JR Ishikawacho Station South Exit Barrier-Free Development Project

The north exit of Ishikawacho Station (Chinatown Exit) was made barrier-free in fiscal 2006, but there was no elevator at the south exit (Motomachi Exit) and there were stairs between the ticket gate floor and the front road.
At Ishikawacho Station, the north and south exits are divided in Nakamurakawa, so the government and Motoichi issued subsidies to JR East as a barrier-free project on the second route, and commercialized it.
Construction started in 2016, the south line (for Ofuna) home elevator was put into service on March 12, 2018, and the north line (for Yokohama) home elevator was put into service on March 1, 2019. Construction has been completed.

Business entity: JR East
Subsidy: Introduction of subsidies from the government and the city
※Motoichi subsidy: Ishikawacho Station South Exit Barrier-Free Maintenance Project Subsidy Guidelines
※National subsidy: Emergency measures to improve the environment for accepting foreign tourists visiting Japan, subsidies for maintenance and improvement of local public transport

• Install an elevator between the ticket gate and the platform
• Multi-functional toilets are installed in the ticket gate
• Eliminate the steps between the ticket gate and the front road

• Fiscal 2009: Submit a request form with approximately 20,000 signatures from 25 local associations including Neighborhood Associations.
• FY2012: Implemented an environment improvement project in Ishikawa-cho Shopping Street
• Fiscal 2013: Revised national movement facilitation guidelines and conducted joint surveys in JR East and Yokohama.
• Fiscal 2014: Implementation of basic design
• FY2015: Commercialize and proceed with the business by granting subsidies from the national and city. Started detailed design.
• FY2016: Start of construction
• FY2017: To the south line (for Ofuna) Home elevator service start
• FY2018: North Line (for Yokohama) Home elevator started operation, construction completed