Ōkubo train station

Ōkubo ( 大 久保 )
North entrance of the station (November 2014)
Data
Location in the network	Through station
Platform tracks	2
abbreviation	JB09
opening	May 5, 1895
location
City / municipality	Shinjuku
prefecture	Tokyo
Country	Japan
Coordinates	35 ° 42 '3 "  N , 139 ° 41' 50"  E Coordinates: 35 ° 42 '3 "  N , 139 ° 41' 50"  E
Height ( SO )	38  m  TP
Railway lines
JR East Chūō-Sōbu Line
List of train stations in Japan

The Ōkubo train station ( Japanese 大 久保 駅 , Ōkubo-eki ) is a train station on the Japanese island of Honshū . It is operated by the JR East railway company and is located in the Shinjuku district of the capital Tokyo .

description

Ōkubo is a through station on the Chūō-Sōbu line of the JR East railway company from Mitaka via Akihabara to Chiba . This runs parallel to the tracks of the Chūō rapid transit line , the urban part of the Chūō main line . Local trains run at frequent intervals with a short train sequence , i. H. every 2 to 3 minutes during rush hour, otherwise every 5 to 6 minutes. On the other hand, no express trains stop. Ten bus lines operated by the Kantō Bus and Toei Bus companies stop along the road that runs north of the train station . About 300 meters to the east is Shin-Ōkubo Station on the Yamanote Line .

The Ōkubo station is in the Hyakuninchō district. The facility, located on a viaduct, is oriented from southeast to northwest and has four tracks in a slightly curved position. While there is no stopping point on the eastern pair of tracks, the western pair of tracks is located on a completely covered central platform . A small station building is placed under the viaduct at the northern and southern ends of the platform , although the one in the south is not staffed.

In the 2018 fiscal year, an average of 28,350 passengers used the station every day.

Tracks

1	▉  Chūō-Sōbu line	Shinjuku • Akihabara • Nishi-Funabashi • Chiba
2	▉  Chūō-Sōbu line	Nakano • Mitaka

history

The Shinjuku - Tachikawa section of the Chūō main line had been opened in 1889, but the trains initially went through without stopping. This changed on May 5, 1895 with the commissioning of the Bahnhofkubo station by the private railway company Kōbu Tetsudō . Shortly before, a freight line branching off here had been opened, which led to the Yodobashi water treatment plant . It was used to transport coal and fuel for the sand and water pumps; in operation it was until 1934. The KOBU tetsudō including their equipment was on 1 October 1906 nationalized . After the Ministry of Railways relocated the route to a viaduct in March 1931 , it stopped handling goods on September 11 of the same year. As part of the privatization of the state railway, the station passed into the possession of the new company JR East on April 1, 1987 .

Adjacent train stations

←	Lines			→
Shinjuku		JR East Chūō-Sōbu Line		Higashi-nakano

Web links

• JR East Station Information (Japanese)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ 各 駅 の 乗車 人員. JR East , 2018, accessed December 17, 2019 (Japanese). 
2. ↑ 鉄 道 院 年報. 明治 ４１ 年度. (Annual report of the state railways). National Parliamentary Library , 1908, accessed December 17, 2019 (Japanese). 
3. ↑ Tetsu Ishino (Ed.): 停車場 変 遷 大事 典 国 鉄 ・ JR 編 (station change directory JNR / JR) . JTB, Tokyo 1998, ISBN 978-4-533-02980-6 .