Hakubutsukan-Dōbutsuen Station
The station Hakubutsukan-Dōbutsuen ( Japanese. 博物館 動物園 駅 , Hakubutsukan-Dōbutsuen-eki , literally "Station Museum-Zoo") is a ghost station in Tokyo . It is located on the main Keisei line between Ueno and Nippori stations, near the National Museum and Ueno Zoo . Another ghost train station is Kan'eijisaka station on the same route .
history
The underground station opened in 1933 when the Keisei line was extended from Nippori to Ueno. The entrance building by the architect Shunji Nakagawa is built in a classical style. The station has two offset, opposite side platforms connected to a passage below , which are designed for the trains with four wagons that originally ran on the line. When trains with 6 cars were used on the route from 1981, the platforms were too short for them and the trains could no longer stop at the station. It was only served by a few 4-car trains per day, which led to falling passenger numbers. In the 1990s, only around 200 people boarded the train station per day. Because of the relatively short distance of 900 meters from the nearest Ueno station, the railway company decided against expanding the platforms and closed the station on April 1, 1997.
Current condition
The entrance building at the intersection north of the Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum is accessible from the outside; the entrances are closed with barrier walls. A plaque commemorates the former train station.
The underground platforms now serve as emergency exits and are dimly lit. Therefore, they can be easily recognized from the trains passing through. Station signs and other facilities have been removed, otherwise the station is still in the condition it was in when it was closed.
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Coordinates: 35 ° 43 ′ 7.1 ″ N , 139 ° 46 ′ 24.5 ″ E