Kōrakuen Station

M22 N11
Kōrakuen Station

後楽園駅
Korakuen Station exterior, March 2006
General information
Location1-2-3 Kasuga, Bunkyō, Tokyo
（東京都文京区春日1-2-3）
Japan
Operated byThe logo of the Tokyo Metro. Tokyo Metro
Line(s)
Platforms2 side platforms (Marunouchi Line)
1 island platform (Namboku Line)
Tracks4 (2 for each line)
ConnectionsI12 E07 Kasuga
Construction
Structure typeElevated (Marunouchi Line)
Underground (Namboku Line)
Other information
Station codeM-22, N-11
History
Opened20 January 1954; 70 years ago (20 January 1954)
Services
Preceding station The logo of the Tokyo Metro. Tokyo Metro Following station
Hongō-sanchōme
M21
towards Ogikubo or Hōnanchō
 Marunouchi Line Myōgadani
M23
towards Ikebukuro
Iidabashi
N10
towards Meguro
 Namboku Line Tōdaimae
N12
towards Akabane-iwabuchi
Location
Kōrakuen Station is located in Special wards of Tokyo
Kōrakuen Station
Kōrakuen Station
Location within Special wards of Tokyo
Kōrakuen Station is located in Tokyo Bay and Bōsō Peninsula
Kōrakuen Station
Kōrakuen Station
Kōrakuen Station (Tokyo Bay and Bōsō Peninsula)
Kōrakuen Station is located in Tokyo
Kōrakuen Station
Kōrakuen Station
Kōrakuen Station (Tokyo)
Kōrakuen Station is located in Japan
Kōrakuen Station
Kōrakuen Station
Kōrakuen Station (Japan)

Kōrakuen Station (後楽園駅, Kōrakuen-eki) is a subway train station in Bunkyō, Tokyo, Japan, operated by the Tokyo subway operator Tokyo Metro. It is directly connected by an underground pedestrian passage to the Toei-operated Kasuga Station. It is integrated with the Tokyo Dome City complex and the Bunkyō ward capitol building.

Lines

Kōrakuen Station is served by the following lines:

Nearby Kasuga, connected by a pedestrian passageway, is served by the following lines.

Layout

The Marunouchi Line platforms (1 to 2) consist of two side platforms serving two tracks on the second-floor ("2F") level, and the Namboku Line platforms (3 to 4) consist of an island platform serving two deep-level tracks on the sixth basement ("B6F") level.

Platforms

1 M Marunouchi Line for Tokyo, Ogikubo, and Honancho
2 M Marunouchi Line for Ikebukuro
3 N Namboku Line for Komagome and Akabane-iwabuchi
SR Saitama Rapid Railway Line for Urawa-misono
4

From March 2015, the Namboku Line platforms use the tune "Take Me Out to the Ball Game" as the departure melody, chosen as the nearby Tokyo Dome is used for baseball games.[1]

  • Korakuen District Gate, 2019
    Korakuen District Gate, 2019
  • A Tokyo Metro 2000 series train at Korakuen station, 2019
    A Tokyo Metro 2000 series train at Korakuen station, 2019
  • Namboku Line platforms, 2010
    Namboku Line platforms, 2010

Passengers

In fiscal 2019, this station had 106,481 passengers daily.

History

Kōrakuen Station opened on 20 January 1954 on the Marunouchi Line.[2] The Namboku Line platforms opened on 26 March 1996.[2]

The station facilities were inherited by Tokyo Metro after the privatization of the Teito Rapid Transit Authority (TRTA) in 2004.[3]

From 13 March 2015, the tune "Take Me Out to the Ball Game" was used as the departure melody for the Namboku Line platforms.[1]

Surrounding area

Bunkyo Ward Office building

References

  1. ^ a b 南北線の発車メロディをリニューアル！各駅に新しい発車メロディを導入します [Namboku Line departure melodies updated! New melodies to be introduced at each station] (PDF). News release (in Japanese). Japan: Tokyo Metro. 2 March 2015. Retrieved 6 March 2015.
  2. ^ a b Terada, Hirokazu (19 January 2013). データブック日本の私鉄 [Databook: Japan's Private Railways]. Japan: Neko Publishing. pp. 214–216. ISBN 978-4-7770-1336-4.
  3. ^ "「営団地下鉄」から「東京メトロ」へ" [From "Teito Rapid Transit Authority" to "Tokyo Metro"]. Tokyo Metro Online. 8 July 2006. Archived from the original on 16 May 2012. Retrieved 29 May 2022.
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