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 Naga ...
district of
Chiyoda, Tokyo
, known as Chiyoda City in English,
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, 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) and the Tokyo subway operator
Tokyo Metro
The Tokyo Metro () is a major rapid transit system in Tokyo, Japan, operated by the #Organization, Tokyo Metro Co. With an average daily ridership of 6.52 million passengers (as of 2023), the Tokyo Metro is the larger of the Tokyo subway, two s ...
. It is Tokyo Metro's fifteenth busiest station in 2016.

Lines
Yūrakuchō is served by the JR East
Keihin-Tōhoku Line and
Yamanote Line
The Yamanote Line () is a railway Circle route, 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 centres ...
, and the
Tokyo Metro Yūrakuchō Line
The is a rapid transit, 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 "go ...
subway. On Tokyo subway maps, nearby
Hibiya Station is marked as an interchange and is linked to Yurakucho by underground passages.
Platforms
JR East platforms
File:JRE Yurakucho-STA Platform1-2.jpg, Platforms 1 and 2
File:JRE Yurakucho-STA Platform3-4.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 sy ...
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.
See also
*
List of railway stations in Japan
References
External links
The Tokyo Virtual Tour: Yūrakuchō Station
{{DEFAULTSORT:Yurakucho Station
Yamanote Line
Keihin-Tōhoku Line
Tokyo Metro Yurakucho Line
Tōkaidō Main Line
Stations of East Japan Railway Company
Stations of Tokyo Metro
Railway stations in Japan opened in 1910