History
Tsurugamine Station opened on 25 October 1930 on what is today the Sōtetsu Main Line. A footbridge station building was completed on 14 May 1962 and entered service the following day. The station was originally served only by local trains, but became a Rapid stop on 27 February 1999 and added Commuter Limited Express and Commuter Express services on 30 November 2019. Platform doors were activated on 7 and 14 November 2021. In January 2022 Yokohama City adopted an urban plan to grade-separate the line through Tsurugamine, and construction of the continuous grade-separation project began on 21 June 2022; completion is scheduled for fiscal 2033, with the station moved slightly north and rebuilt underground.
History summarized from Japanese & English Wikipedia · last reviewed 2026-05-18.
Notes
Among Sōtetsu stations with no interchange to another operator, Tsurugamine carries the most passengers — more than its neighbour Nishiya, which Limited Express trains stop at while bypassing Tsurugamine.