ÅŒtsuka Station

  • 2 ( Office of the Tokyo prefecture)
  • JR East: Yamanote Line
  • Office of the Tokyo prefecture: deaths Arakawa Line

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The Ōtsuka Station (Japanese大 冢 駅, -eki Ōtsuka ) is located in Toshima in Tokyo Prefecture, Japan.

History

The railway station was opened on 1 April 1903 as a freight depot. On October 12, 1909, the Yamanote line stops the first time at the station. After more than 70 years, the goods will be stopped at the station on October 1, 1974.

Opened in 1911, the Ōji Denki Kido the " breakpoint at Ōtsuka Station " (大 冢 駅 前 停留 所, Ōtsuka -eki -mae teiryūjo ) as part of their tram line to Asukayama (later part of the line 27). In 1913, the city of Tokyo Ōtsuka their line ( line 16) for Tenzūin completed, followed in 1925, the Waseda - line (line 32), first to Kishibojin - mae, later to Waseda. 1942 took over the city Tōkyō the Ōji Denki Kido. With the dissolution of the city of Tokyo, the tram network in 1943 fell to the prefecture of Tokyo. As in the late 1960s and early 1970s in seven steps most tramways were shut down, only remained the lines 27 and 32, who met in Ōtsuka in operation. They were combined to deaths Arakawa Line and operated today by the Office of the Tokyo Prefecture.

Design and tracks

The train station is in the commonly encountered design in the form of increased built through station. The running east -west tracks go to a single central platform, which is served by the Yamanote Line.

Lines

The Ōtsuka 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.

In addition to the connection to the web is at the station also have the option to upgrade to the rail. The tracks of the run by the Office of the Tokyo prefecture deaths Arakawa- line run east of the station building in north-south direction at ground level. The station is officially as a city tram stop in front of the train station Ōtsuka (大 冢 駅 前, Ōtsuka - Ekimae ) refers.

Near the train station, there is also still the station Shin- Ōtsuka (新 大 冢 駅, Station New Ōtsuka ) which is served by the Marunouchi Line of the Tokyo Metro. He wears the number 24 in the M- line plan.

Use

In 2007, the station from an average of 53,422 passengers was used on the day, so that the rank 86 took over 900 on the ranking of the busiest train stations of JR East in 2007.

Footnotes and References

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