Osaki Railway Station
| Osaki Railway Station | |
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 Saikyō, Shonan-Shinjuku and Rinkai platforms
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| Data | |
| Design | Through station |
| Platform tracks | 8th |
| abbreviation | オ サ (O-Sa) |
| opening | February 25, 1901 |
| location | |
| City / municipality | Shinagawa |
| prefecture | Tokyo |
| Country | Japan |
| Coordinates | 35 ° 37 '10 " N , 139 ° 43' 42" E |
| Railway lines | |
| List of train stations in Japan | |
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The Ōsaki Station ( Jap. 大崎駅 , Ōsaki-eki ) is located in Shinagawa in Tokyo .
Osaki Station is one of the stations where trains on the Yamanote Line turn around, start operating, and end. In order to avoid any obstruction to passing trains, this station has four tracks that are only used by the Yamanote line. The Saikyō Line begins and the Rinkai Line ends here.
history
On February 25, 1901, the station was opened and started operating. Goods handling began on October 14, 1902 . Ōsaki has been served by the Yamanote Line since October 21, 1909 and was destroyed in a fire on May 24, 1945 by an air raid during World War II. On October 1st, 1980 the handling of goods was stopped. Since March 16, 1996 and December 1, 2002, the Saikyō and Rinkai lines have also been at the station.
Type of construction and tracks
The station is built in the most common design of a station in the form of a through station. The 8 tracks are served by 4 central platforms . Tracks 1 to 4 are only used by the Yamanote line, tracks 1 and 2 towards Shinagawa and Tokyo , and tracks 3 and 4 towards Shibuya and Ikebukuro . One track in each direction is used to start and end operations so as not to obstruct the trains passing through. Tracks 5 to 8 are used in parallel by the Saikyō and Rinkai lines, while the trains of the Shōnan-Shinjuku line are also used on tracks 5 and 8 .
| 1/2 | ▉ Yamanote Line | Shinagawa • Tokyo • Ueno |
| 3/4 | ▉ Yamanote Line | Shibuya • Shinjuku • Ikebukuro |
| 5 | ▉ Shōnan-Shinjuku line | ( Connection to the Tōkaidō main line ) Yokohama • Ōfuna • Odawara • Hiratsuka |
| ▉ Shōnan-Shinjuku line | (Connection to the Yokosuka line ) Nishi-Ōi • Shin-Kawasaki • Yokohama • Ōfuna • Zushi | |
| 5-8 | ▉ Rinkai line | Tennōzu Isle • Shin-Kiba |
| ▉ Saikyō line | Shinjuku • Ikebukuro • Kawagoe • Ōmiya | |
| 8th | ▉ Shōnan-Shinjuku line | (Connection to the JR East Utsunomiya Line ) Shinjuku • Ikebukuro • Akabane • Ōmiya • Utsunomiya |
| ▉ Shōnan-Shinjuku line | (Connection to the JR East Takasaki Line ) Shinjuku • Ikebukuro • Akabane • Ōmiya • Kumagaya • Takasaki |
Lines
Osaki Station is served by the JR East lines Saikyo, Shōnan-Shinjuku and Yamanote as well as by the Rinkai line of the Tōkyō Rinkai Kōsoku Tetsudō, the latter line also starts here. The Saikyō lineage begins here. The colors used in the table below correspond to the color codes of the lines assigned by the respective company.
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Ebisu | ||
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JR East Shonan-Shinjuku Line |
Ebisu | ||
| Shinagawa |
Yamanote Line JR East |
Gotanda | ||
| Beginning |
 Rinkai Line Tōkyō Rinkai Kōsoku Tetsudō |
Ōimachi | ||
Surroundings
Close to the train station is the Catholic University for Women, Seisen University ( 清泉 女子 大学 , Seisen joshi daigaku ) and Risshō University ( 立正 大学 , Risshō Daigaku).
The Japanese venue of the musical Cats is also within walking distance of the train station .
In addition, Sony has its headquarters near the train station.
use
In 2014, the station was used by an average of 145,672 passengers a day, making it 17th out of over 900 on the list of the most frequently used stations of the JR East in 2014. In 2014 the Rinkai line was used by an average of 60,467 passengers a day.
Footnotes and individual references
- ↑ In boarding passengers. Calculation from sold single, collective and monthly tickets.
- ↑ http://www.jreast.co.jp/habenger/index.html Source: JR East, rank 17
- ↑ http://www.twr.co.jp/contact/tabid/224/Default.aspx Source: Tōkyō Rinkai Kōsoku Tetsudō, rank 1
