Kanda train station
| Kanda train station | |
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 Platform barrier at JR Kanda station
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| Data | |
| Design | Through station |
| abbreviation |
カ タ (Ka-Ta) (JR-East) カ タ (Ka-Ta) (Tōkyō Metro) |
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| location | |
| City / municipality | Chiyoda |
| prefecture | Tokyo |
| Country | Japan |
| Coordinates | 35 ° 41 '30 " N , 139 ° 46' 15" E |
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JR East: Tōkyō Metro: |
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| List of train stations in Japan | |
The Kanda Station ( Jap. 神田駅 , Kanda-eki ) is located in Chiyoda in Tokyo , Japan . It is served by the JR East and the Tōkyō Metro . In the network plan of the Tōkyō Metro, the station has the identifier G-13 .
history
The station is opened on March 1, 1919 as a purely passenger station after the completion of the last missing section of the Yamanote line , which also formed Japan's first building line. On November 21, 1931, the Kanda subway station is inaugurated, making it part of the route of Asia's oldest subway. The metro line is now served by the Ginza line of the Tōkyō Metro.
Type of construction and tracks
Both the JR station and the station of the Tōkyō Metro are built as through stations.
JR East platforms
The tracks at JR Kanda station run roughly in a north-east-south-west direction and it has a total of six platform tracks, which are distributed over a total of three central platforms . The Keihin-Tōhoku Line and the Yamanote Line share the eastern and middle platforms and drive to them according to the direction of travel. The western platform is served by the Chūō rapid transit line. The Shinkansen tracks run directly to the east of the platform tracks .
| 1 | ▉ Keihin-Tōhoku line | Tokyo • Kawasaki • Yokohama |
| 2 | ▉ Yamanote Line | Tokyo • Shimbashi • Shinagawa |
| 3 | ▉ Yamanote Line | Ueno • Sugamo • Ikebukuro |
| 4th | ▉ Keihin-Tōhoku line | Ueno • Akabane • Ōmiya |
| 5 | ▉ Chūō line | Tokyo |
| 6th | ▉ Chūō line | Shinjuku • Mitaka • Tachikawa |
Platforms Tōkyō Metro
The tracks of the Tōkyō Metro follow the course of the national road 17 in a northwest-southeast direction and the station connects directly to the west with the JR station. The station of the Ginza line has two platform tracks which approach a single central platform. In the direction of Shibuya (north-western end) the platform is much wider than at the other end and thus forms a wedge.
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 Ginza line
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Ginza • Shimbashi • Shibuya |
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Ginza line
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Ueno • Asakusa |
Lines
The station is served by three lines of the JR East and one line of the Tōkyō Metro. The colors used in the table below correspond to the color codes of the lines assigned by the respective company.
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.svg){kind=logo} JR East Chūō rapid transit line |
Ochanomizu | ||
| Akihabara |
Keihin Tōhoku Line, JR East |
Tokyo | ||
| Akihabara |
Yamanote Line JR East |
Tokyo | ||
| Mitsukoshimae |
 Ginza Line Tōkyō Metro |
Suehirocho | ||
Surroundings
A large number of booksellers and second-hand bookshops have settled around the station.
use
In 2014, the station was used by an average of 97,251 passengers per day, making it 41st of over 900 on the list of the most frequently used stations of the JR East in 2014. The station of the Tōkyō Metro was used by an average of 53,098 passengers per day in 2014. The station ranks 70th among the most used stations in Tokyo Tōkyō in 2014.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Passengers boarding in Kanda. Calculation from sold single, collective and monthly tickets.
- ↑ http://www.jreast.co.jp/habenger/index.html Source: JR East, rank 41
- ↑ http://www.tokyometro.jp/corporate/enterprise/zügeger_rail/transportation/züge/index.html Source: Tōkyō Metro, rank 70