Yokohama Municipal Subway Green Line

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 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 (横浜環状鉄道, Yokohama Kanjō Tetsudō).

Yokohama Municipal Subway Green Line
A Green Line 10000 series train in January 2008
Overview
Native name横浜市営地下鉄グリーンライン
OwnerYokohama Municipal Subway
Line number4
LocaleYokohama
TerminiNakayama
Hiyoshi
Stations10
Service
TypeRapid transit
SystemYokohama Municipal Subway
Depot(s)Kawawa
Rolling stock10000 series
Daily ridership129,104 daily (FY2014)
History
Opened30 March 2008
Technical
Line length13.0 km (8.1 mi)
Track gauge1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in)
Electrification1,500 V DC, overhead
Operating speed80 km/h (50 mph)

The Green Line links Nakayama on the JR East Yokohama Line and Hiyoshi on the Tokyu Toyoko Line with 13.0 kilometers (8.1 mi) 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. Station Japanese Distance (km) Transfers Location
(in Yokohama)
G-01 Nakayama 中山 0.0 JH Yokohama Line Midori-ku
G-02 Kawawachō 川和町 1.7   Tsuzuki-ku
G-03 Tsuzuki-Fureai-no-Oka 都筑ふれあいの丘 3.1  
G-04 Center-Minami センター南 4.8 Yokohama Municipal Subway Blue Line (B29)
G-05 Center-Kita センター北 5.7 Yokohama Municipal Subway Blue Line (B30)
G-06 Kita-Yamata 北山田 7.4  
G-07 Higashi-Yamata 東山田 8.8  
G-08 Takata 高田 10.3   Kōhoku-ku
G-09 Hiyoshi-Honchō 日吉本町 11.6  
G-10 Hiyoshi 日吉 13.0
  • TY Tokyu Toyoko Line
  • MG Tokyu 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 in July 2006

Future plans

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.[2]

References
  • Japan Railfan Magazine, January 2008 issue (Vol 48, No. 561), p62-63
  1. 私鉄車両編成表 2017 [Private Railway Rolling Stock Formations – 2017] (in Japanese). Japan: Kotsu Shimbunsha. 25 July 2017. p. 83. ISBN 978-4-330-81317-2.
  2. 横浜市グリーンラインに大型投資　混雑緩和へ6両化 [Large-scale investment on Yokohama Municipal Green Line – Lengthening to 6 cars to ease overcrowding]. Kanaloco (in Japanese). Japan: Kanagawa Shimbun. 30 January 2018. Archived from the original on 31 January 2018. Retrieved 31 January 2018.
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