is a railway station in
Taitō, Tokyo, Japan, operated by the
private railway
A private railway is a railroad run by a private business entity (usually a corporation but not need be), as opposed to a railroad run by a public sector.
Japan
In Japan, , commonly simply ''private railway'', refers to a public transit railway o ...
operator
Keisei Electric Railway
The (stylized as K'SEI since 2001) is a major private railway in Chiba Prefecture and Tokyo, Japan. The name ''Keisei'' is the combination of the kanji 京 from and 成 from , which the railway's main line connects. The combination uses diffe ...
. It is the terminus of the
Keisei Main Line
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, name = Keisei Main Line
, native_name = 京成本線
, native_name_lang = ja
, color = 005aaa
, logo = {{KSLS, KS, 50
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, image = Keisei-Series3000-3042.jpg
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and is a short distance from JR
Ueno Station
is a major railway station in Tokyo's Taitō ward. It is the station used to reach the Ueno district and Ueno Park—which contains Tokyo National Museum, The National Museum of Western Art, Ueno Zoo, Tokyo University of the Arts and other fam ...
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Layout
![Keisei-Ueno-STA Ikenohata-Entrance](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/5d/Keisei-Ueno-STA_Ikenohata-Entrance.jpg)
The station is underground beneath
Ueno Park.
The layout consists of four
bay platforms
In the United Kingdom and in Australia, a bay platform is a dead-end railway platform at a railway station that has through lines. It is normal for bay platforms to be shorter than their associated through platforms.
Overview
Bay and islan ...
which serve four tracks.
Platforms
Keisei-Ueno-STA Gate.jpg, The ticket barriers in August 2021
Keisei-Ueno-STA Home1-2.jpg, Platforms 1 and 2 in July 2021
Keisei-Ueno-STA-Home2020.jpg, Platforms 3 and 4 in October 2020
History
The station opened on 10 October 1933 as .
It was renamed Keisei Ueno Station on 1 May 1953.
Passenger statistics
In fiscal 2015, the station was used by an average of 44,814 passengers daily.
Surrounding area
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Ueno Station
is a major railway station in Tokyo's Taitō ward. It is the station used to reach the Ueno district and Ueno Park—which contains Tokyo National Museum, The National Museum of Western Art, Ueno Zoo, Tokyo University of the Arts and other fam ...
(JR Lines,
Ginza Line
The is a subway line in Tokyo, Japan, operated by Tokyo Metro. The official name is . It is 14.3 km long and serves the wards of Shibuya, Minato, Chūō, Chiyoda, and Taitō. It is the oldest subway line in Asia.
The line was named aft ...
, and
Hibiya Line
The is a subway line in Tokyo, Japan, owned and operated by Tokyo Metro. The line was named after the Hibiya area in Chiyoda's Yurakucho district, under which it passes. On maps, diagrams and signboards, the line is shown using the color silve ...
)
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Ueno Park
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Ueno Zoo
The is a zoo, managed by the Tokyo Metropolitan Government, and located in Taitō, Tokyo, Japan. It is Japan's oldest zoo, opened on March 20, 1882. It is served by Ueno Station, Keisei Ueno Station and Nezu Station, with convenient access fr ...
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Tokyo National Museum
The or TNM is an art museum in Ueno Park in the Taitō ward of Tokyo, Japan. It is one of the four museums operated by the National Institutes for Cultural Heritage ( :ja:国立文化財機構), is considered the oldest national museum in Japan, ...
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National Museum of Nature and Science
The is in the northeast corner of Ueno Park in Tokyo. The museum has exhibitions on pre-Meiji period, Meiji science in Japan. It is the venue of the taxidermied bodies of the legendary dogs Hachikō and Taro and Jiro. A life-size blue whale mode ...
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National Museum of Western Art
The is the premier public art gallery in Japan specializing in art from the Western tradition.
The museum is in the museum and zoo complex in Ueno Park in Taitō, central Tokyo. It received 1,162,345 visitors in 2016.
History
The NMWA was es ...
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Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum
The is an art museum in Tokyo, Japan. It is one of Japan's many museums which are supported by a prefectural government. Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005)"Museums"in ''Japan Encyclopedia'', pp. 671-673. The current structure, designed by Kunio ...
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Tokyo Research Institute for Cultural Properties
The , commonly known as Tobunken, is an institute dedicated to the preservation and utilization of cultural properties. It is one of the two institutes in Japan that comprise the National Institutes for Cultural Heritage, an independent administ ...
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Shitamachi Museum
The is a museum in Ueno, Taito, Tokyo, Japan. Located on the shores of Shinobazu Pond within Ueno Park, it is dedicated to the traditional culture of Tokyo's Shitamachi.
The museum opened in 1980, six years before the Fukagawa Edo Museum and t ...
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Ueno Tōshō-gū
is a Tōshō-gū Shinto shrine located in the Taitō ward of Tokyo, Japan.
First established in 1627 by Tōdō Takatora and renovated in 1651 by Tokugawa Iemitsu, the shrine has remained mostly intact since that time, making it a great example ...
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Kan'ei-ji
(also spelled Kan'eiji or Kaneiji) is a Tendai Buddhist temple in Tokyo, Japan, founded in 1625 during the Kan'ei era by Tenkai, in an attempt to emulate the powerful religious center Enryaku-ji, in Kyoto. The main object of worship is .Nihon Re ...
See also
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List of railway stations in Japan
The links below contain all of the 8579 railway stations in Japan.
External links
{{Portal bar, Japan, Trains
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Railway stations
Japan
Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It ...
References
External links
Keisei Ueno Station map
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Railway stations in Japan opened in 1933
Keisei Main Line
Stations of Keisei Electric Railway
Railway stations in Tokyo
Buildings and structures in Taitō