Ōtsuka Station

For the station in Hiroshima, see Ōzuka Station.

JY12
Ōtsuka Station
Ōtsuka-ekimae Station

大塚駅
大塚駅前停留場
The north entrance in April 2012
General information
Location3 Minami-Ōtsuka, Toshima-ku, Tokyo
Japan
Coordinates35°43′53″N 139°43′43″E / 35.731438°N 139.728692°E / 35.731438; 139.728692
Operated by
Line(s)
ConnectionsBus interchange Bus terminal
History
Opened1 April 1903; 121 years ago (1 April 1903)
Passengers
FY201053,346 daily
Services
Preceding station Logo of the East Japan Railway Company (JR East) JR East Following station
Ikebukuro
IKBJY13
Next counter-clockwise
 Yamanote Line Sugamo
JY11
Next clockwise
Preceding station Toei Following station
Mukōhara
towards Waseda
 Toden Arakawa Line Sugamoshinden
towards Minowabashi
Location
Ōtsuka is located in Special wards of Tokyo
Ōtsuka
Ōtsuka
Location within Special wards of Tokyo
Ōtsuka is located in Tokyo Bay and Bōsō Peninsula
Ōtsuka
Ōtsuka
Ōtsuka (Tokyo Bay and Bōsō Peninsula)
Ōtsuka is located in Tokyo
Ōtsuka
Ōtsuka
Ōtsuka (Tokyo)
Ōtsuka is located in Japan
Ōtsuka
Ōtsuka
Ōtsuka (Japan)

Ōtsuka Station (大塚駅, Ōtsuka-eki) is a railway station in Toshima, Tokyo, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East).[1] It is connected to the Ōtsuka-ekimae Station (大塚駅前停留場, Ōtsuka ekimae teiryūjō) on the Tokyo Sakura Tram line, operated by Tokyo Metropolitan Bureau of Transportation (Toei).

Lines

Ōtsuka Station is served by the circular Yamanote Line. A stop on the Tokyo Sakura Tram, named Ōtsuka-ekimae Station is 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 south entrance, April 2010
  • JR East ticket gates, September 2019
    JR East ticket gates, September 2019
  • The Yamanote line platforms, September 2019
    The Yamanote line platforms, September 2019

Platforms

1 JY Yamanote Line for Ikebukuro, Shinjuku, and Shinagawa
2 JY Yamanote Line for Tabata, Ueno, and Tokyo

History

Otsuka Station in the early 20th century

The station opened on 1 April 1903.[3]

The wooden station structure on the south side was demolished in 2009.[3]

Station numbering was introduced in 2016 with Ōtsuka being assigned station number JY12.[4][5]

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2010, the station was used by an average of 53,346 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[6]

Surrounding area

Ōtsuka-ekimae tram stop beneath the JR East station in December 2007

See also

References

  1. ^ a b 各駅情報（大塚駅） [Station Information (Ōtsuka Station)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. Retrieved 14 February 2012.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ a b 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.
  4. ^ "⾸都圏エリアへ 「駅ナンバリング」を導⼊します" [Introduce “station numbering” to the Tokyo metropolitan area] (PDF). jreast.co.jp (in Japanese). 6 April 2016. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 December 2022. Retrieved 7 January 2023.
  5. ^ Kusamachi, Yoshikazu (7 April 2016). "JA・JK・JT・AKB…JR東日本、首都圏で駅ナンバリングなど導入へ" [JA, JK, JT, AKB … JR East to introduce station numbering in the Tokyo metropolitan area]. Response Automotive Media (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 6 August 2022. Retrieved 7 January 2023.
  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.
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