Connections Bus stop Passengers (JR East, FY2012) 38,821 daily Opened 1908 | Station code G-01 (Green Line) Address Japan | |
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Location 80 Terayama-cho (JR East) / Nakamaya-cho (Green Line), Midori, Yokohama, Kanagawa（神奈川県 横浜市緑区寺山町80/中山町）Japan Operated by JR EastYokohama Municipal Subway Similar | ||
Nakayama Station (中山駅, Nakayama-eki) is an interchange railway station in Midori-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan, jointly operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East) and the Yokohama Municipal Subway.
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Lines
Nakayama Station is served by the JR East Yokohama Line, and is 13.5 kilometers from the starting point of the Yokohama Line at Higashi-Kanagawa Station, and is also the terminus of the 13.0 km Yokohama Municipal Subway Green Line to Hiyoshi.
Station layout
JR East station has a single side platform and an island platform serving three tracks. It has a Midori no Madoguchi staffed ticket office. The Yokohama Green Line subway station has a single island platform serving two underground tracks.
History
Nakayama Station opened on 23 September 1908. A new station building was completed in 1985. With the privatization of JNR on 1 April 1987, the station came under the operational control of JR East. It became an interchange station with the Green Line on 30 March 2008.
Accidents
On 20 January 2006, a 60-year-old man was killed by a train at the station after jumping from the platform onto the tracks to commit suicide.
On 1 October 2013, a 40-year-old woman, Natsue Murata (村田 奈津恵), was hit and killed by a train while trying to assist a 74-year-old-man who was spotted lying on the level crossing immediately to the east of the station. The man survived with injuries. On 4 October, the Government announced that it would award the Medal with Red Ribbon (紅綬褒章) to Murata posthumously for demonstrating extraordinary courage in saving another person's life.
Passenger statistics
In fiscal 2012, the JR East station was used by an average of 38,821 passengers daily (boarding passengers only). The Yokohama Subway station was used by an average of 11,668 passengers daily (boarding passengers only) in fiscal 2011.
The JR East passenger figures for previous years are as shown below.