Uguisudani Station
35°43′19″N 139°46′40″E / 35.722066°N 139.777851°E
JY06 JK31 Uguisudani Station 鶯谷駅 | |||||
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General information | |||||
Location | 1 Negishi, Taitō-ku, Tokyo Japan | ||||
Operated by | JR East | ||||
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Platforms | 2 island platforms | ||||
Tracks | 4 | ||||
History | |||||
Opened | 11 July 1912 | ||||
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Uguisudani Station (鶯谷駅, Uguisudani-eki) is a railway station in Taitō, Tokyo, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East). The name relates to a valley where formerly many Japanese bush warblers (uguisu) were found.[1]
Lines
Uguisudani Station is served by the Yamanote and Keihin-Tohoku lines.
Station layout
The station consists of two island platforms serving four tracks.
Platforms
1 | JK Keihin-Tōhoku Line | for Akabane, Urawa, and Omiya |
2 | JY Yamanote Line | for Ikebukuro and Shinjuku |
3 | JY Yamanote Line | for Ueno and Tokyo |
4 | JK Keihin-Tōhoku Line | for Tokyo, Shinagawa, and Yokohama |
Adjacent stations
« | Service | » | ||
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Yamanote Line JY06 | ||||
Nippori NPRJY07
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- | Ueno UENJY05
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Keihin-Tōhoku Line JK31 | ||||
Rapid: Does not stop at this station | ||||
Nippori NPRJK32
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Local | Ueno UENJK30
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History
The station opened on July 11, 1912.[1]
Chest-high platform edge doors were installed on the Yamanote Line platforms (platforms 2 and 3) in September 2014, with operation commencing on 18 October 2014.[2]
Surrounding area
- Iriya Station (on the Tokyo Metro Hibiya Line)
- Nezu Station (on the Tokyo Metro Chiyoda Line)
- Shitamachi Museum
- The Ueno Royal Museum
See also
References
- ^ a b "JR東日本:各駅情報(鶯谷駅)" (in Japanese). Retrieved 25 October 2007.
- ^ 鶯谷駅に可動式ホーム柵が設置される [Platform edge doors installed at Uguisudani Station]. Japan Railfan Magazine Online (in Japanese). Japan: Koyusha Co., Ltd. 10 September 2014. Retrieved 12 September 2014.
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Uguisudani Station.
- JR East: Uguisudani Station information (in Japanese)