Hiyoshi Station (Kanagawa)


Hiyoshi Station is an interchange station in Kōhoku-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan, jointly operated by Tokyu Corporation and the Yokohama Municipal Subway.

Lines

Hiyoshi Station is served by the Tōkyū Tōyoko Line and Tōkyū Meguro Line. It is also served by the Yokohama Municipal Subway Green Line. It is 13.6 kilometers from the terminus of the Toyoko Line at Shibuya Station, and 11.9 kilometers from the terminus of the Meguro Line at Meguro Station.

Station layout

The station is an elevated structure with two island platforms serving four tracks above ground. The station building is also connected to the Tokyu Store, a large upscale supermarket, and the reformed Tokyu Department Store on the second floor, which features many individually branded shops as well as a major consumer electronic shop as a tenant occupying most of the third floor. The Yokohama Subway consists of a single island platform underground.

Tokyu platforms

Yokohama Subway platforms

Adjacent stations

History

Hiyoshi Station opened as one of the original Toyoko Line stations on February 14, 1926. The station was completely rebuilt in 1991 with half-submerged tracks and an elevated station building constructed above the tracks. The adjacent Tokyu Department store opened in 1995. The Yokohama Subway Green Line connected to Hiyoshi Station on March 30, 2008.

Future plans

The Kanagawa Eastern Line is an approximately 10 km link, which is constructed from via and to Hiyoshi, that'll enable through services between the Tōkyū Tōyoko Line, the Tōkyū Meguro Line and the Sōtetsu Main Line by late 2022.