Ueno Station

Location
	Ueno Station Location within Special wards of Tokyo Ueno Station Ueno Station (Tokyo) Ueno Station Ueno Station (Japan)

UENJU02JK30JY05JJ01
G16 H17
Ueno Station

上野駅
UENJU02JK30JY05JJ01; G16 H17 ; Ueno Station; 上野駅
	Main building of the station
General information
Location	7 Ueno (JR Station); 3 Higashi-Ueno (Tokyo Metro); Taitō, Tokyo; Japan
Operated by	JR East; Tokyo Metro;
Line(s)	Tohoku Shinkansen; ■Yamagata Shinkansen; ■Akita Shinkansen; Joetsu Shinkansen; Hokuriku Shinkansen; Hokkaido Shinkansen; JU Utsunomiya Line; JU Takasaki Line; JJ Jōban Line; ■ Ueno–Tokyo Line; JK Keihin-Tōhoku Line; JY Yamanote Line; G Tokyo Metro Ginza Line; H Tokyo Metro Hibiya Line;
Connections	Keisei Ueno Station (KS Keisei Main Line); Bus stop;
History
Opened	28 July 1883
Location
Location
	Ueno Station Location within Special wards of Tokyo Ueno Station Ueno Station (Tokyo) Ueno Station Ueno Station (Japan)

Ueno Station (上野駅, Ueno-eki) is a major railway station in Tokyo's Taitō ward. It is the station used to reach the Ueno district and Ueno Park -- which contains Tokyo National Museum, The National Museum of Western Art, Ueno Zoo, Tokyo University of the Arts and other famous cultural facilities. A major commuter hub, it is also the traditional terminus for long-distance trains from northern Japan, although with the extension of the Shinkansen lines to Tokyo Station this role has diminished in recent years. A similar extension of conventional lines will extend the Takasaki Line, Utsunomiya Line and Joban Line to Tokyo Station via the Ueno-Tokyo Line from March 2015 on existing little-used tracks and a new viaduct.^[1]

Ueno Station is close to Keisei-Ueno Station, the Tokyo terminus of the Keisei Main Line to Narita Airport Station.

Lines

This station is served by the following lines:

As this station was the traditional point of arrival and departure for journeys to northern Japan, it became the inspiration for many poems and song lyrics, including a famous poem by Ishikawa Takuboku. There is a memorial plate about this poem in the station.

Station layout

Like most major stations in Japan, Ueno station contains and is surrounded by extensive shopping arcades. Ueno's includes a branch of the Hard Rock Cafe.

JR East platforms

The station has two main levels of tracks and a deep underground station for the Tohoku Shinkansen tracks. Through tracks 1 to 4 on two island platforms on the main level are used by Yamanote Line and Keihin-Tohoku Line trains. Tracks 5 to 9 on two island platforms and one side of a terminal platform lead to the Ueno-Tokyo Line to Tokyo Station and beyond on the Tokaido Main Line. Tracks 10 to 12 terminate inside the building, and below these on a lower deck are further terminal tracks 13 to 17 (Track No.18 has been removed). Two subterranean island platforms serve Shinkansen tracks 19 to 22.

Chest-high platform edge doors were installed on the two Yamanote Line platforms (2 and 3) in November 2015, and brought into use from December.^[2]

1	■ Keihin-Tohoku Line	for Tabata, Akabane, Minami-Urawa, and Ōmiya
2	■ Yamanote Line	for Tabata, Ikebukuro, and Shinjuku
3	■ Yamanote Line	for Tokyo and Shinagawa
4	■ Keihin-Tohoku Line	for Tokyo, Kawasaki, Yokohama, and Ōfuna
5-8	■ Takasaki Line	for Ōmiya, Ageo, Kumagaya, and Takasaki
	■ Utsunomiya Line	for Ōmiya, Koga, Oyama, Utsunomiya, and Kuroiso
	■ Joban Line	for Matsudo, Abiko, Tsuchiura, and Mito
	■ Joban Line Ltd. Express Hitachi/Tokiwa	for Mito and Katsuta
7-9	■ Ueno-Tokyo Line	for Tokyo, Shinagawa, Yokohama and Odawara
7-9	■ Joban Line	for Tokyo and Shinagawa
10	■ Joban Line	for Matsudo, Abiko, Tsuchiura and Mito
11-12	■ Joban Line (Rapid)	for Kita-Senju, Abiko, Toride, and Narita
13-15	■ Takasaki Line	for Ōmiya, Ageo, Kumagaya, and Takasaki
13-15	■ Utsunomiya Line	for Ōmiya, Koga, Oyama, Utsunomiya, and Kuroiso
16-17	■ Joban Line (Limited express)	Ltd. Express Hitachi / Tokiwa for Tsuchiura, Mito, Hitachi, and Iwaki
16-17	■ Takasaki Line (Limited express)	Ltd. Express Akagi / Swallow Akagi for Maebashi Ltd. Express Kusatsu for Naganohara-Kusatsuguchi Ltd.Express Minakami for Minakami
19-20	■ Tohoku Shinkansen	for Sendai, Morioka, Shin-Aomori and Shin-Hakodate-Hokuto
	■ Yamagata Shinkansen	for Fukushima, Yamagata, and Shinjo
	■ Akita Shinkansen	for Morioka and Akita
	■ Joetsu Shinkansen	for Takasaki and Niigata
	■ Hokuriku Shinkansen	for Nagano, Toyama, and Kanazawa
21-22	■ Shinkansen	for Tokyo

Yamanote Line platform 2 in March 2016 following the addition of low-height platform edge doors
Platforms 14 and 15

Tokyo Metro platforms

Both the Ginza and Hibiya line station have two tracks. However, unlike in other Tokyo Metro stations, each line's tracks are counted separately.

1	○ Tokyo Metro Hibiya Line	for Ginza, Roppongi and Naka-Meguro
2	○ Tokyo Metro Hibiya Line	for Kita-Senju, Kuki and Minami-Kurihashi (via Tobu Skytree Line)
1	○ Tokyo Metro Ginza Line	for Ginza and Shibuya
2	○ Tokyo Metro Ginza Line	for Asakusa

Adjacent stations

«	Service	»
Tohoku/Yamagata/Akita/Joetsu/Hokuriku Shinkansen
Tokyo	All services^{[Note 1]}	Ōmiya
Yamanote Line JY05
Okachimachi JY04	-	Uguisudani JY06
Keihin-Tōhoku Line JK30
Akihabara AKBJK28	Rapid (weekdays)		Tabata JK34
Okachimachi JK29	Rapid (weekends and national holidays)		Tabata JK34
Okachimachi JK29	Local		Uguisudani JK31
Ueno-Tokyo Line
Tokyo TYOJU01	All services	see below
Ueno–Tokyo Line — Utsunomiya Line/Takasaki Line JU02
Terminus	Akagi		Akabane ABNJU04
Terminus	Kusatsu		Akabane ABNJU04
Terminus	Minakami		Akabane ABNJU04
Tokyo TYOJU01	Rapid Rabbit · Urban		Akabane ABNJU04
Terminus	Commuter rapid		Oku JU03
Tokyo TYOJU01	Local		Oku JU03
Ueno–Tokyo Line — Jōban Line JU02 JJ01
Tokyo TYOJU01	Hitachi		Tsuchiura
Tokyo TYOJU01	Tokiwa		Kashiwa JJ07
Tokyo TYOJU01	Special Rapid		Nippori NPRJJ02
Tokyo TYOJU01	Rapid		Nippori NPRJJ02
Tokyo Metro Ginza Line G16
Ueno-hirokoji G15	-	Inaricho G17
Tokyo Metro Hibiya Line H17
Naka-okachimachi H16	-	Iriya H18

^ A few Shinkansen trains pass non-stop through this station.

History

First station building, south entrance, 1912

The station opened on July 28, 1883. After the destruction of this first building in the fires caused by the 1923 Great Kantō earthquake, Japanese Government Railways constructed the current station buildings. In 1927, Tokyo Underground Railway (now Tokyo Metro) opened Japan's first subway line from here to Asakusa Station. Following World War II, the neighbourhood in front of Ueno Station was a major center of black market activity. Today, that market is gathering people as a name of Ameya-Yokochō.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2013, the JR East station was used by 181,880 passengers daily (boarding passengers only), making it the thirteenth-busiest station operated by JR East.^[3] In fiscal 2013, the Tokyo Metro station was used by an average of 211,539 passengers per day (exiting and entering passengers), making it the eighth-busiest station operated by Tokyo Metro.^[4]

The daily passenger figures for each operator in previous years are as shown below.

Fiscal year	JR East	Tokyo Metro
1999	195,654^[5]
2000	189,388^[6]
2005	179,978^[7]
2010	172,306^[8]
2011	174,832^[9]	201,602^[10]
2012	183,611^[11]	212,509^[12]
2013	181,880^[3]	211,539^[4]

Note that JR East figures are for boarding passengers only.

Bus services

Highway buses

Sky / Panda; For Hirosaki, Aomori Station^[13]
Yuhi; For Tsuruoka Station, Amarume Station, and Sakata Station^[14]
Tono Kamaishi; For Shin-Hanamaki Station, Tōno Station, Kamaishi Station, and Yamada^[14]
Tokyo Sunrise; For Yamagata Station, Sagae Station, Sakurambo-Higashine Station, and Shinjō Station^[15]
Rainbow; Yonezawa Station, Kaminoyama-Onsen Station, and Yamagata Station^[15]
For Chino, Matsumoto Bus Terminal, and Nagano Station^[16]
Dream Kanazawa; For Toyama Station, Kanazawa Station, and Kanazawa Institute of Technology^[17]
Kimasshi; For Kanazawa Station^[15]
Yamato; For Tenri Station, Nara Station, Kintetsu-Kōriyama Station, Hōryū-ji, Ōji Station, and Goidō Station^[18]
For Ōtsu Station, Yamashina Station, Sanjō Station, and Kyōto Station^[19]
Flying Liner; For Kyōto Station, Ōsaka Station, Ōsaka Namba Station, Ōsaka Abenobashi Station, and Fujiidera Station^[15]
Mamakari Liner; For Okayama Station, Kurashiki Station^[15]

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