Minatomirai Station

Minatomirai Station

みなとみらい駅
; Minatomirai Station; みなとみらい駅
	Entrance No.5 in March 2010
Location	3-5 Minatomirai, Nishi-ku, Yokohama-shi, Kanagawa-ken; Japan
Operated by	Yokohama Minatomirai Railway Company
Line(s)	Minatomirai Line
Distance	1.7 km from Yokohama
Platforms	1 island platform
Tracks	2
Other information
Station code	MM03
Website	Official website
History
Opened	1 February 2004
Passengers
FY2011	60,056 daily
Location
	Minatomirai Station Location within Kanagawa Prefecture

Minatomirai Station (みなとみらい駅, Minatomirai-eki) is an underground railway station on the Minatomirai Line in Nishi-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan, operated by the third-sector railway operating company Yokohama Minatomirai Railway.

Lines[]

Minatomirai Station is served by the 4.1 km underground Minatomirai Line from Yokohama to Motomachi-Chūkagai, and is located 1.7 km from the starting point of the line at Yokohama Station. Trains through-run to and from the Tokyu Toyoko Line from Shibuya Station and beyond on the Tokyo Metro Fukutoshin Line and Tobu Tojo Line and Seibu Ikebukuro Line.

Station layout[]

Escalators down from Queen's Square to platform level of Minatomirai Station in September 2011

Minatomirai Station is an underground station with a single island platform serving two tracks. The station is located directly below the Queen's Square shopping complex.

Platforms[]

1	■ Minatomirai Line	for Bashamichi and Motomachi-Chūkagai
2	■ Minatomirai Line	for Shin-Takashima and Yokohama TY Tokyu Toyoko Line for Shibuya F Tokyo Metro Fukutoshin Line for Shinjuku-sanchōme, Ikebukuro, and Wakōshi TJ Tobu Tojo Line for Kawagoeshi and Shinrinkoen Seibu Ikebukuro Line for Hannō

Chest-high platform-edge doors are installed on both sides of the platform by April 2018.^[1]

Adjacent stations[]

«	Service
Minatomirai Line
Yokohama	S-Train^{[Note 1]}	Motomachi-Chūkagai
Yokohama	Limited Express / F Liner	Motomachi-Chūkagai
Yokohama	Commuter Express	Bashamichi
Yokohama	Express	Bashamichi
Shin-Takashima	Local	Bashamichi

Notes

^ Weekends only

History[]

Minatomirai Station opened on 1 February 2004, coinciding with the opening of the Minatomirai Line.^[2]

Passenger statistics[]

In fiscal 2011, the station was used by an average of 60,056 passengers daily.^[2]

Surrounding area[]

Minato Mirai 21

References[]

Harris, Ken; Clarke, Jackie (2008). Jane's World Railways 2008-2009. Jane's Information Group. ISBN 978-0-7106-2861-9.

^ みなとみらい駅で可動式ホーム柵の設置に着手 [Work starts on installing platform-edge doors at Minatomirai Station]. Japan Railfan Magazine Online (in Japanese). Japan: Koyusha Co., Ltd. 10 February 2018. Archived from the original on 12 February 2018. Retrieved 12 February 2018.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b Terada, Hirokazu (19 January 2013). データブック日本の私鉄 [Databook: Japan's Private Railways]. Japan: Neko Publishing. p. 232. ISBN 978-4-7770-1336-4.