Kannai Station

Kannai Station 関内駅
Kannai Station platform
Location
Prefecture	Kanagawa (See other stations in Kanagawa)
City	Yokohama
Ward	Naka
Neighborhood etc.	1-1 Minato-cho, Naka-ku, Yokohama-shi
Postal code	231-0017
(in Japanese)	横浜市中区港町一丁目1
History
Year opened	1964
Rail services
Station number(s)	B17
Operator(s)	JR East Yokohama Subway
Line(s)	Keihin-Tōhoku Line, Yokohama Line Blue Line (Yokohama)
Statistics	57,410 (JR) 22,325 (Blue Line) passengers/day (FY2008}
There is a bus stop near this station

Kannai Station (関内駅, Kannai-eki) is a railway station in Naka-ku, Yokohama, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East) and the Yokohama Municipal Subway.

Lines

Kannai Station is served by the Negishi Line with through services to and from the Keihin-Tōhoku Line and Yokohama Line. It lies 3.0 km from the terminus of the Negishi Line at Yokohama Station and 62.1 km from the terminus of the Keihin-Tōhoku Line at Ōmiya Station. It is also served by the Yokohama Subway Blue Line, and is 19.7 km from the terminus of the Blue Line at Shōnandai.

Station layout

JR Kannai Station is an elevated station with two opposed side platforms, connected to the station building below by underpasses. The Yokohama Municipal Subway Blue Line Station is located on the 2nd & 3rd underground floors, north of the main station. It has two island platforms serving three tracks. Platform one is not used due to the curvature of the line, and there is no corresponding track. Platforms 2 and 4 are in regular use, and platform 3 is used only during rush hours.

JR Kannai Platforms

1	■Negishi Line	for Isogo and Ōfuna
2	■Negishi Line	for Yokohama, Tokyo, and Ōmiya
	■Yokohama Line	for Shin-Yokohama, Machida, and Hachiōji

Blue Line Platforms

2	■Blue Line	for Kamiōoka, Totsuka, and Shōnandai
3	■Blue Line (extra)	for Yokohama, Shin-Yokohama, and Azamino
4	■Blue Line	for Yokohama, Shin-Yokohama, and Azamino

Adjacent stations

«		Service		»
Keihin-Tōhoku Line—Negishi Line
Sakuragichō		-	Ishikawachō
Yokohama Subway Blue Line (Line1, Line 3) (B17)
Isezaki-Chōjamachi (B16)		-	Sakuragichō (B18)

History

Kannai Station was opened on May 9, 1964 as a station on the Japanese National Railways (JNR). The Yokohama Municipal Subway began operations to Kannai Station from September 4, 1976. The station was absorbed into the JR East network upon the privatization of the JNR in 1987.

Surrounding area

• Yokohama City Hall
• Yokohama Cultural Gymnasium
• Yokohama Park
• Yokohama Stadium
• Yokohama Media Business Center
  • Kanagawa Shimbun
  • TV Kanagawa headquarters
• Isezakichō Shopping Street
• Yokohama Chinatown

References

• Harris, Ken and Clarke, Jackie. Jane's World Railways 2008-2009. Jane's Information Group (2008). ISBN 0-7106-2861-7

External links

• Yokohama Subway Kannai Station
• Sightseeing areas near Kannai Station
• JR East Kannai Station (Japanese)