Shin-ÅŒkubo Station
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The station Shin- Okubo (Japanese新 大 久保 駅, Shin- Okubo -eki ) is located in Shinjuku in Tokyo Prefecture, Japan.
History
On 14 November 1914, the station was opened as a passenger station.
On 26 January 2001, the station reached sad attention from the public, as a 47 year old photographer from Yokohama and a 26 year old student from Korea were killed while trying to rescue a drunk and fell from the platform onto the tracks Japanese. All three people were struck by a train of the Yamanote Line and arrived at the accident to. At the funeral, the Japanese Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori and the Foreign Minister Yohei Kono participated. In 2007 came with Anata o wasurenai a biographical film about the life of perished Korean students.
Design and tracks
The station was built in the commonly encountered construction of a railway station in the form of a transit station. He has access and two tracks, which run to a single central platform.
Platforms
Lines
The train station is only served by the Yamanote Line. The paint used in the table below is the award of JR East color code of the line.
Environment
The station is located near the so-called Koreatown, one inhabited by many in recent years, immigrants mainly from South Korea Koreans area. In addition to the Koreans live there also immigrants from China, Taiwan and other countries of Southeast Asia, the area thus has an unusually high proportion of foreigners in Japan of about 10%.
About a kilometer to the south is the great Shinjuku Station. In about five minutes you can and in about three minutes to reach the entertainment district Kabukicho the Okubo station on the Chūō - sobu line on foot.
Use
In 2007, the station from an average of 36 133 passengers was used on the day, so the rank of 116 took over 900 on the ranking of the busiest train stations of JR East in 2007. The train station is also located so that only ranked 28th out of 29 stations in the number of passengers at stations of the Yamanote Line.