It is the busiest station in Kanagawa Prefecture and the fifth-busiest in the world as of 2013,[1] serving 760 million passengers a year.

Yokohama Station is served by the following lines: Shōnan limited express trains do not stop here.

The JR East and Keikyū platforms are located in the main above-ground portion of Yokohama Station.

The Yokohama Municipal Subway is located on the 3rd basement level, west of the main station.

Sagami Railway is an above-ground structure to the west of the main station, connected to the Sotetsu Department Store.

The west and east have a complex underground business district which spans over several floors and is directly connected with the buildings which surround the station.

The extension line passed through the construction site of the new Yokohama Station of the government railways.

[18] On 5 February 1930, the Keihin Electric Railway (now the Keikyu Main Line) was connected to the station.

The development includes a 26-story retail and office building, Station-front tower (駅前棟, Ekimae-tō), on the site of the current West Entrance and a nine-story building to the north-east, Tsuruya-cho tower (鶴屋町棟, Tsuruyamachi-tō), which includes parking and childcare facilities.