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Sakuragichō Station, is a railway station in Naka-ku, Yokohama, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East) and the Yokohama Municipal Subway.LinesSakuragichō Station is served by the JR East Negishi Line (Keihin-Tohoku Line), with some services through-running to and from the Yokohama Line, and also by the Yokohama Municipal Subway Blue Line (station number B18).Station layoutJR EastThe JR East station consists of two elevated island platforms serving three tracks.The station has two sets of ticket barriers ("North" and "South" gates), with entrances on the east and west sides (four in total). The station has a "Midori no Madoguchi" staffed ticket office, next to the South gate.Yokohama Municipal SubwayThe Yokohama Municipal Subway (Blue Line) platforms are located on the 4th basement level, south of the main station.HistorySakuragichō is one of Japan's oldest stations. It opened on June 12, 1872, as the original Yokohama Station when the service between Shinagawa and Yokohama provisionally started. The station was renamed Sakuragichō Station on August 15, 1915, when the then-new and second Yokohama Station opened near Takashimachō Station. Yokohama Station was relocated again after the 1923 Great Kantō earthquake, to its third and current location.