Yokohama Municipal Subway Green Line


The Yokohama Municipal Subway Green Line is a rapid transit line serving Yokohama in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. It is the shorter of the two lines in the Yokohama Municipal Subway system operated by Yokohama City Transportation Bureau. Its formal designation is Line 4, and it is the first section to be opened of a proposed Yokohama Circular Railway.
The Green Line links on the JR East Yokohama Line and on the Tokyu Toyoko Line with of track and 10 stations. Construction began in 2001 and the new line started operating on March 30, 2008. It uses linear motor propulsion and a full journey takes approximately 21 minutes one way.

Stations

No.StationJapaneseDistance TransfersLocation
G-01中山0.0 Yokohama LineMidori-ku
G-02川和町1.7 Tsuzuki-ku
G-03都筑ふれあいの丘3.1 Tsuzuki-ku
G-04センター南4.8 Yokohama Municipal Subway Blue Line Tsuzuki-ku
G-05センター北5.7 Yokohama Municipal Subway Blue Line Tsuzuki-ku
G-06北山田7.4 Tsuzuki-ku
G-07東山田8.8 Tsuzuki-ku
G-08高田10.3 Kōhoku-ku
G-09日吉本町11.6 Kōhoku-ku
G-10日吉13.0Kōhoku-ku

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

Rolling stock

In 2018, it was announced that ten of the seventeen 10000 series trainsets in operation would be lengthened to six cars each by 2024 as a measure to ease overcrowding on the Green Line.