Ōtsuka Station
Coordinates: 35°43′53″N 139°43′43″E / 35.731438°N 139.728692°E
Ōtsuka 大塚 | |
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 The north entrance, April 2012 | |
| Location |
3 Minami-Ōtsuka, Toshima, Tokyo （東京都豊島区南大塚三丁目） Japan |
| Operated by | JR East |
| Line(s) | Yamanote Line |
| Connections |
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| History | |
| Opened | 1903 |
| Traffic | |
| Passengers (FY2010) | 53,346 daily |
Ōtsuka Station (大塚駅 Ōtsuka-eki) is a railway station in Toshima, Tokyo, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East).[1]
Lines
Ōtsuka Station is served by the circular Yamanote Line. A stop on the Toden Arakawa Line, named Ōtsuka-ekimae Station (大塚駅前停留場 Ōtsuka ekimae teiryūjō) is also located underneath Ōtsuka Station.
Station layout
The station consists of an elevated island platform serving the two Yamanote Line tracks. The station has a Midori no Madoguchi staffed ticket office.[1]
Chest-high platform edge doors were installed on the Yamanote Line platforms, brought into use from 20 April 2013.[2]
The south entrance, April 2010
The Yamanote line platforms, April 2015
Platforms
| 1 | ■ Yamanote Line | for Ikebukuro, Shinjuku, and Shinagawa |
| 2 | ■ Yamanote Line | for Tabata, Ueno, and Tokyo |
Adjacent stations
| « | Service | » | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yamanote Line | ||||
| Ikebukuro | - | Sugamo | ||
| Toden Arakawa Line | ||||
| Mukohara | - | Sugamoshinden | ||
History
The station opened on 1 April 1903.[3]
The wooden station structure on the south side was demolished in 2009.[3]
Passenger statistics
In fiscal 2010, the station was used by an average of 53,346 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[4]
Surrounding area
- Shin-ōtsuka Station (on the Tokyo Metro Marunouchi Line)
- Sugamo Police Station
- Sugamo Junior & Senior High School
- Minami-Ōtsuka Hall
See also
References
- 1 2 各駅情報（大塚駅） [Station Information (Ōtsuka Station)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. Retrieved 14 February 2012.
- ↑ 山手線大塚駅で可動式ホーム柵の使用開始 [Platform edge doors introduced at Otsuka Station on the Yamanote Line]. Japan Railfan Magazine Online (in Japanese). Japan: Koyusha Co., Ltd. 21 April 2013. Retrieved 23 April 2013.
- 1 2 Kawashima, Ryozo (March 2011). 日本の鉄道 中部ライン 全線・全駅・全配線 第１２巻 東京都心北部 [Railways of Japan - Chubu Line - Lines/Stations/Track plans - Vol 12 Northern Central Tokyo]. Japan: Kodansha. p. 55. ISBN 978-4-06-270072-6.
- ↑ 各駅の乗車人員 (2010年度) [FY2010 Station passenger figures] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. Retrieved 14 February 2012.
External links
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- JR East station information (Japanese)
- Toei station information (Japanese)