Ōtsuka Station Explained

Ōtsuka Station Ōtsuka-ekimae Station
Native Name:	大塚駅大塚駅前停留場
Native Name Lang:	ja
Address:	3 Minami-Ōtsuka, Toshima-ku, Tokyo
Country:	Japan
Connections:	Bus terminal
Passengers:	53,346 daily
Pass Year:	FY2010
Map Type:	Japan Tokyo city#Japan Tokyo Bay and Boso Peninsula#Japan Tokyo#Japan
Map Dot Label:	Ōtsuka

is a railway station in Toshima, Tokyo, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East).^[1] It is connected to the on the Tokyo Sakura Tram line, operated by Tokyo Metropolitan Bureau of Transportation (Toei).

Lines

Ōtsuka Station is served by the circular Yamanote Line. A stop on the Tokyo Sakura Tram, named Ōtsuka-ekimae Station is located underneath Ōtsuka Station.

Station layout

The station consists of an elevated island platform serving the two Yamanote Line tracks. The station has a Midori no Madoguchi staffed ticket office.^[1]

Chest-high platform edge doors were installed on the Yamanote Line platforms, brought into use from 20 April 2013.^[2]

Platforms

History

The station opened on 1 April 1903.^[3]

The wooden station structure on the south side was demolished in 2009.^[3]

Station numbering was introduced in 2016 with Ōtsuka being assigned station number JY12.^[4] ^[5]

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2010, the station was used by an average of 53,346 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).^[6]

Surrounding area

Shin-ōtsuka Station (on the Tokyo Metro Marunouchi Line)
Sugamo Police Station
Sugamo Junior & Senior High School
Minami-Ōtsuka Hall

External links

Notes and References

Web site: http://www.jreast.co.jp/estation/station/info.aspx?StationCd=330. ja:各駅情報（大塚駅）. Station Information (Ōtsuka Station). East Japan Railway Company. Japan. Japanese. 14 February 2012.
Web site: http://railf.jp/news/2013/04/21/072100.html. ja:山手線大塚駅で可動式ホーム柵の使用開始 . Platform edge doors introduced at Otsuka Station on the Yamanote Line. 21 April 2013. Japan Railfan Magazine Online. Koyusha Co., Ltd.. Japan. Japanese. 23 April 2013.
Book: Kawashima, Ryozo . 日本の鉄道中部ライン全線・全駅・全配線第１２巻東京都心北部 . Railways of Japan – Chubu Line – Lines/Stations/Track plans – Vol 12 Northern Central Tokyo . Kodansha . March 2011 . Japan . 55. 978-4-06-270072-6.
Web site: 6 April 2016 . ⾸都圏エリアへ「駅ナンバリング」を導⼊します . Introduce “station numbering” to the Tokyo metropolitan area . https://web.archive.org/web/20221207004741/https://www.jreast.co.jp/press/2016/20160402.pdf . 7 December 2022 . 7 January 2023 . jreast.co.jp . ja.
Web site: Kusamachi . Yoshikazu . 7 April 2016 . JA・JK・JT・AKB…JR東日本、首都圏で駅ナンバリングなど導入へ . JA, JK, JT, AKB … JR East to introduce station numbering in the Tokyo metropolitan area . https://web.archive.org/web/20220806133507/https://response.jp/article/2016/04/07/273025.html . 6 August 2022 . 7 January 2023 . Response Automotive Media . ja.
Web site: http://www.jreast.co.jp/passenger/index.html. ja:各駅の乗車人員 (2010年度). FY2010 Station passenger figures. East Japan Railway Company. Japan. Japanese. 14 February 2012.