RyÅgoku Station
- JR East sobu Main Line
- Toei Oedo Line
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The Ryōgoku Station (Japanese両 国 駅, -eki Ryōgoku ) is located in Sumida -ku in Tokyo Prefecture. He is now a through station on the Chūō - sobu Line of JR Higashi- Nihon (JR East) and is used for transport. From 1904 to 1932 he worked as a head station of the starting point of the sobu Main Line.
History
On April 5, 1904, the station of the private railway company sobu tetsudō as Ryogokubashi station (両 国 桥, "Both provinces Bridge " ) was opened. He was a railway terminus starting point of sobu Main Line. The Ryogokubashi crosses the Sumida about a hundred yards south of the station. The name comes from the fact that the Sumida was the border between the former provinces of Musashi and Shimousa. 1907, the station was nationalized with the railway line and went into the possession of the State Railway ( kokutetsu ).
1931 received its present name of the station. A year later he was the extension of the sobu main line to Ochanomizu a through station. The new tracks were immediately south of the old laid, the head tracks initially remained in operation: Since the beginning only the new western part of the route was electrified, the train station was the starting point of many trains. Today, the head tracks are down to one, which is used for special trains and operating purposes, shut down.
An underground connection to Tokyo Station was completed in 1972, the tunnel exit is located just north of the old head station. However, no platform has been created, they are frequented only through express trains. By 1988, still drove the express trains Ayame and Suigo to the Ryōgoku station, then only kept the local trains of Chūō - sobu line. With the privatization of the state railway station was incorporated in 1987 into the possession of JR Higashi- Nihon over.
2000 Metro Station on Toei Oedo Line was opened. It is operated by the Office of the Tokyo Prefecture.
Lines
Above ground, the trains of the Chūō - sobu - line at the tracks 1 (towards Akihabara, Shinjuku ) and 2 ( direction Funabashi, Chiba ) at one island platform. Track 3 at a platform of the old terminus station is connected to the sobu - fast track and is only used operationally and for special trains. Metro Station of Oedo Line has a central platform with two tracks. He is under the Kiyosumi - dori at the east end of the station.
Environment
The station is located on the east bank of the Sumida at the southern end of the district Yokoami, which immediately south of the station of the district Ryōgoku followed. Just north of the station is the Ryōgoku Kokugikan, take place in the January, May and September, the sumo tournaments in Tokyo. In addition, the Kyū - Yasuda Teien, a famous Japanese Garden, and the Edo -Tokyo Museum are located.
Use
In 2006, a daily average of 39,406 people took the JR line and 24,020 people Toei - line at this station.