Uguisudani Station Explained

35.7221°N 139.7779°W

Uguisudani Station
Style:	JR East
Native Name:	鶯谷駅
Native Name Lang:	ja
Address:	1 Negishi, Taitō City, Tokyo
Country:	Japan
Platforms:	2 island platforms
Tracks:	4
Structure:	At grade
Map Type:	Tokyo city#Japan Tokyo Bay and Boso Peninsula#Japan Tokyo#Japan
Map Dot Label:	Uguisudani Station

is a railway station in Taitō, Tokyo, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East). The name relates to a valley where formerly many Japanese bush warblers (uguisu) were found. The station is to the north of the Tokyo National Museum and Ueno Park.

Lines

Uguisudani Station is served by the Yamanote and Keihin-Tohoku lines.

Station layout

The station consists of two island platforms serving four tracks.

Platforms

History

The station opened on 11 July 1912.^[1]

Chest-high platform edge doors were installed on the Yamanote Line platforms (platforms 2 and 3) in September 2014, with operation commencing on 18 October 2014.^[2]

Station numbering was introduced in 2016 with Nishi-Nippori being assigned station numbers JY06 for the Yamanote line and JK31 for the Keihin-Tōhoku line.^[3] ^[4]

Surrounding area

Tokyo National Museum
Ueno Park
Iriya Station (on the Tokyo Metro Hibiya Line)
Nezu Station (on the Tokyo Metro Chiyoda Line)

External links

JR East: Uguisudani Station information

Notes and References

Web site: JR東日本：各駅情報(鶯谷駅). 25 October 2007. ja.
Web site: http://railf.jp/news/2014/09/10/171500.html . ja:鶯谷駅に可動式ホーム柵が設置される . Platform edge doors installed at Uguisudani Station . 10 September 2014. Japan Railfan Magazine Online. Koyusha Co., Ltd.. Japan. ja. 12 September 2014.
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.