Ueno train station
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 Main building of JR Ueno Station
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| City / municipality | Taitō |
| prefecture | Tokyo |
| Country | Japan |
| Coordinates | 35 ° 42 '50 " N , 139 ° 46' 38" E |
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The Ueno Station ( Jap. 上野駅 , Ueno-eki ) is located in Taitō in Tokyo and is the main interchange station for connections from Tokyo to the north, including several JR Higashi-Nihon (JR East) Shinkansen -lines.
In the past, most long-haul connections from northern Japan ended in Ueno. However, since the introduction of the Shinkansen, many connections have been extended to Tokyo Station . The Keisei main line to Tokyo Narita Airport ends at Keisei Ueno Station ( 京 成 上 野 駅 , Keisei Ueno-eki ) of Keisei Dentetsu , which is not far away .
On the Tokyo Metro's web spiders , the station is identified by the identifier G-16 on the Ginza line and H-18 on the Hibiya line .
history
Ueno train station
On July 28, 1883, the Ueno station is opened as a passenger station by the private Nippon Tetsudō as the starting point of the Ueno Nakasendō Tetsudō to Kumagaya , now part of the Takasaki line . A few years later, in November 1890, goods operations, mainly for goods from Akihabara , are also started. In 1906 the station is nationalized and transferred to the State Railways ( Kokutetsu ). On December 16, 1909, a train on the Yamanote line stopped at the station for the first time . The original station building fell victim to large fires caused by the great Kanto earthquake on September 1, 1923. The building burned down completely and only nine years later on April 3, 1932 the new station building, which still exists today, was ceremoniously opened.
However, between the destruction of the old station building and the opening of the new one, there were some technical innovations with effects on the station. On March 1, 1925, Japan's first building line, a section between Ueno and Tokyo, was inaugurated and opened to passenger traffic. Two years later, on December 30, 1927, Asia's first subway line was inaugurated. This is the route from Ueno to Asakusa which today forms part of the Tokyo Metro Ginza line. On March 28, 1961, the Tokyo Metro's Hibiya line also stopped at the station for the first time.
After the Second World War, the black market flourished in the area south of the train station , as this is still the central transport hub in northern Tokyo .
In 1977 the decision was made to convert the station into a Shinkansen station. It all started with the Tōhoku Shinkansen, which stopped at Ueno station for the first time on March 14, 1985 and ended here, and in the following years all other Shinkansen also ended here. It replaced the previous terminal station Ōmiya by extending the route as the same. Ueno held this status as a terminus until 1990. On June 20 of this year, the Shinkansen route was extended to Tokyo station and this has been the terminus ever since.
In 1997, the station was included in the selection of 100 stations in the Kantō region ( 関 東 の 駅 百 選 , Kantō no eki hyakusen ) by the Ministry of Transport .
Keisei Ueno Railway Station
Just over a year after the opening of the new station building opened the Keisei Dentetsu in the west of the station located Ueno Park in the underground on 30 December 1933 its own underground railway station to Ueno Park Station ( 上野公園駅 , Ueno kōen eki ). This was originally designed for trains with a maximum length of four wagons.
At the end of the Second World War, the Ministry of Transport took over the station on June 10, 1945 and only gave it back on October 1, 1945 following the surrender of Japan .
On May 1, 1953, the station was given its current name as Keisei Ueno Station ( 京 成 上 野 駅 , Keisei Ueno eki ). Since the Keisei Dentetsu used trains with 6 wagons from 1967 onwards, but the station was not designed for trains of this length, some trains had to end at the previous Nippori station before entering the tunnel. Only after a renovation and the start of the new Skyliner line on October 25, 1972 (which was later extended to Narita Airport ), trains with a length of 6 wagons could enter. Shortly afterwards, on June 16, 1973, the station was closed for a period of exactly six months in order to undertake extensive renovations again. During this time, all trains ended at Nippori station before the station was reopened as scheduled on December 16, 1973. With a renewed renovation in 1976, the station got its current form and allows the entry of trains with 10 wagons.
Type of construction and tracks
The stations of all three companies are connected to each other by underground tunnels and above-ground pedestrian bridges in order to ensure smooth transfers between lines of the various operators.
Ueno train station
The Ueno station is built as a through station in the most common form of a station . The station concourse is on the ground floor, the Shinkansen tracks in the underground, the tracks of the other lines on an elevated line and on another underground level between the hall and the Shinkansen level below. All 21 platform tracks of the JR East run in north-south direction, however, on different levels. The track accesses are in the station hall on the ground floor as well as on the level above the building construction line with tracks 1 to 12.
Tracks 1 to 12 together form six central platforms that are served by the Jōban line , Keihin-Tōhoku line , Takasaki line , Utsunomiya line and the Yamanote line .
The second complex is made up of tracks 13 to 17, which run in the first underground level, with track 13 forming a side platform and tracks 14 to 17 two central platforms. These are served by the Takasaki Line and Utsunomiya Line on tracks 13 to 15, while tracks 13, 16 and 17 are served by various special and express trains. These include the Minakami , Kusatsu , Akagi , and the Super Hitachi .
In a second underground level, all the tracks of the Shinkansen lines run. These are numbered with the track numbers 19 to 22 and are distributed over two central platforms. Tracks 19 and 20 are used by trains coming from Tokyo, track 21 for trains to Tokyo. Track 22 is only used as an additional track to Tokyo at peak times.
What is noticeable about the numbering of the platforms is that there is no longer a platform with the number 18 today.
| 1 | ▉ Keihin-Tōhoku line | Nippori • Akabane • Ōmiya |
| 2 | ▉ Yamanote Line | Tabata • Ikebukuro • Shinjuku |
| 3 | ▉ Yamanote Line | Tokyo • Shimbashi • Shinagawa |
| 4th | ▉ Keihin-Tōhoku line | Tokyo • Kawasaki • Yokohama |
| 5 - 9 | ▉ Utsunomiya line | Ōmiya • Oyama • Utsunomiya |
| ▉ Takasaki Line | Ōmiya • Kumagaya • Takasaki | |
| 9-10 | ▉ Jōban line | Mito • Iwaki |
| 11-12 | ▉ Jōban Line (express train) | Matsudo • Akibo • Toride |
| 13-15 | ▉ Utsunomiya line | Ōmiya • Oyama • Utsunomiya |
| ▉ Takasaki Line | Ōmiya • Kumagaya • Takasaki | |
| 16-17 | ▉ Kusatsu , Akagi express lines | Express lines towards Naganohara-Kusatsuguchi , Maebashi |
| ▉ Express Super Hitachi | Express line towards Iwaki | |
| 19-20 | ▉ Jōetsu Shinkansen ( Nagano Shinkansen ) | Takasaki (junction Nagano-Shinkansen) • Niigata (Jōetsu-Shinkansen) • Nagano (Nagano-Shinkansen) |
| 20th | ▉ Tōhoku Shinkansen ( Akita Shinkansen , Yamagata Shinkansen ) | Fukushima (Yamagata-Shinkansen junction) • Morioka (Akita-Shinkansen junction) • Hachinohe • Shin-Aomori |
| 21st | ▉ Shinkansen lines coming from the north | all Shinkansen with destination Tokyo |
| 22nd | ▉ Shinkansen lines coming from the north | Additional track during peak times for all Shinkansen with destination Tokyo |
The Tokyo Metro station is also built as a through station for the Ginza and Hibiya lines, is completely underground under the station square and can be reached through separate entrances on the surrounding streets and the entrance hall of the JR station. The platform entrances are on the first underground level, the track systems on a second underground level. The platforms of both lines run from south-west to north-east, but are about 60 meters apart, direct transfers are not possible due to a lack of connections after the access control to the platforms. The platforms on both lines are side platforms and are numbered 1 and 2 each.
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Kanda (G-13) • Ginza (G-09) • Shibuya (G-01) |
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Ginza line
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Asakusa (G-19) |
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 Hibiya lineage
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Akihabara (H-15) • Roppongi (H-04) • Naka-Meguro (H-01) |
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Hibiya lineage
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Kita-Senju (H-21) |
Keisei Ueno Railway Station
The Keisei Ueno station is built as a terminal station in the underground of Ueno Park. It has a total of four tracks which approach two central platforms. The station is connected to Ueno Station on the JR East and Tokyo Metro underground by connecting paths and above ground by footbridges. However, all trains that leave the station on the Keisei main line are named differently according to their stops at the stations along the route.
| 1 - 4 | ▉ local train (普通 , futsū ) | Aoto • Funabashi • Narita Airport |
| ▉ express train (快速 , kaisoku ) | Aoto • Takasago • Funabashi • Keisei Tsudanuma • Narita Airport | |
| ▉ Commuter express train (通勤 特急 , tsūkin tokkyū ) | Aoto • Takasago • Funabashi • Keisei Tsudanuma • Narita Airport | |
| ▉ Special Express (特急 , tokkyū ) | Aoto • Takasago • Funabashi • Keisei Tsudanuma • Narita Airport | |
| ▉ Access-Express (ア ク セ ス 特急 , Access tokkyū ) | Aoto • Takasago • Chiba New Town Chūō • Narita Airport | |
| ▉ Schnell-Sonder-Express (快 特 , kaitoku ) | Aoto • Takasago • Funabashi • Keisei Tsudanuma • Narita Airport | |
| ▉ Morning / evening liner | Nippori • Aoto • Narita Airport | |
| ▉ Skyliner | Narita Airport |
Lines
Ueno Station is served by several Tokyo Metro and JR East lines. The station is also a stop for all Shinkansen lines going north as well as several express and special lines of the JR East. Keisei Ueno Station is the starting point for trains on the Keisei Main Line.
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.svg){kind=logo} Akita-Shinkansen Jōetsu-Shinkansen Nagano-Shinkansen Tōhoku-Shinkansen Yamagata-Shinkansen JR East Shinkansen |
Ōmiya | ||
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JR East Jōban Line |
Nippori | ||
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Keihin Tōhoku Line, JR East |
Okachimachi | ||
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Takasaki Line JR East |
Oku | ||
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Utsunomiya Line JR East |
Oku | ||
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Yamanote Line JR East |
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Inarichō (G-17) | ||
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Hibiya Line (H-17) Tokyo Metro |
Iriya (H-18) | ||
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 Keisei Main Line Keisei Dentetsu from Keisei Ueno Station |
Nippori | ||
Surroundings
→ Main article: Ueno (Tokyo)
The area around the station is mainly characterized by the Ueno Park , which adjoins the Ueno station to the west or the Keisei Ueno station was built directly below it. Due to its many cherry trees, the park is very popular as an annual meeting point for Hanami . But also offers attractions for the rest of the year such as a statue of Saigō Takamori or the National Museum of Western Art , the National Museum Tokyo , the Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music and other cultural institutions. The Ueno Zoo is also located in the park .
To the south of the train station, the area where the black market was carried out after the Second World War has developed into a popular shopping and nightlife district.
The Tokyo Metro is located near the station.
Shops near the train station
Ueno Zoo entrance
use
In 2014, the station was used by an average of 182,468 passengers per day, making it 13th out of over 900 on the list of the most frequently used stations on the JR East in 2014. The Tokyo Metro lines were used by an average of 210,379 passengers per day in 2014. The station ranks 8th among the most used stations on the Tokyo Metro in 2014. Keisei-Ueno station of Keisei Dentetsu was used by 43,363 passengers per day on average in 2014. In 2014, the train station was the 9th most-used train station in the company.
Footnotes and individual references
- ^ Jan Dodd, Simon Richmond: The Rough Guide to Japan Rough Guides, 2001, ISBN 1-85828-699-9 , p. 120.
- ^ MLIT , Kantō Transport Department: List of Kantō no eki hyakusen
- ↑ Passengers boarding in Ueno. Calculation from sold single, collective and monthly tickets.
- ↑ http://www.jreast.co.jp/habenger/index.html Source: JR East, 13th place
- ↑ http://www.tokyometro.jp/corporate/enterprise/zügeger_rail/transportation/züge/index.html Source: Tokyo Metro, rank 8
- ↑ http://www.keisei.co.jp/keisei/tetudou/people.htm Source: Keisei Dentetsu, rank 9
