Ochanomizu Station

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Ochanomizu Station 御茶ノ水駅
JR East and Tokyo Metro station entrances
Location
Prefecture	Tokyo (See other stations in Tokyo)
Ward	Chiyoda
Neighborhood etc.	2 Surugadai (JR East)
(in Japanese)	東京都千代田区神田駿河台２丁目
History
Year opened	1904
Rail services
Station number(s)	M-20
Operator(s)	JR East, Tokyo Metro
Line(s)	Chūō Line (Rapid), Chūō-Sōbu Line, Tokyo Metro Marunouchi Line
Statistics	107,205 daily^[1] (JR East, 2007) 19.716 million annually (Tokyo Metro, 2007)^{[citation needed]} passengers/day

Ochanomizu Station (御茶ノ水駅, Ochanomizu-eki^?) is a train station in Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan.

[edit] Location

JR East's Ochanomizu station lies next to the Kanda River. During the Edo period, the Kanda River was rerouted to pass through Ochanomizu, which was otherwise a highland between two valleys. Hijiribashi (聖橋, also known as Hijiri Bridge, Hijiribashi Bridge) crosses over the river near a station exit. The subway Marunouchi Line makes a short above-ground appearance as it passes over the river. Holy Resurrection Cathedral (Nicholai-dō) is easily accessible from the Hijiribashi Exit of this station.

[edit] Station layout

[edit] JR East

The JR East portion of the station has two island platforms serving four tracks.^[2] Tracks 1 and 4 (the outer tracks) serve trains on the Chūō Rapid Line whilst tracks 2 and 3 are used by trains on the Chūō-Sōbu Line.^[2]

1	■Chūō Line (Rapid)	for Shinjuku and Ōtsuki
2	■Chūō-Sōbu Line	for Shinjuku and Mitaka
3	■Chūō-Sōbu Line	for Akihabara and Chiba
4	■Chūō Line (Rapid)	for Tokyo

There are two exits from Ochanomizu to street level. The larger of the two is the Ochanomizu-bashi exit on the western end of the station which features ticket vending machines, a JR reservation office, toilets, and lockers. The other is the Hijiri-bashi exit which only has ticket vending machines and bathrooms.^[2]

Ochanomizu is the second stop after Tokyo Station on the Chūō Line and one stop before Akihabara Station when travelling from Shinjuku.

[edit] Tokyo Metro

The Tokyo Metro section of the station is located in Bunkyō Ward separate from the JR East station, and is served by the Marunouchi Line. The area is also served by the Chiyoda Line at Shin-Ochanomizu, which is connected to Ogawamachi station on the Toei Shinjuku Line.