Operated by JR East Address Japan | Passengers (FY2007) 19,047 daily Opened 1964 | |
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Location 1-1-1 Mori, Isogo, Yokohama, Kanagawa
（横浜市磯子区森一丁目1-1）
Japan Line(s) Negishi Line
Yokohama Line Similar Negishi Station, Shin‑Sugita Station, Byōbugaura Station, Yōkōdai Station, Sugita Station | ||
Near isogo station
Isogo Station (磯子駅, Isogo-eki) is a railway station on the Negishi Line in Isogo-ku, Yokohama, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East).
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From isogo station
Lines
Isogo Station is served by the Negishi Line, with through-running to and from the Keihin-Tohoku Line extending to Ōmiya in Saitama Prefecture. The station is located 11.1 km from the terminus of the Negishi Line at Yokohama Station and 70.2 km from the northern terminus of the Keihin-Tōhoku Line at Ōmiya Station.
Station layout
Isogo Station is located at surface level and features a single island platform with a two tracks. Both tracks are utilised by the Keihin-Tohoku Line and Yokohama Line; track 1 serves southbound trains to Ōfuna whilst track 2 serves northbound trains to Yokohama and Tokyo. An adjacent side platform formerly used to support freight operations, was sold to the Nisshin OilliO Group.
History
Isogo Station opened on May 9, 1964 as the terminus of the Negishi Line until the line was extended to Yōkōdai in 1970. All freight operations were suspended from October 1986. The station was absorbed into the JR East network upon the privatization of the Japanese National Railways (JNR) in 1987. The station building was extensively remodelled in 2000 with the addition of ticket gates, automatic ticket machines, and new ticket windows.
Passenger statistics
In fiscal 2007, the station was used by 19,047 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).