is a major railway station in

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Taitō is a special ward located in Tokyo Metropolis, Japan. In English, it is known as Taitō City. As of May 1, 2015, the ward has an estimated population of 186,276, and a population density of 18,420 persons per km2. The total area is . Thi ...

ward. It is the station used to reach the

Ueno is a district in Tokyo's Taitō Ward, best known as the home of Ueno Park. Ueno is also home to some of Tokyo's finest cultural sites, including the Tokyo National Museum, the National Museum of Western Art, and the National Museum of Na ...

district and Ueno Park—which contains

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, ...

The 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 ...

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 ...

Tokyo University of the Arts or is the most prestigious art school in Japan. Located in Ueno Park, it also has facilities in Toride, Ibaraki, Yokohama, Kanagawa, and Kitasenju and Adachi, Tokyo. The university has trained renowned artists in the fields of painting, scul ...

and other famous cultural facilities. A major commuter hub, it is also the traditional terminus for long-distance trains from northern

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, although with the extension of the

Shinkansen The , colloquially known in English as the bullet train, is a network of high-speed railway lines in Japan. Initially, it was built to connect distant Japanese regions with Tokyo, the capital, to aid economic growth and development. Beyond l ...

lines to

Tokyo Station Tokyo Station ( ja, 東京駅, ) is a railway station in Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan. The original station is located in Chiyoda's Marunouchi business district near the Tokyo Imperial Palace, Imperial Palace grounds. The newer Eastern extension is ...

this role has diminished in recent years. A similar extension of conventional lines extended

Takasaki Line The Takasaki Line ( ja, 高崎線, ) is a Japanese railway line which connects Ōmiya Station in Saitama, Saitama Prefecture and Takasaki Station in Takasaki, Gunma Prefecture. It is owned and operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East) ...

Utsunomiya Line The Utsunomiya Line ( ja, 宇都宮線, ) is the name given to a 163.5 kilometer section of the Tōhoku Main Line between Tokyo Station in Tokyo and Kuroiso Station in Nasushiobara, Tochigi, Japan. It is part of the East Japan Railway Compan ...

and Joban Line services to

via the Ueno-Tokyo Line in March 2015, using existing little-used tracks and a new viaduct; the Ueno-Tokyo Line connects these lines with the Tokaido Main Line, allowing through services to

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Yokohama is the second-largest city in Japan by population and the most populous municipality of Japan. It is the capital city and the most populous city in Kanagawa Prefecture, with a 2020 population of 3.8 million. It lies on Tokyo Bay, south of To ...

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and

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stations. Ueno Station is close to

Keisei Ueno Station is a railway station in Taitō, Tokyo, Japan, operated by the private railway operator Keisei Electric Railway. It is the terminus of the Keisei Main Line and is a short distance from JR Ueno Station. Layout The station is underground beneath ...

, the Tokyo terminus of the Keisei Main Line to

Narita Airport Station Narita Airport Terminal 1 (Narita Airport) Station ( ja, 成田空港(成田第1ターミナル)駅, ) is an underground airport rail link station located beneath Terminal 1 of Narita International Airport in Narita, Chiba, Japan. The station is ...

Lines

This station is served by the following lines: *

Tokyo Metro The is a major rapid transit system in Tokyo, Japan, operated by the Tokyo Metro Co. With an average daily ridership of 6.84 million passengers, the Tokyo Metro is the larger of the two subway operators in the city; the other being the Toe ...

** ** *

East Japan Railway Company The is a major passenger railway company in Japan and is 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 ...

** Tohoku Shinkansen **

Yamagata Shinkansen The is a Mini-shinkansen route in Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East). It provides service between Tokyo and Shinjō in Yamagata Prefecture over the tracks of the Tohoku Shinkansen and the Ōu Main Line. The term Yamaga ...

** Akita Shinkansen ** Joetsu Shinkansen **

Hokuriku Shinkansen The is a high-speed Shinkansen railway line jointly operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East) and West Japan Railway Company (JR West), connecting Tokyo with in the Hokuriku region of Japan. The first section, between and in Nagano Pr ...

Hokkaido Shinkansen The is a Japanese high-speed Shinkansen rail line that links up with the Tōhoku Shinkansen in northern Aomori Prefecture in Honshu and continues on into the interior of Hokkaido through the undersea Seikan Tunnel. Construction started in May ...

( Tohoku Main Line) **

** Keihin-Tohoku Line **

Yamanote Line The Yamanote Line ( ja, 山手線, Yamanote-sen) is a loop service in Tokyo, Japan, operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East). It is one of Tokyo's busiest and most important lines, connecting most of Tokyo's major stations and urban ...

** Joban Line As this station was the traditional point of arrival and departure for journeys to northern Japan, it became the inspiration for many poems and song lyrics, including a famous

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. There is a memorial plate about this poem in the station.

Station layout

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Like most major stations in Japan, Ueno station contains and is surrounded by extensive shopping arcades. Ueno's includes a branch of the

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JR East platforms

This station has two main levels of tracks and a deep underground station for the Tohoku Shinkansen tracks. Through tracks 1 to 4 on two

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 on the main level are used by

and Keihin-Tohoku Line trains. Tracks 5 to 9 on two island platforms and one side of a terminal platform lead to the Ueno-Tokyo Line to

and beyond on the Tokaido Main Line. Tracks 10 to 12 terminate inside the building, and below these on a lower deck are further terminal tracks 13 to 17 (Track No.18 has been removed). Two subterranean island platforms serve Shinkansen tracks 19 to 22. Chest-high

platform edge doors Platform screen doors (PSDs), also known as platform edge doors (PEDs), are used at some train, rapid transit and people mover stations to separate the platform from train tracks, as well as on some bus rapid transit, tram and light rail sys ...

were installed on the two Yamanote Line platforms (2 and 3) in November 2015, and brought into use from December. File:JRUenostation-platform-doors-night-march6-2016.jpg, Yamanote Line platform 2 in March 2016 following the addition of low-height platform edge doors File:上野駅地平ホーム.JPG, Platforms 14 and 15

Tokyo Metro platforms

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Both the Ginza and Hibiya line station have two tracks; however, unlike in other Tokyo Metro stations, each line's tracks are counted separately. Tokyo-metro-Ueno-Station-platform1.jpg, The Ginza Line platform 1 in October 2018 UenoStation-GinzaLine-newPlatform.jpg, The Ginza Line platform 2 in January 2018 Hibiya line Ueno Station platform 1 with platform doors Aug 06 2021 02-56 PM.jpeg, The Hibiya Line platforms in August 2021 UenoStation-GinzaLine-newjrUenogate.jpg, JR Ueno Station District Gate in January 2018 Tokyo-metro-Ueno-Park-District-Gate1.jpg, Ueno Park District Gate in October 2018 Tokyo-metro-Ueno-Park-District-Gate2.jpg, Ueno Park District Gate in October 2018

History

This station opened on July 28, 1883. After the destruction of this first building in the fires caused by the

1923 Great Kantō earthquake The struck the Kantō Plain on the main Japanese island of Honshū at 11:58:44 JST (02:58:44 UTC) on Saturday, September 1, 1923. Varied accounts indicate the duration of the earthquake was between four and ten minutes. Extensive firestorms an ...

Japanese Government Railways The Japanese Government Railways (JGR) was the national railway system directly operated by the Japanese Ministry of Railways ( ja, 鉄道省, Tetsudō-shō, ) until 1949. It was a predecessor of Japanese National Railways and the later Japan Rai ...

constructed the current station buildings. In 1927, Tokyo Underground Railway (now Tokyo Metro) opened Japan's first subway line from here to

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. Following

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, the neighbourhood in front of Ueno Station was a major center of

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activity. Today, that market is gathering people as a name of

Ameya-Yokochō is an open-air market in the Taito Ward of Tokyo, Japan, located next to Ueno Station. The market is approximately 164,227 square feet in area, starting just behind the Yodobashi Camera building and following the Yamanote Line south until ...

. The station facilities of the Ginza and Hibiya Lines were inherited by

after the privatization of the Teito Rapid Transit Authority (TRTA) in 2004. In March 2010, to promote the release of the Cho-Den-O Trilogy of the

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movies, a special marking was used on the trains going to Nakano-fujimichō from Ueno, and ''Den-Os

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greeted 200 fans who rode on the first of those trains. Ueno Park exit - JR Ueno Station - Dec 30 2021 various 15 38 18 379000

In March 2020, the Park Exit (Ueno Park Exit) was moved to the north and the roadway in front of it was changed to a dead end, allowing pedestrians to enter Ueno Park from the station without crossing the roadway.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2013, the JR East station was used by 181,880 passengers daily (boarding passengers only), making it the thirteenth-busiest station operated by JR East. In fiscal 2013, the Tokyo Metro station was used by an average of 211,539 passengers per day (exiting and entering passengers), making it the eighth-busiest station operated by Tokyo Metro. The daily passenger figures for each operator in previous years are as shown below. * Note that JR East figures are for boarding passengers only.

Bus services

Highway buses

* ''Sky / Panda''; For

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Aomori Station is a railway station in the city of Aomori in Aomori Prefecture, Japan. The station has been operating since September 1891, though the most recent station building, which consists of three island platforms connected to the station building by a ...

* ''Yuhi''; For Tsuruoka Station,

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, and Sakata Station * ''Tono Kamaishi''; For

Shin-Hanamaki Station is a junction railway station in the city of Hanamaki, Iwate, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East). Lines Shin-Hanamaki Station is served by the Tohoku Shinkansen and the Kamaishi Line. It is 500.0 rail kilometers from the ...

, Tōno Station,

Kamaishi Station is a junction railway station in the city of Kamaishi, Iwate, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East) and the Third-sector Sanriku Railway. Lines Kamaishi Station is a terminal station of the JR East Kamaishi Line and is locat ...

, and

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* ''Tokyo Sunrise''; For

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, Sagae Station,

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, and Shinjō Station * ''Rainbow'';

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, Kaminoyama-Onsen Station, and

* For Chino,

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, and Nagano Station * ''Dream Kanazawa''; For

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, and

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* ''Kimasshi''; For

* ''Yamato''; For

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, Ōji Station, and Goidō Station * For

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, Sanjō Station, and

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* ''Flying Liner''; For

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, and

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* ''Mamakari Liner''; For

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In Literature

* ''Tokyo Ueno Station'', by

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, English tr. b
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(Tilted Axis, 2019. // Penguin Randomhouse, 2020. )

References

External links

(Tokyo Metro)
Ueno Station
(JR East)
Ueno Station Panorama
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Lines

Station layout

JR East platforms

Tokyo Metro platforms

History

Passenger statistics

Bus services

Highway buses

See also

In Literature

References

External links