is a railway station on the
Yokosuka Line
The is a railway line in Japan operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East).
The Yokosuka Line connects Tokyo Station with in Yokosuka, Kanagawa. Officially, the name Yokosuka Line is assigned to the segment between and Kurihama sta ...
in
Shinagawa, Tokyo
is a Special wards of Tokyo, special ward in the Tokyo, Tokyo Metropolis in Japan. The Ward refers to itself as Shinagawa City in English. The Ward is home to ten embassies.
, the Ward had an estimated population of 380,293 and a population d ...
, Japan, operated by
East Japan Railway Company
The is a major passenger railway company in Japan and the largest of the seven Japan Railways Group companies. The company name is officially abbreviated as JR-EAST or JR East in English, and as in Japanese. The company's headquarters are in ...
(JR East).
Station layout
The station is composed of two elevated
side platform
A side platform (also known as a marginal platform or a single-face platform) is a platform positioned to the side of one or more railway tracks or guideways at a railway station, tram stop, or transitway. A station having dual side platforms, ...
s and two tracks, and is located below the tracks of the
Tōkaidō Shinkansen
The is a Japanese high-speed rail line that is part of the nationwide Shinkansen network. Along with the San'yō Shinkansen, it forms a continuous high-speed railway through the Taiheiyō Belt, also known as the Tokaido corridor. Opening in 19 ...
.
The line coming from Yokohama splits at this station to the
Yokosuka Line
The is a railway line in Japan operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East).
The Yokosuka Line connects Tokyo Station with in Yokosuka, Kanagawa. Officially, the name Yokosuka Line is assigned to the segment between and Kurihama sta ...
toward
Shinagawa Station
is a major railway station in the Takanawa and Konan districts of Minato, Tokyo, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East), Central Japan Railway Company (JR Central), and the private railway operator Keikyu. The Tokaido Shinkans ...
and the
Shōnan-Shinjuku Line toward
Ōsaki Station
is a railway station in Shinagawa, Tokyo, Japan, jointly owned and operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East) and Tokyo Waterfront Area Rapid Transit (TWR).
Lines
Ōsaki Station is served by the following JR East lines.
* Saikyō Line
* ...
.
Platforms
History
The station opened on April 2, 1986. With the privatization of
Japanese National Railways
The , abbreviated JNR or , was the business entity that operated Japan's national railway network from 1949 to 1987.
Network Railways
As of June 1, 1949, the date of establishment of JNR, it operated of narrow gauge () railways in all 46 pre ...
(JNR) on April 1, 1987, the station came under the control of JR East.
Shonan-Shinjuku Line services began operating on December 1, 2001.
Surrounding area
* Grave of
Hirobumi Ito
* Yogyokuin Nyoraiji Temple
* Core Stalle Nishi-Oi
* J-Tower Nishiooi
* Nishi-oi Hiroba Park
* Nishioi Ryokuchi Park
* Futaba Park
* Shinagawa Shouei Junior and Senior High School
* Ito Elementary School
* Nikon Oi Factory
* Nikon Systems
* Nikon Staff Service
See also
*
List of railway stations in Japan
External links
*
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Stations of East Japan Railway Company
Railway stations in Tokyo
Railway stations in Japan opened in 1986
Shōnan-Shinjuku Line
Yokosuka Line