Green Line (Yokohama)

Green Line
Green Line 10000 series train
Overview
Type	Rapid transit
System	Yokohama Municipal Subway
Locale	Yokohama
Termini	Nakayama Hiyoshi
Stations	10
Daily ridership	129,104 daily (2014)
Line number	4
Operation
Opened	30 March 2008
Owner	Yokohama Municipal Subway
Depot(s)	Kawawa
Rolling stock	10000 series
Technical
Line length	13.0 km
Track gauge	1,435 mm
Electrification	1,500 V DC, overhead
Operating speed	80 km/h

The Yokohama Municipal Subway Green Line (横浜市営地下鉄グリーンライン Yokohama Shiei Chikatetsu Gurīn Rain) is a line of the Yokohama Municipal Subway in the city of Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. Its formal designation is Line 4, and it is the first part of a proposed Yokohama Loop Railway (横浜環状鉄道 Yokohama Kanjō Tetsudō). The line links Nakayama Station on the JR East Yokohama Line and Hiyoshi Station on the Tōkyū Tōyoko Line with 13 km of track.

After construction which began in 2001, it started operating on March 30, 2008.

The new subway has 10 stations and it takes approximately 21 minutes from Nakayama to Hiyoshi. The stations are designed in a distinctive way. For example, Kawawachō station is designed with a slight dome-shaped arc which represents the waves of the Tsurumi River which flows south of Nakayama Station.

From June 2008, there will be a new connection on the Tōkyū Meguro Line from Hiyoshi Station via Musashi-Kosugi station and then straight into central Tokyo through the Tokyo Metro Namboku Line and Toei Mita Line.

Stations

Number	Station	in Japanese	km	Connections	Location (in Yokohama)
G01	Nakayama	中山	0.0	JR East: Yokohama Line	Midori-ku
G02	Kawawachō	川和町	1.7		Tsuzuki-ku
G03	Tsuzuki-Fureai-no-Oka	都筑ふれあいの丘	3.1
G04	Center-Minami	センター南	4.8	Yokohama Municipal Subway: Blue Line (B29)
G05	Center-Kita	センター北	5.7	Yokohama Municipal Subway: Blue Line (B30)
G06	Kita-Yamata	北山田	7.4
G07	Higashi-Yamata	東山田	8.8
G08	Takata	高田	10.3		Kōhoku-ku
G09	Hiyoshi-Honchō	日吉本町	11.6
G10	Hiyoshi	日吉	13.0	Tokyu Corporation: Tōyoko Line, Meguro Line

Platforms are above ground at Kawawachō, Center-Kita, and Center-Minami stations and underground at other stations.

Rolling stock

A 10000 series train under test on the Green Line, July 2006

• 10000 series 4-car EMUs (x15)

References

• Japan Railfan Magazine, January 2008 issue (Vol 48, No. 561), p62-63

External links

• Transportation Bureau, City of Yokohama