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16-673: Ishikawachō Station is served by the Negishi Line , which is linked with the Keihin-Tōhoku Line from Yokohama to Ōmiya , and is also served by some Yokohama Line through-running services. The station is 3.8 km from the starting point of the Negishi Line at Yokohama and 62.9 km from the starting point of the Keihin-Tōhoku Line at Ōmiya. Ishikawachō Station has two elevated opposed side platforms serving two tracks with

32-619: A completely different route: "The railway from Sakuragichō in Kanagawa Prefecture to Kita-Kamakura " was added to the list of railways to be built in the Railway Construction Act on March 31, 1937. This provision was the basis for the construction of the present-day Negishi Line. Yokohama Station moved on October 15, 1928; between then and January 26, 1930, temporary platforms for the Keihin Line were provided on either side of

48-403: Is a railway operation in which a train is required to switch its direction of travel in order to continue its journey. While this may be required purely from an operations standpoint, it is also ideal for climbing steep gradients with minimal need for tunnels and heavy earthworks. For a short distance (corresponding to the middle leg of the letter "Z"), the direction of travel is reversed, before

64-626: Is located near the Motomachi and Yokohama Chinatown tourist areas in Yokohama. However, Motomachi-Chūkagai Station on the Minato Mirai Line , which opened in 2004, is closer to those locations. [REDACTED] Media related to Ishikawachō Station at Wikimedia Commons Negishi Line The Negishi Line ( Japanese : 根岸線 , romanized :  Negishi-sen ) is a Japanese railway line which connects Yokohama and Ōfuna stations. It

80-423: Is operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East). Freight trains also operate on this line, and it is essential for the southern Keihin region . The Negishi Line does not exist as an independent service. Nearly all passenger trains are operated through onto the Keihin-Tōhoku Line past Yokohama to Kamata , Tokyo , and Ōmiya ; as a result, the entire service between Ōmiya and Ōfuna is typically referred to as

96-729: The Keihin-Tōhoku—;Negishi Line (Japanese: 京浜東北線・根岸線 ) on system maps and in-train station guides. Keihin-Tōhoku Line—Negishi Line trains are recognizable by their light blue stripe (the line's color on maps is also light blue). A few trains travel through to Hachiōji via the Yokohama Line . During the daytime, trains operate every 4 minutes between Yokohama and Sakuragichō stations (including Yokohama Line trains). Between Sakuragichō and Isogo, trains operate every 7 minutes, and Isogo and Ōfuna every 10 minutes. The Hamakaiji limited express service also formerly operated on

112-480: The Negishi Line until the service ceased operating on January 3, 2019. Freight trains are a common sight on the Negishi Line. The following rail companies either link up to or use the Negishi Line for the purpose of transporting freight. The oldest station on the line is Sakuragichō , which was opened by the Japanese Government Railways on June 12, 1872 as the first railway terminal in Yokohama of

128-567: The branch. The line was planned to be extended to Ōfuna, and in 1920 the Government Railways decided that the extension route would be parallel to the Ōoka River and then turn to Hodogaya. From Hodogaya to Ōfuna, additional tracks would be added to the existing Tōkaidō Main Line. However, this plan was scrapped after the Great Kantō earthquake of 1923. Later, the planned extension was revived with

144-555: The first railway line in Japan. The line was extended to Kōzu on July 11, 1887; trains had to reverse direction at Yokohama via a switchback to continue their journey. This was alleviated by a bypass line between Kanagawa and Hodogaya which opened on August 1, 1898. The branch was named the Tōkaidō Main Line Branch Line on October 12, 1909. Takashimachō Station opened between Kanagawa and Yokohama on December 20, 1914 as

160-405: The grades required are discontinuous. Civil engineers can generally find a series of shorter segments going back and forth up the side of a hill more easily and with less grading than they can a continuous grade, which must contend with the larger scale geography of the hills to be surmounted. Zig zags suffer from a number of limitations: If the wagons in a freight train are marshaled poorly, with

176-703: The line adopted Automatic Train Control . On April 1, 1987 the Japanese National Railways were privatized, with ownership of the Negishi Line passing to JR East; JR Freight took over freight services on the line. Some trains began operating through onto the Yokosuka Line on March 15, 2008. The Sakuragichō train fire occurred on April 24, 1951. On May 20, 1970 a 103 series train derailed between Shin-Sugita and Yōkōdai, injuring two people. Zig zag (railway) A railway zig zag or switchback

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192-631: The original direction is resumed. Some switchbacks do not come in pairs, and the train may then need to travel backwards for a considerable distance. A location on railways constructed by using a zig-zag alignment at which trains must reverse direction to continue is a reversing station . One of the best examples is the Darjeeling Himalayan Railway , a UNESCO World Heritage Site railway in India, which has six full zig zags and three spirals . Zig zags tend to be cheaper to construct because

208-468: The station building underneath. The station has a " Midori no Madoguchi " staffed ticket office. Ishikawachō Station opened on May 19, 1964, as a station on the Japanese National Railways (JNR). The station was absorbed into the JR East network upon the privatization of JNR on 1 April 1987. Due to confusion generated from which station on the Negishi Line was closest to Motomachi and the local Chinatown ,

224-575: The station signage and the visual train announcements were changed on September 15, 2016 to read "Ishikawachō 'Motomachi-Chūkagai' Station" ( 石川町〈元町・中華街〉駅 , Ishikawachō-Motomachi-Chūkagai-eki ) . Despite the station's now similar name to Motomachi-Chūkagai Station on the Minato Mirai Line , the two stations are located relatively far from each other. In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 23,377 passengers daily (boarding passengers only). The passenger figures (boarding passengers only) for previous years are as shown below. The station

240-687: The station. On May 19, 1964, the line was extended to Isogo . The line was renamed the Negishi Line after one of the new stations. The Takashima freight line opened on June 1 that year and freight service returned to the line after a nearly 50-year absence. 103 series trains were introduced to the line in October 1965. The line was extended from Isogo to Yōkōdai on March 17, 1970. The final section between Yōkōdai and Ōfuna opened on April 9, 1973; On October 1 that year, freight service commenced between Ōfuna and Isogo. Freight services between Ōfuna and Isogo ceased on February 1, 1984; three days prior to this,

256-473: The terminus of an electrified Keihin Line (the predecessor of today's Keihin-Tōhoku Line). On August 15, 1915, a new Yokohama Station opened, absorbing nearby Takashimachō and becoming the new terminus of the line. The old Yokohama station was renamed Sakuragichō and the Sakuragichō – Hodogaya bypass closed. Keihin Line service was extended to Sakuragichō on December 30, 1915 when freight service ceased on

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