is a railway station in the

Yūrakuchō is a business district of Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan, situated in between the Ginza and Hibiya Park, southeast of the Tokyo Imperial Palace. The district takes its name from Oda Nagamasu (1547–1622), who was also known as Yūraku (有楽). Oda Nagam ...

district of

Chiyoda, Tokyo is a special ward located in central Tokyo, Japan. It is known as Chiyoda City in English.Profile< ...

, Japan, operated by

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 ...

(JR East) and the Tokyo subway operator

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 Toei ...

. It is Tokyo Metro's fifteenth busiest station in 2016. JR Yurakucho Station Ginza Exit Oct 13 2020 04-30PM

Lines

Yūrakuchō is served by the JR East Keihin-Tōhoku Line and

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 ...

, and the

Tokyo Metro Yūrakuchō Line The is a subway line in Japan owned and operated by Tokyo Metro. The line connects Wakōshi Station in Wakō, Saitama and Shin-Kiba Station in Kōtō, Tokyo. On maps, diagrams and signboards, the line is shown using the color "gold" (), and ...

subway. On Tokyo subway maps, nearby

Hibiya Station is an underground railway station in the Yūrakuchō district of Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan, operated by Tokyo Metro and Toei. The area around the station is generally called Hibiya, which is the southwestern corner of the Yūrakuchō district. Hi ...

is marked as an interchange and is linked to Yurakucho by underground passages.

Platforms

JR East Platforms

File:JR Yurakucho Station Platform 1・2.jpg, Platforms 1 and 2 File:JR Yurakucho Station Platform 3・4.jpg, Platforms 3 and 4

Tokyo Metro Platforms

File:TokyoMetro-yurakucho-platform.jpg, Yurakucho Line platforms

History

The elevated JR station opened on June 25, 1910. The subway station opened on October 30, 1974. 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 syste ...

were installed on the Yamanote Line platforms in July 2014, with operation scheduled to begin on 30 August 2014.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2013, the JR East station was used by an average of 167,365 passengers daily (boarding passengers only), making it the fourteenth-busiest station operated by JR East. In fiscal 2013, the Tokyo Metro station was used by an average of 158,809 passengers per day (exiting and entering passengers), making it the sixteenth-busiest station operated by Tokyo Metro. The average daily passenger figures for each operator in previous years are as shown below. * Note that JR East figures are for boarding passengers only.

References

External links

The Tokyo Virtual Tour: Yūrakuchō Station
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