Yokohama Municipal Subway

For the subway line connecting Yokohama Station with Yokohama Chinatown, seeMinatomirai Line.

Yokohama Municipal Subway
Overview
Native name	Hoành bang thị 営 địa hạ thiết Yokohama-shiei chikatetsu
Locale	Yokohama,Japan
Transit type	Rapid transit
Number of lines	2 (Blue & Green)
Number of stations	42
Website	www.city.yokohama.lg.jp/koutuu/sub
Operation
Began operation	December 16, 1972(1972-12-16)
Operator(s)	Yokohama City Transportation Bureau
Technical
System length	53.4 km (33.2 mi)
Track gauge	1,435 mm(4 ft8+1⁄2in)
System map Map of Yokohama Municipal Subway

Yokohama Municipal Subway(Hoành bang thị 営 địa hạ thiết,Yokohama-shiei chikatetsu)is therapid transitnetwork in the city ofYokohama,Japan, south of Tokyo inKanagawa Prefecture.It is operated byYokohama City Transportation Bureauas two lines, though three continuous lines exist.

A 10000 series train on the Green Line.

A 3000V series train on the Blue Line.

Lines

Yokohama Municipal Subway Lines (blue and light green) in the railway network around Yokohama

Symbol	Line	Name	First section opened	Last extension	Length km (miles)	Stations
	Line 1	Blue Line	1972	1999	19.7 km (12.2 mi)	17
	Line 3		1985	1993	20.7 km (12.9 mi)	16
	Line 4	Green Line	2008	-	13.1 km (8.1 mi)	10
Total:					53.5 km (33.2 mi)	42

The Yokohama Municipal Subway consists of three lines: Line 1, Line 3 and 4. Line 1 and 3 are operated as a single line, nicknamed theBlue Line. Line 4 is nicknamed theGreen Line.Upon the addition to the network of this line on March 30, 2008, the Blue Line and Green Line monikers came into official use.

Transfer between the Blue and Green Line is possible atCenter-KitaandCenter-Minami Stations.Feeder bus services from westernKawasakiCity area run to Azamino Station.

The "missing" Line 2 was planned to run fromKanagawa-Shinmachi StationviaYokohama StationtoByobugaura Station.The 11.4 km (7.1 mi) line was previously considered as a bypass line for easing congestion on theKeikyū Main Line,however, the line deemed unnecessary after the Keikyu Line increased its capacity.

Blue Line

TheBlue Line(Lines 1/3) is operated as an integrated route of 40.4 kilometres (25.1 mi) betweenShōnandai StationinFujisawaandAzamino Station.The Blue Line is Japan's second-longest subway line, after the 40.7 km (25.3 mi)Toei Ōedo LineinTokyo.

In July 2011, a "mobile phone power off area" was set up in each car, and the use of mobile phones is officially banned except in other areas.

Green Line

TheGreen Line(Line 4) opened on March 30, 2008, betweenHiyoshi StationandNakayama Station,operating distance 13.0 km (8.1 mi) (total extension distance 13.1 km (8.1 mi)). It takes approximately 21 minutes from Hiyoshi station to Nakayama station.

Planned extensions

Blue Line

On 21 January 2020, Yokohama City andKawasaki Cityannounced the route and four new stations for the planned 6.5 km (4.0 mi) extension of the Blue Line from Azamino Station toShin-Yurigaoka Stationon theOdakyū Odawara Line.Construction of this section is expected to complete by 2030.In June 2020, the Transportation Bureau startedenvironmental impact asssesmentprocedures of the extension project.

Green Line

The Green Line was built as part of alarger master planto construct acircular linein Yokohama. The full line will be a C-shaped line that stretches fromTsurumi Stationvia Hiyoshi Station, Nakayama Station,Futamata-gawa Station,Higashi-Totsuka Station,Kamiōoka Station,andNegishi StationtoMotomachi-Chūkagai Station.

Station numbering

Numerical designationsfor the stations on the Blue Line were introduced in 2002, coinciding with Yokohama city hosting the finals of the2002 FIFA World Cupand the subway's 30th anniversary, starting from Shonandai station (1) to Azamino station (32). With 32 stations on the line and 32 teams in the World Cup, each station was themed after a country. Alphabetical designations were added when the Green Line opened. The Blue Line stations are B01 through B32, while Green Line stations starts from Nakayama Station (G01) to Hiyoshi Station (G10). At two stations—Center-Minami Station and Center-Kita Station—where both lines overlap, a different station number is attached to each route.

See also

• List of metro systems
• Minatomirai Line,a private subway line in Yokohama
• Transport in Greater Tokyo

External links

• Transportation Bureau, City of Yokohama – official website(in English)
• Network map
• Yokohama Municipal Subway Map(in English)