is an above-ground metro station

Metro station

A metro station or subway station is a railway station for a rapid transit system, often known by names such as "metro", "underground" and "subway". It is often underground or elevated. At crossings of metro lines, they are multi-level....

 located in Tsuzuki-ku, Yokohama

Tsuzuki-ku, Yokohama

is one of the 18 wards of the city of Yokohama in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. As of 2010, the ward had an estimated population of 199,258 and a density of 7,130 persons per km²...

, Kanagawa Prefecture

Kanagawa Prefecture

is a prefecture located in the southern Kantō region of Japan. The capital is Yokohama. Kanagawa is part of the Greater Tokyo Area.-History:The prefecture has some archaeological sites going back to the Jōmon period...

, Japan

Japan

Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...

 operated by the Yokohama Municipal Subway

Yokohama Municipal Subway

is the metro network in the city of Yokohama, Japan, south of Tokyo In Kanagawa pref. It is operated by Yokohama City Transportation Bureau, and is operated as two lines, though 3 continuous lines exist.-Lines:Line 1 and 3 are operated as a single line...

. It is an interchange station

Interchange station

An interchange station or a transfer station is a train station for more than one railway route in a public transport system, and allows passengers to change from one route to another. Transfer may occur within the same mode, or between rail modes, or to buses...

 for the Green Line

Green Line (Yokohama)

The is a line of the Yokohama Municipal Subway in the city of Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. Its formal designation is Line 4, and it is the first part of a proposed...

 and Blue Line (Line 3)

Blue Line (Yokohama)

The is a line in the Yokohama Municipal Subway system of Yokohama, Japan, operated by Yokohama City Transportation Bureau. Line 3 runs from Azamino to Kannai, and Line 1 runs from Kannai to Shōnandai. All the trains join these two lines.-History:...

. It is 37.3 kilometers from the terminus of the Blue Line at Shōnandai Station

Shonandai Station

is a joint use railway station located in Fujisawa, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. It is operated by Odakyū Electric Railway, Sagami Railway , and Yokohama City Transportation Bureau...

 and 5.7 kilometers from the terminus of the Green Line at Nakayama Station

Nakayama Station (Kanagawa)

is an interchange railway station located in Midori Ward, Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. It is served by the East Japan Railway Company's Yokohama Line, and is 13.5 kilometers from the terminus of the Yokohama Line at Higashi-Kanagawa Station, and is also the terminus of the Yokohama...

.

History

Center-Kita Station opened on March 18, 1993 when Line 3 (later named the Blue Line) was extended from Shin-Yokohama Station

Shin-Yokohama Station

is a train station in Yokohama, Japan. It is serves the Tōkaidō Shinkansen, Yokohama Line, and Yokohama Municipal Subway Line 3.-History:Shin-Yokohama Station was opened on October 1, 1964 as part of the opening of the Tōkaidō Shinkansen...

 to Azamino Station

Azamino Station

is an interchange railway station operated by Tokyu Corporation's Tōkyū Den-en-toshi Line and a terminal station on Yokohama City Transportation Bureau's Blue Line in Aoba-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan...

. Platform screen doors

Platform screen doors

Platform screen doors and platform edge doors at train or subway stations screen the platform from the train. They are a relatively new addition to many metro systems around the world, with some platform doors retrofitted rather than installed with the metro system itself. They are widely used in...

 were installed in April 2007. Services on the Green Line started on March 30, 2008.

Lines

• Yokohama Municipal Subway
  Yokohama Municipal Subway
  is the metro network in the city of Yokohama, Japan, south of Tokyo In Kanagawa pref. It is operated by Yokohama City Transportation Bureau, and is operated as two lines, though 3 continuous lines exist.-Lines:Line 1 and 3 are operated as a single line...
  
  
  • Blue Line
    Blue Line (Yokohama)
    The is a line in the Yokohama Municipal Subway system of Yokohama, Japan, operated by Yokohama City Transportation Bureau. Line 3 runs from Azamino to Kannai, and Line 1 runs from Kannai to Shōnandai. All the trains join these two lines.-History:...
    
    
  • Green Line
    Green Line (Yokohama)
    The is a line of the Yokohama Municipal Subway in the city of Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. Its formal designation is Line 4, and it is the first part of a proposed...
    
    

Platforms

Adjacent stations

External links

• Center-Kita Station (Blue Line)(Japanese)
• Center-Kita Station (Green Line) (Japanese)