Hamamatsuchō Station
Coordinates: 35°39′19″N 139°45′27″E / 35.655230°N 139.757627°E
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Hamamatsuchō Station
浜松町駅
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| A Japanese variant of Manneken Pis on the station platform | |
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| Prefecture | Tokyo (See other stations in Tokyo) |
| Ward | Minato |
| Neighborhood etc. | 1-3-1 Kaigan |
| (in Japanese) | 東京都港区海岸一丁目3-1 |
| History | |
| Year opened | 1909 |
| Rail services | |
| Operator(s) | JR East Tokyo Monorail |
| Line(s) | Yamanote Line, Keihin-Tōhoku Line |
| Statistics | 153,496 passengers/day (JR East, FY2007)[1] |
Hamamatsuchō Station (浜松町駅 Hamamatsuchō-eki) is a railway station in Hamamatsuchō, Minato, Tokyo, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East) and also by Tokyo Monorail.
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[edit] Lines
Hamamatsuchō Station is served by two JR East lines: the circular Yamanote Line and Keihin-Tōhoku Line. All trains on these lines stop at Hamamatsuchō.
It is also the terminus of the Tokyo Monorail line to Haneda Airport. The official name of the monorail station is Monorail Hamamatsuchō Station (モノレール浜松町駅 Monorēru-Hamamatsuchō-eki).
[edit] Station layout
[edit] JR East
The JR East station consists of two platforms serving four tracks, with cross-platform interchange in the direction of travel between the Yamanote line (tracks 2 and 3) and the Keihin-Tōhoku line (tracks 1 and 4).
| 1 | ■Keihin-Tōhoku Line | for Tokyo, Ueno, and Ōmiya |
| 2 | ■Yamanote Line | for Tokyo and Ueno |
| 3 | ■Yamanote Line | for Shinagawa and Shibuya |
| 4 | ■Keihin-Tōhoku Line | for Shinagawa, Yokohama, and Ōfuna |
[edit] Tokyo Monorail
The Tokyo Monorail platforms are located to the west of the JR station in a separate elevated structure. Two side platforms serve a single track, with one platform used for boarding passengers, and the other platform used for alighting passengers.
Japan Airlines and All Nippon Airways operate check in services for domestic flights from Haneda airport along with ticketing facilities just outside the main Monorail entrances.
[edit] Adjacent stations
| « | Service | » | ||
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| Yamanote Line | ||||
| Shimbashi | - | Tamachi | ||
| Keihin-Tōhoku Line | ||||
| Shimbashi | Local | Tamachi | ||
| Tokyo | Rapid | Tamachi | ||
| Tokyo Monorail Haneda Airport Line | ||||
| Terminus | Local Rapid |
Tennōzu Isle | ||
| Terminus | Haneda Express | Haneda Airport International Terminal | ||
[edit] Facilities
Japan Airlines at one time operated a domestic flights only ticketing facility on the third floor of the station.[2]
[edit] History
The JR station opened on December 16, 1909 as an intermediate station on the newly opened Shinagawa to Karasumori section of the Japanese National Railways.
The monorail station opened on September 17, 1964.
[edit] Surrounding area
- Daimon Station, served by the Toei Ōedo Line and the Toei Asakusa Line, is within easy walking distance, although some route maps do not mark them as an interchange. The 1-minute walk is fully signed and easy to locate. When arriving on a train from south train cars at the front of the train are closest to the exit to Daimon station. [3]
- The station is partially under and directly connected to the World Trade Center (Tokyo).
- Pokemon Center Tokyo (large official Pokemon store) is a 2-minute walk (north-east across the street) from the main entrance to this station.[4]
- Acty Shiodome, the tallest residential building in Japan is a 2-minute walk to the north.[5]
- Hamarikyu Gardens - 1/2 mile north-east
- Kyu Shiba Rikyu Garden - 1/8 mile east
- Shiodome City Center Shopping Mall - 10-minute walk[6]
- Tsukiji Fish Market - 15-minute walk
[edit] References
- ^ JR East fiscal 2007 passenger figures Retrieved on 20 January 2009. (Japanese)
- ^ "JAL Group Offices Information." Japan Airlines. March 28, 2009. Retrieved on July 21, 2011. "3rd floor,Tokyo mono-rail Hamamatsu-cho Station,2-4-12 Hamamatsu-Cho Minato-ku,105-0013"
- ^ Go! Tokyo Plus App
- ^ http://gmap.jp/shop-8017.html
- ^ "La Tour Shiodome". Brochure (Sumitomo Realty and Development Co., Ltd.) D(2)0409-3000.
- ^ "Shiodome Center (English)". http://www.shiodome-cc.com/english/index.html. Retrieved 28 November 2011.
[edit] External links
Media related to Hamamatsuchō Station at Wikimedia Commons
- JR East station information (Japanese)
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