Hoshikawa Station (Kanagawa)

Hoshikawa Station (星川駅, Hoshikawa-eki) is a railway station located in Hodogaya Ward, Yokohama, Kanagawa. It is 3.3 kilometers from the terminus of the line at Yokohama Station.

Hoshikawa Station 星川駅
South exit of Hoshikawa Station
Location	1-chome, Hoshikawa 1-1, Hodogaya, Yokohama, Kanagawa （神奈川県横浜市保土ヶ谷区星川１丁目1-1） Japan
Operated by	Sagami Railway
Line(s)	Main Line
Connections	Bus terminal
History
Opened	1927
Previous names	Kita-Hodogaya (until 1931)
Traffic
Passengers (2006)	26,730 daily

History

Hoshikawa Station opened on March 31, 1927, as Kita-Hodogaya Station (北程ヶ谷駅, Kita-Hodogaya-eki) on the Jinchu Railways, the predecessor to the Sagami Main Line. It was renamed to its present name on April 1, 1933.

Lines

• Sagami Railway
  • Sagami Railway Main Line

Station layout

Hoshikawa Station has a two island platforms serving four tracks. The station building is elevated and is located on a cantilever above the platforms and tracks.

Platforms

1-2	■Sagami Railway Main Line	Futamatagawa ・ Yamato・ Ebina ・ For Izumino Line
3-4	■Sagami Railway Main Line	Yokohama

Bus services

North Exit

• Mine shōgakkō mae (峰小学校前) bus stop (5 minutes walking)
• Hodogaya shako-mae (保土ヶ谷車庫前) bus stop (5 minutes walking)

South Exit

• Hoshikawa Station bus stop (in front of the station)
  • Sagami Railway Bus
    • <旭4>Mitatebashi
    • <旭4>Hodogaya Station West Exit (via Daimon-dōri)
• Hoshikawa Station bus stop (3 minutes walking)
  • For the west
    • Yokohama Municipal Bus
      • <22>Hodogaya Station West Exit (via Wadamachi Station)
      • <25>Hodogaya Statien West Exit (via Hanamidai)
    • Sagami Railway Bus
      • <浜16>Nishihara Housing Complex (via Wadamachi Station)
  • For the east
    • Yokohama Municipal Bus
      • <25>Yokohama Station West Exit (via Daimon-dōri)
      • <22, 25>Hodogaya Station West Exit (via Daimon-dōri)
      • <深夜25>Hodogaya Garage mae (via Daimon-dōri)
    • Sagami Railway Bus
      • <浜16>Yokohama Station West Exit (via Daimon-dōri)

Surrounding area

• Hodogaya Ward Office (north exit)
• Yokohama Business Park (south exit)

Adjacent stations

«		Service	»
Sotetsu Main Line (SO05)
Limited Express: Does not stop at this station
Express: Does not stop at this station
Yokohama		Rapid		Nishiya
Tennōchō		Local		Wadamachi

References

• Harris, Ken and Clarke, Jackie. Jane's World Railways 2008-2009. Jane's Information Group (2008). ISBN 0-7106-2861-7

External links

• (in English and Japanese)Station Map