is a subway train station in Bunkyō, Tokyo, Japan, operated by the Tokyo subway operator

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. It is directly connected by an underground pedestrian passage to the Toei-operated Kasuga Station. It is integrated with the Tokyo Dome City complex and the Bunkyō ward capitol building.

Lines

Kōrakuen Station is served by the following lines: * Tokyo Metro Marunouchi Line, station number M-22 *

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 off ...

, station number N-11 Nearby , connected by a pedestrian passageway, is served by the following lines. * Toei Mita Line, station number I-12 *

Toei Ōedo Line The is a rapid transit railway line of the municipal Toei Subway network in Tokyo, Japan. It commenced full operations on December 12, 2000; using the Japanese calendar this reads "12/12/12" as the year 2000 equals Heisei 12. The line is comple ...

, station number E-07

Layout

The Marunouchi Line platforms (1 to 2) consist of two

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 serving two tracks on the second-floor ("2F") level, and the Namboku Line platforms (3 to 4) consist of an

island platform An island platform (also center platform (American English) or centre platform (British English)) is a station layout arrangement where a single platform is positioned between two tracks within a railway station, tram stop or transitway inte ...

serving two deep-level tracks on the sixth basement ("B6F") level.

Platforms

From March 2015, the Namboku Line platforms use the tune " Take Me Out to the Ball Game" as the departure melody, chosen as the nearby Tokyo Dome is used for baseball games. File:Korakuen Station 2019a.jpg, Korakuen District Gate, 2019 File:Marunouchi Line 2000 Korakuen 20190224a.jpg, A Tokyo Metro 2000 series train at Korakuen station, 2019 File:Namboku-Line-Korakuen-Sta-Platform.JPG, Namboku Line platforms, 2010

Passengers

In fiscal 2019, this station had 106,481 passengers daily.

History

Kōrakuen Station opened on 20 January 1954 on the Marunouchi Line. The Namboku Line platforms opened on 26 March 1996. The station facilities were inherited by

after the privatization of the Teito Rapid Transit Authority (TRTA) in 2004. From 13 March 2015, the tune " Take Me Out to the Ball Game" was used as the departure melody for the Namboku Line platforms.

Surrounding area

Bunkyo Civic Center The is the government building for Bunkyo ward in Tokyo, Japan. Its 25th floor houses a free observation deck. The building was completed in 1994. It has been described as a "colossal Pez candy dispenser" by ''The Japan Times''. The building is ...

* Tokyo Dome City entertainment complex **

Tokyo Dome is an indoor stadium in Bunkyō, Tokyo, Japan. It was designed as a baseball stadium following its predecessor, Korakuen Stadium (whose former site is now occupied by the Tokyo Dome Hotel and a plaza for this stadium). In Japan, it is often us ...

baseball stadium * Koishikawa Kōrakuen Garden *Several train stations nearby: ** Kasuga Station ( Toei) ** Suidōbashi Station (

JR East 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 ...

, Toei)

References

External links

Korakuen Station information
(Tokyo Metro) {{DEFAULTSORT:Korakuen Station Tokyo Metro Marunouchi Line Tokyo Metro Namboku Line Railway stations in Japan opened in 1954 Stations of Tokyo Metro