Ōtsuka Station

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Ōtsuka
大塚
File:JR-Otsuka-Sta-N.JPG
The north entrance, April 2012
Location 3 Minami-Ōtsuka, Toshima, Tokyo
(東京都豊島区南大塚三丁目)
Japan
Operated by JR East
Line(s) Yamanote Line
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  • Bus terminal
History
Opened 1903
Traffic
Passengers (FY2010) 53,346 daily

Ōtsuka Station (大塚駅 Ōtsuka-eki?) is a railway station in Toshima, Tokyo, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East).[1]

Lines

Ōtsuka Station is served by the circular Yamanote Line. A stop on the Toden Arakawa Line, named Ōtsuka-ekimae Station (大塚駅前停留場 Ōtsuka ekimae teiryūjō?) is also located underneath Ōtsuka Station.

Station layout

The station consists of an elevated island platform serving the two Yamanote Line tracks. The station has a Midori no Madoguchi staffed ticket office.[1]

Chest-high platform edge doors were installed on the Yamanote Line platforms, brought into use from 20 April 2013.[2]

Platforms

1  Yamanote Line for Ikebukuro, Shinjuku, and Shinagawa
2  Yamanote Line for Tabata, Ueno, and Tokyo

Adjacent stations

« Service »
Yamanote Line
Ikebukuro - Sugamo
Toden Arakawa Line
Mukohara - Sugamoshinden

History

File:Otsuka Station in Sugamo Kosho period.jpg
Otsuka Station in the early 20th century

The station opened on 1 April 1903.[3]

The wooden station structure on the south side was demolished in 2009.[3]

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2010, the station was used by an average of 53,346 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[4]

Surrounding area

File:Toden Otsuka sta 001.jpg
Ōtsuka-ekimae tram stop beneath the JR East station, December 2007

See also

References

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