car 10000 series EMUs. In 2018, it was announced that 10 of these would be lengthened to six cars each by 2024 as a measure to ease overcrowding on the Green Line.[3] The first lengthened trainset is expected to enter revenue service on 24 September 2022.[4]
References
- Japan Railfan Magazine, January 2008 issue (Vol 48, No. 561), p62-63
- ^ 私鉄車両編成表 2017 [Private Railway Rolling Stock Formations – 2017] (in Japanese). Japan: Kotsu Shimbunsha. 25 July 2017. p. 83. ISBN 978-4-330-81317-2.
- ^ Ohno, Masato (31 March 2008). "地上も走るリニア式地下鉄 - ヨコハマの新たな足、横浜市営地下鉄グリーンラインが開業". MyNavi Corporation (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 27 April 2022. Retrieved 30 January 2024.
- ^ 横浜市グリーンラインに大型投資 混雑緩和へ6両化 [Large-scale investment on Yokohama Municipal Green Line – Lengthening to 6 cars to ease overcrowding]. Kanaloco (in Japanese). Japan: Kanagawa Shimbun. 30 January 2018. Archived from the original on 31 January 2018. Retrieved 31 January 2018.
- ^ "横浜市営地下鉄グリーンライン、6両編成の運行は9/24から" [Yokohama Municipal Subway Green Line, 6-car train operation from 9/24]. Tetsudo Shimbun (in Japanese). 5 September 2022. Archived from the original on 5 September 2022. Retrieved 5 September 2022.
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