is a railway station on the

Yurikamome , formerly the , is an automated guideway transit service operated by ''Yurikamome, Inc.'', connecting Shimbashi to Toyosu, via the artificial island of Odaiba in Tokyo, Japan, a market in which it competes with the Rinkai Line. The line is name ...

Line, in Kōtō, Tokyo, Japan. Its station number is U-12. Opened on 1 November 1995, the station is located within walking distance to

Kokusai-tenjijō Station is a railway station on the Rinkai Line in Kōtō, Tokyo, Japan, operated by Tokyo Waterfront Area Rapid Transit (TWR). The station serves the Tokyo Big Sight exhibition centre, after which the station is named. Lines Kokusai-Tenjijō Station ...

on the

Rinkai Line The is a railway line in Tokyo, Japan. It is the only line operated by the third-sector company Tokyo Waterfront Area Rapid Transit. It connects central Tokyo to the artificial islands of Aomi and Odaiba. The line is served by some trains on th ...

. The station served as the line's eastern terminus before the extension to

Toyosu Station is a railway station in Kōtō, Tokyo, Japan, operated by Tokyo Metro and Yurikamome. Lines Toyosu Station is served by the Tokyo Metro Yurakucho Line subway and the Yurikamome. Station layout The station consists of an underground metro sta ...

opened. However, some services from Shimbashi still terminates at Ariake.

Station layout

The station consists of two elevated

island platform An island platform (also center platform, centre platform) is a station layout arrangement where a single platform is positioned between two tracks within a railway station, tram stop or transitway interchange. Island platforms are popular on ...

s serving three tracks.

Platforms

History

The station opened on 1 November 1995 as the eastern terminus of the Yurikamome Line. It became a through station from 27 March 2006 following the opening of the extension to Toyosu.

Surrounding area

(TWR

) * Symbol Promenade Park *

Tokyo Big Sight , officially known as , is a convention and exhibition center in Tokyo, Japan, and the largest one in the country. Opened in April 1996, the center is located in the Ariake Minami district of on the Tokyo Bay waterfront. Its most iconic feature i ...

(East Halls) * Panasonic Centre Tokyo * Ariake Tennis Forest Park *

Ariake Coliseum is an indoor sporting arena in located in Ariake, Kōtō, Tokyo, Japan. It has a capacity of 10,000 and is one of the few professional tennis venues which has a retractable roof. Events The arena is used as the center court for the Japan O ...

Japanese Foundation for Cancer Research The (JFCR) is a non-profit cancer research organization based in Ariake, Tokyo. The JFCR was founded in 1908 as the first Japanese organization specializing in cancer by Katsusaburō Yamagiwa and his supporters. The Cancer Institute and its att ...

Cancer Institute Hospital * Tokyo Metropolitan Disaster Prevention Center * Tokyo Bay Ariake Washington Hotel A bus stop is located at the front of Kokusai-tenjijō Station.

Passenger statistics

In 2008, the station was used by an average of 2,293 passengers.

External links

Official information site
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