Shin-Sugita Station

Shin-Sugita Station (新杉田駅) is an interchange passenger railway station located in Isogo-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan, operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East) and the Yokohama New Transit Company.

Lines
Shin-Sugita Station is served by the Negishi Line from Yokohama to Ōfuna in Kanagawa Prefecture. with through services inter-running to and from the Keihin-Tōhoku Line and also the Yokohama Line. It is 11.1 kilometers from the terminus of the Negishi line at Yokohama, and 70.2 kilometers from the northern terminus of the Keihin-Tōhoku Line at Ōmiya. Shin-Sugita is also a terminal station for the Kanazawa Seaside Line.

Station layout
The JR station consists of two opposed elevated platforms serving two tracks, with the station building underneath. The station has a "Midori no Madoguchi" staffed ticket office. The Kanazawa New Seaside Line has a single elevated bay platform.

History
The area around Shin-Sugita Station was formerly a rural pocket within downtown Yokohama. The property was developed into a large housing district in the early 1970s. The Japanese National Railways (JNR) Keihin-Tōhoku Line was extended from its former terminus at Isogo Station, and Shin-Sugita Station was opened on 17 March 1970. The line was further extended to Ōfuna Station in 1973. The station came under the management of JR East on April 1, 1987 after the privatization of JNR. A new station building was completed in 1989. On 5 July 1989, the Kanazawa Seaside Line began operations from Shin-Sugita Station to Kanazawa Hakkei. The station building was remodeled in 2007.

Passenger statistics
In fiscal 2019, the JR East station was used by an average of 36,810 passengers daily (boarding passengers only). During the same period, the Yokohama New Transit station was used by an average of 32,090 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).

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

Surrounding area

 * Sakae Ward Office
 * Sakae Library
 * Yokohama Sakae Mutual Aid Hospital
 * Kanagawa Prefectural Hakuyo High School
 * Hongodai Ekimae housing complex