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. 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 () 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.

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