Yūrakuchō Station Explained
35.6749°N 139.7636°W
Yūrakuchō Station |
| Native Name: | 有楽町駅 |
| Native Name Lang: | ja |
| Mlanguage: | | Kyujitai: | 有樂町驛 | | Shinjitai: | 有楽町駅 | | Hiragana: | ゆうらくちょうえき |
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| Address: | Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo |
| Country: | Japan |
| Code: | Y-18 JK-25 JY-30 |
| Map Type: | Japan Tokyo city#Japan Tokyo Bay and Boso Peninsula#Japan Tokyo#Japan |
| Map Dot Label: | Yūrakuchō Station |
is a railway station in the Yūrakuchō district of Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East) and the Tokyo subway operator Tokyo Metro. It is Tokyo Metro's fifteenth busiest station in 2016.[1]
Lines
Yūrakuchō is served by the JR East Keihin-Tōhoku Line and Yamanote Line, and the Tokyo Metro Yūrakuchō Line subway. On Tokyo subway maps, nearby Hibiya Station is marked as an interchange and is linked to Yurakucho by underground passages.
Platforms
Tokyo Metro platforms
History
The elevated JR station opened on June 25, 1910. The subway station opened on October 30, 1974.
Chest-high platform edge doors were installed on the Yamanote Line platforms in July 2014, with operation scheduled to begin on 30 August 2014.[2]
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.[3] 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.[4] The average daily passenger figures for each operator in previous years are as shown below.
| Fiscal year | JR East | Tokyo Metro |
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| 1999 | 160,126[5] | |
| 2000 | 156,273[6] | |
| 2005 | 153,113[7] | |
| 2010 | 162,445[8] | |
| 2011 | 162,252[9] | 147,303[10] |
| 2012 | 164,929[11] | 152,102[12] |
| 2013 | 167,365 | 158,809 | |
- Note that JR East figures are for boarding passengers only.
See also
External links
Notes and References
- Web site: http://www.tokyometro.jp/corporate/enterprise/passenger_rail/transportation/passengers/index.html. ja:各駅の乗降人員ランキング. Station usage ranking . Tokyo Metro . 23 May 2018 . ja.
- Web site: http://railf.jp/news/2014/07/23/120000.html . ja:山手線有楽町駅で可動式ホーム柵の設置工事 . Work to install platform edge doors at Yamanote Line Yurakucho Station . 2014-07-23. Japan Railfan Magazine Online. Koyusha Co., Ltd.. Japan. ja. 2014-07-24.
- Web site: http://www.jreast.co.jp/passenger/index.html. ja:各駅の乗車人員 （2013年度）. Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2013). East Japan Railway Company. Japan. ja. 2 September 2014.
- Web site: http://www.tokyometro.jp/corporate/enterprise/passenger_rail/transportation/passengers/index.html. ja:各駅の乗降人員ランキング. Station usage ranking . Tokyo Metro . 31 August 2014 . ja.
- Web site: http://www.jreast.co.jp/passenger/1999.html. ja:各駅の乗車人員 （1999年度）. Station passenger figures (Fiscal 1999). East Japan Railway Company. Japan. ja. 2 September 2014.
- Web site: http://www.jreast.co.jp/passenger/2000.html. ja:各駅の乗車人員 （2000年度）. Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2000). East Japan Railway Company. Japan. ja. 2 September 2014.
- Web site: http://www.jreast.co.jp/passenger/2005.html. ja:各駅の乗車人員 （2005年度）. Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2005). East Japan Railway Company. Japan. ja. 2 September 2014.
- Web site: http://www.jreast.co.jp/passenger/2010.html. ja:各駅の乗車人員 (2010年度). Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2010). East Japan Railway Company. Japan. ja. 2 September 2014.
- Web site: http://www.jreast.co.jp/passenger/2011.html. ja:各駅の乗車人員 （2011年度）. Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2011). East Japan Railway Company. Japan. ja. 2 September 2014.
- Web site: http://www.tokyometro.jp/corporate/enterprise/passenger_rail/transportation/passengers/index03.html. ja:駅別乗降人員順位表（2011年度1日平均）. Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2011). Tokyo Metro. Japan. ja. 3 September 2014.
- Web site: http://www.jreast.co.jp/passenger/2012.html. ja:各駅の乗車人員 （2012年度）. Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2012). East Japan Railway Company. Japan. ja. 2 September 2014.
- Web site: http://www.tokyometro.jp/corporate/enterprise/passenger_rail/transportation/passengers/index02.html. ja:各駅の乗降人員ランキング (2012年). Station usage ranking (2012). Tokyo Metro . 2 September 2014 . ja.
