The Kanazawa Seaside Line (金沢シーサイド線, Kanazawa Shīsaido Sen) is an automated guideway transit line operated by Yokohama Seaside Line Co., Ltd. (株式会社横浜シーサイドライン, Kabushiki-gaisha Yokohama Shīsaido Rain) which operates between Shin-Sugita in Isogo Ward to Kanazawa-Hakkei in Kanazawa Ward in Yokohama. It opened on July 5, 1989.
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| Overview | |||
| Owner | Yokohama Seaside Line Co., Ltd. | ||
| Locale | Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan | ||
| Termini | |||
| Stations | 14 | ||
| Service | |||
| Type | Automated guideway transit | ||
| Rolling stock | 2000 series | ||
| History | |||
| Opened | July 5, 1989 | ||
| Technical | |||
| Line length | 10.6 km (6.6 mi) | ||
| Electrification | 750 V DC third rail | ||
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The operator company was called Yokohama New Transit Co., Ltd. (横浜新都市交通株式会社, Yokohama Shintoshi Kōtsū Kabushiki-gaisha) until the name change on October 1, 2013.[1]
Accident
editOn 1 June 2019 at 20:15 (JST), a train ran in the opposite direction and collided with a bumping post, injuring about 20 passengers at Shin-Sugita Station.[2][3][4]
Station list
edit| No. | Station name | Japanese | Distance | Transfers | Location |
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Shin-Sugita | 新杉田 | 0.0 km (0 mi) | JK Negishi Line | Isogo-ku, Yokohama |
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Nambu-Shijō | 南部市場 | 1.3 km (0.81 mi) | Kanazawa-ku, Yokohama | |
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Torihama | 鳥浜 | 2.2 km (1.4 mi) | ||
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Namiki-Kita | 並木北 | 2.8 km (1.7 mi) | ||
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Namiki-Chūō | 並木中央 | 3.5 km (2.2 mi) | ||
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Sachiura | 幸浦 | 4.3 km (2.7 mi) | ||
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Sangyō-Shinkō-Center | 産業振興センター | 5.0 km (3.1 mi) | ||
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Fukuura | 福浦 | 5.6 km (3.5 mi) | ||
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Shidai-Igakubu | 市大医学部 | 6.3 km (3.9 mi) | ||
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Hakkeijima | 八景島 | 7.5 km (4.7 mi) | ||
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Uminokōen-Shibaguchi | 海の公園柴口 | 8.1 km (5.0 mi) | ||
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Uminokōen-Minamiguchi | 海の公園南口 | 8.8 km (5.5 mi) | ||
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Nojimakōen | 野島公園 | 9.6 km (6.0 mi) | ||
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Kanazawa-Hakkei | 金沢八景 | 10.6 km (6.6 mi) | KK Keikyu Main Line |
References
edit- ^ "社名変更について" (PDF). Retrieved November 17, 2013.
- ^ "Train travels in wrong direction, injuring about 20 in Yokohama". Mainichi Daily News. Mainichi Shimbun. 2019-06-01. Retrieved 2019-06-01.
- ^ "About 20 passengers injured as automated train in Yokohama travels in wrong direction, crashes into buffer". The Japan Times. 2019-06-01. Retrieved 2019-06-01.
- ^ "The train on Yokohama Seaside Line travels in wrong direction at Shin-Sugita Station, The 21 passengers were injured. (Japanese:横浜シーサイドライン・新杉田駅で逆走 21人けが)". TV Asahi. 2019-06-01. Retrieved 2019-06-01.
External links
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- Official English website
- Official website (in Japanese)
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