Kamoi Station

JH18
Kamoi Station

鴨居駅
Kamoi Station South Exit, May 2021
General information
LocationKamoi-cho 1-8-14, Midori-ku, Yokohama-shi, Kanagawa-ken 226-0003
Japan
Coordinates35°30′39.1″N 139°34′1.5″E / 35.510861°N 139.567083°E / 35.510861; 139.567083
Operated by JR East
Line(s)JH Yokohama Line
Distance10.9 km from Higashi-Kanagawa
Platforms1 island platform
Other information
StatusStaffed (Midori no Madoguchi )
Station codeJH18
WebsiteOfficial website
History
Opened25 December 1962
Passengers
FY201939,588 daily
Services
Preceding station Logo of the East Japan Railway Company (JR East) JR East Following station
Nakayama
JH19
towards Hachiōji
 Yokohama Line
Rapid
 Shin-Yokohama
JH16
towards Yokohama
Yokohama Line
Local
 Kozukue
JH17
towards Yokohama
Location
Kamoi Station is located in Kanagawa Prefecture
Kamoi Station
Kamoi Station
Location within Kanagawa Prefecture
Kamoi Station is located in Japan
Kamoi Station
Kamoi Station
Kamoi Station (Japan)

Kamoi Station (鴨居駅, Kamoi-eki) is a passenger railway station located in Midori-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan, operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East).

Lines

Kamoi Station is served by the Yokohama Line from Higashi-Kanagawa to Hachiōji, and is 10.9 km from the official starting point of the line at Higashi-Kanagawa. Many services continue west of Higashi-Kanagawa via the Negishi Line to Sakuragicho during the offpeak, and to Ōfuna during the morning peak.

Station layout

The station consists of a single island platform serving two elevated tracks with the station building underneath. The station has a Midori no Madoguchi staffed ticket office.

Platforms

1 JH Yokohama Line for Machida, Hashimoto and Hachioji
2 JH Yokohama Line for Higashi-Kanagawa, Yokohama, Sakuragicho, and Ōfuna

History

Kamoi Station was opened on 25 December 1962 as a station on the Japanese National Railways (JNR). With the privatization of the JNR on 1 April 1987, the station came under the operational control of JR East. A new station building was completed in 1998.

Station numbering was introduced on 20 August 2016 with Kamoi being assigned station number JH18.[1][2]

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 39,588 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[3]

The passenger figures (boarding passengers only) for previous years are as shown below.

Fiscal year daily average
2005 33,765 [4]
2010 38,294 [5]
2015 39,479 [6]

Surrounding area

  • Yokohama City Kamoi Elementary School
  • Yokohama City Kamoi Junior High School
  • Yokohama City Higashikamoi Junior High School
  • Kanagawa Prefectural Hakusan High School

See also

References

  1. ^ "⾸都圏エリアへ 「駅ナンバリング」を導⼊します" [Introduce “station numbering” to the Tokyo metropolitan area] (PDF). jreast.co.jp (in Japanese). 6 April 2016. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 December 2022. Retrieved 7 January 2023.
  2. ^ Kusamachi, Yoshikazu (7 April 2016). "JA・JK・JT・AKB…JR東日本、首都圏で駅ナンバリングなど導入へ" [JA, JK, JT, AKB … JR East to introduce station numbering in the Tokyo metropolitan area]. Response Automotive Media (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 6 August 2022. Retrieved 7 January 2023.
  3. ^ 各駅の乗車人員 (2019年度) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2019)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. 2020. Retrieved 11 August 2020.
  4. ^ 神奈川県県勢要覧（平成18年度） [Kanagawa Prefecture official statistics (fiscal 2005)] (PDF) (in Japanese). Japan: Kanagawa Metropolitan Government. Retrieved 26 March 2021.
  5. ^ 神奈川県県勢要覧（平成23年度） [Kanagawa Prefecture official statistics (fiscal 2010)] (PDF) (in Japanese). Japan: Kanagawa Prefecture. Retrieved 26 March 2021.
  6. ^ 神奈川県県勢要覧（平成28年度 [Kanagawa Prefecture official statistics (fiscal 2010)] (PDF) (in Japanese). Japan: Kanagawa Prefecture. Retrieved 26 March 2021.

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