is a railway station in

Toshima, Tokyo is a special ward in Tokyo, Japan. It is one of the eight central wards of the Tokyo Metropolitan area. Located in the northern area of Tokyo, Toshima is bordered by the wards of Nerima, Itabashi, and Kita in the north and Nakano, Shinjuku, a ...

, Japan, operated by the

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 Toe ...

Lines

Komagome Station is served by the circular

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 by the

Tokyo Metro Namboku Line The is a subway line owned and operated by Tokyo Metro in Tokyo, Japan. The line runs between Meguro in Shinagawa and Akabane-Iwabuchi in Kita. The Namboku Line was referred to as Line 7 during the planning stages, thus the seldom-used officia ...

subway line.

Station layout

Chest-height

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 Yamanote Line platforms during fiscal 2013.

JR East Platforms

File:JR_Yamanote-Line_Komagome_Station_Platform.jpg, JR East platforms in 2019

Tokyo Metro Platforms

File:TokyoMetro-N14-Komagome-station-platform-20171209-155552.jpg, Tokyo Metro platforms in 2017

History

* 15 November 1910: This station was opened by

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 ...

as a station of the

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 ...

. * 13 April 1945: The station building was burned down by an air raid during

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. * 1 April 1987: The Namboku Line station was opened by TRTA (now Tokyo Metro). * 1 April 1987: The station facilities of the Yamanote Line were inherited by

JR East 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 ...

after the privatization of the Japanese National Railways. * 1 April 2004: The station facilities of the Namboku Line were inherited by

after the privatization of the TRTA. * 2016:

Station numbering Station numbering is a sign system which assigns station codes consisting of a few letters and numbers to train stations. It aims to facilitate navigation for foreign travelers not familiar with the local language by using globally understood ch ...

was introduced to the Yamanote Line station with Komagome being assigned station number JY12.

Surrounding area

Rikugien Garden is a Tokyo metropolitan park in Bunkyō-ku. The name ''Rikugi-en'' means "Garden of the Six Principles", referring to the six elements in ''waka'' poetry, based on the traditional division of Chinese poetry into six categories. The gardens co ...

can be accessed by walking from this station. Kyu-Furukawa Gardens can also be accessed by walking from this station.

References

External links

JR East station information

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