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42-592: The Yokosuka Line connects Tokyo Station with Kurihama in Yokosuka, Kanagawa . Officially, the name Yokosuka Line is assigned to the 23.9 km (14.9 mi) segment between Ōfuna and Kurihama stations, but the entire route is commonly referred to as the Yokosuka Line by JR East for passenger service. The Yokosuka Line runs underground between Tokyo and Shinagawa (parallel to the Tōkaidō Main Line ,

84-520: A distance of over 2 km (1.2 mi)), but these stations can usually be reached more quickly by train. Tokyo Station is also a major intercity bus terminal, with regular midday service to several cities in the Kantō region and overnight service to the Kansai and Tōhoku regions . The furthest overnight bus service goes to Izumo-Taisha , over 800 km (500 mi) away. The main station facade on

126-523: A similar plan as part of the infrastructure improvements for the 2020 Summer Olympics ; the proposed line would cut travel time to Haneda from 30 minutes to 18 minutes, and to Narita from 55 minutes to 36 minutes, at a total cost of around 400 billion yen. The Haneda Airport Access Line , which is scheduled to open in 2031, will enable trains running on the Tokaido Line via Tokyo Station to also run to Haneda Airport. There are also plans to extend

168-542: A substantial chunk of the double-tracked, mostly grade-separated Hinkaku Line disused. In order to put the line back into passenger service, a new 6 km (3.7 mi) track was installed between Tsurumi Station and the Musashino Line, where it was connected to the now-disused portion of the Hinkaku Line. Two new stations were constructed: one ( Shin-Kawasaki ) adjacent to the existing Kashimada Station on

210-592: A three-letter code to their major interchange station; Tokyo was assigned the three-letter code "TYO". Trains on the following lines are available at Tōkyō Station: The station is linked by underground passageways to the Ōtemachi underground (subway) station complex served by the Tōzai , Chiyoda , Hanzōmon , and Mita subway lines. It is also possible to walk to the Nijūbashimae , Hibiya , Yūrakuchō , Ginza , and Higashi-ginza Stations completely underground (the last

252-649: Is also served by many regional commuter lines of Japan Railways , as well as the Tokyo Metro network. In 1889, a Tokyo municipal committee drew up plans for an elevated railway line connecting the Tōkaidō Main Line terminal at Shinbashi to the Nippon Railway (now Tōhoku Main Line ) terminal at Ueno . The Imperial Diet resolved in 1896 to construct a new station on this line called Central Station ( 中央停車場 , Chūō Teishajō ) , located directly in front of

294-650: Is located in Chiyoda's Marunouchi business district near the Imperial Palace grounds. The newer Eastern extension is not far from the Ginza commercial district. Due to the large area covered by the station, it is divided into the Marunouchi (west) and Yaesu (east) sides in its directional signage. The station opened in 1914 as an integrated terminus for the present-day Tōkaidō Line , Tōhoku Line , and later

336-668: Is often mentioned in guidebooks to be fashioned after Amsterdam Centraal station in the Netherlands. This is in dispute, as it has a similarity to a family of other railway station buildings built at the beginning of the twentieth century. Terunobu Fujimori , a scholar of Western architecture, also refutes the rumor, having studied Tatsuno's styles as well as the building itself. Tokyo Station opened on December 20, 1914 with four platforms; two serving electric trains (current Yamanote/Keihin–Tōhoku Line platforms) and two serving non-electric trains (current Tōkaidō Line platforms). With

378-472: Is very urban in appearance. The North and South GranTokyo towers are connected to the terminal by the GranRoof, a new commercial facility with a large canopy representing a "sail of light" which covers the outdoor areas. The high-rise towers include multi-story shopping areas and the offices of a number of leading companies and universities. This part of the project was completed in 2013. Station numbering

420-613: The Chūō Line , which previously had separate termini in Tokyo. Since then, it has served as the main terminus for inter-city trains departing Tokyo westwards. The station was badly damaged during the Bombing of Tokyo on 25 May 1945 but soon resumed service. The Tōkaidō Shinkansen , the world’s first dedicated high-speed rail system, opened between the station and Osaka in 1964. With the extension of northbound Shinkansen lines from Ueno in 1991,

462-638: The Nambu Line in 1980 and another at Nishi-Ōi in 1986. Musashi-Kosugi Station , the third station in this section opened in 2010 and provides a transfer to the Nambu Line as well as the Tōkyū Tōyoko and Meguro lines. Tokyo Station Tōkyō Station ( Japanese : 東京駅 , pronounced [to̞ːkʲo̞ːe̞kʲi] ) is a major railway station in Chiyoda, Tokyo , Japan. The original station

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504-491: The Sōbu Line to Chiba and beyond. Some trains travel as far as: The section between Yokosuka and Kurihama is single-tracked; trains can only pass one another at Kinugasa and Kurihama stations. Local trains stop at all stations, from Tokyo to Kurihama. Meanwhile, Shōnan–Shinjuku Line (Utsunomiya–Yokosuka Line) stop at all stations between Nishi-Ōi and Zushi. Shōnan–Shinjuku Line (Takasaki–Tōkaidō Line) operate Rapid service on

546-733: The Tsukuba Express from Akihabara to Tokyo. In September 2013, a number of municipalities along the Tsukuba Express line in Ibaraki Prefecture submitted a proposal to complete the extension at the same time as the new airport-to-airport line. Tokyo Metro is also planning Tokyo as the terminus for their future line that could connect Odaiba . In fiscal 2018, the JR East station was used by an average of 467,165 passengers daily (boarding passengers only), making it

588-693: The Yamanote Line and the Keihin-Tōhoku Line ) then branches to the west along the Tōkaidō Shinkansen into the city of Kawasaki . (This alignment, technically known as the Hinkaku Line (Japanese: 品鶴線 , Japanese pronunciation: [Hinkaku-sen] ), was originally built for freight usage; see below.) It rejoins the Tōkaidō Main Line corridor near Tsurumi Station and follows the Tōkaidō Main Line to Ōfuna , where it branches off to

630-708: The Cabinet ordered the Government Railways to build the line with the budget diverted from the fund for the Tōkaidō Line construction. After the survey from July to December 1887, the construction of the railway between Ōfuna and Yokosuka started in January 1888 and completed in June 1889 spending 408,480 yen in total. The operation of the line started on June 16, 1889. The Hinkaku Line ( 品鶴線 , Hinkaku-sen )

672-492: The Marunouchi side is made primarily of bricks, and partly dates back to the station's opening in 1914. The main station consists of ten island platforms serving twenty tracks, raised above street level and running in a north–south direction. The main concourse runs east–west below the platforms. The Shinkansen lines are on the Yaesu side of the station, along with a multi-storey Daimaru department store. The entrances nearest to

714-529: The Shinkansen lines are named Yaesu, and those at the extreme east of the station are named Nihonbashi . On the far west side is the Marunouchi entrances, which are closest to the two underground Sōbu/Yokosuka line platforms serving four tracks (five stories below ground level). The Narita Express to Narita International Airport (NRT) uses these platforms. The two Keiyō Line platforms serving four tracks are four stories below ground some hundreds of meters to

756-584: The Tōkaidō Main Line platforms was repurposed for the Jōetsu Shinkansen as platforms 20 and 21. The existing Tōhoku Shinkansen platforms were simultaneously renumbered as 22 and 23. There was a proposal to build a spur to Tokyo Station from the nearby Toei Asakusa Line , which would provide another connection to the subway network, and also possibly provide faster connections from the station to Tokyo's airports, Haneda and Narita . The plan has yet to be formally adopted as authorities were re-considering

798-539: The Yokosuka Line at Nishi-Ōi. Utsunomiya–Yokosuka Line through services make all stops on the Yokosuka Line between Nishi-Ōi and Zushi, while Takasaki–Tōkaidō Line through services operate Rapid service within the Yokosuka Line, between Nishi-Ōi and Ōfuna, skipping Nishi-Ōi, Shin-Kawasaki, Hodogaya and Higashi-Totsuka. For information on the Narita Express and other limited express services, see their respective articles. The Yokosuka Line has through service onto

840-633: The Yokosuka Line. Legends: Yokosuka Line (through service to the Sōbu Rapid Line) Shōnan-Shinjuku Line through service The Yokosuka Line was constructed in response to the request to the Cabinet by the Navy and the Army , dated June 22, 1886, citing the lack of ground transportation to Yokosuka, one of the most important military bases in the country. On April 22, 1887

882-445: The building was then significantly upgraded with a contemporary exterior and a large Daimaru department store. The new Yaesu side facilities opened in 1953, including two new platforms for Tōkaidō Main Line services (now used by Shinkansen trains). Two more platforms opened in 1964 to accommodate the first Shinkansen services. The Yaesu side was partially rebuilt again in 1991 to accommodate the Shinkansen extension from Ueno. A plan

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924-435: The following year. Much of the station was destroyed in a B-29 firebombing raid on May 25, 1945. The bombing destroyed the irooftop domes, as well as most of the third floor of the building and much of the interior. The brick walls and concrete floors mostly survived. Reconstruction of the building finished by 1947, but the restored building had only two stories instead of three, and simple angular roofs were built in place of

966-731: The following. Towada Kankō Electric Railway Ugo Kotsu Kokusai Kogyo Iwateken Kotsu Tobu Bus Central Shin Joban Kotsu Hitachi Dentetsu Ibaraki Kotsu Ibaraki Kotsu Kantō Railway Kanto Railway Kantetsu Purple Bus Keisei Bus Kanto Railway Kanto Railway Shin-Kawasaki Station Too Many Requests If you report this error to the Wikimedia System Administrators, please include

1008-629: The gardens of the Imperial Palace. Construction was delayed by the outbreak of the First Sino-Japanese War and Russo-Japanese War , but finally commenced in 1908. The three-story station building was designed by architect Tatsuno Kingo (who also designed Manseibashi Station and the nearby Bank of Japan building) as a restrained celebration of Japan's costly victory in the Russo-Japanese War. The building

1050-406: The historic 98-year-old façade on this side of the station was restored to its pre-war condition. The restoration work included recreating the two domes according to their original design. The surrounding area was converted into a broad plaza ( Marunouchi Central Plaza ) extending into a walkway toward the Imperial Palace , with space for bus and taxi ranks. In contrast, the Yaesu side of the station

1092-496: The launch of Japan Railways Group as the privatized successor to the state-owned Japanese National Railways . Altogether 246 concerts were performed, but the event was discontinued when its popularity waned and the last concert took place in November 2000. The event returned in 2004 as the "Aka Renga (Red Brick) Concerts" but it was again suspended, after 19 concerts, when redevelopment of the station started in earnest. In 2012, as

1134-509: The opening of Tokyo Station, the old Shinbashi Station , which had served as the Tokyo-side terminus of the Tōkaidō Line since 1872, was closed as a passenger station. After the final train departed from the old Shinbashi Station at 12:23 AM on the opening day, a special train transported staff and equipment to Tokyo Station. Using the transferred staff and equipment, the first train departed from Tokyo Station at 5:23 AM. The opening ceremony

1176-519: The opening of the Tōkaidō Shinkansen in 1964. Platforms 9 to 13 were used for the Tōkaidō Main Line and Yokosuka Line but were removed in 1988, and platforms 12 and 13 were then used for the new Tōhoku Shinkansen from 1991 to 1997. The current Chūō Main Line platform opened in 1995 as platforms 1 and 2, and other platforms were renumbered accordingly, leaving platforms 10 and 11 unused. The current platform numbering became effective in 1997 when one of

1218-517: The original domes. These postwar alterations were blamed for creating the mistaken impression that the building was based on the Centraal station in Amsterdam. Plans in the 1980s to demolish the building and replace it with a larger structure were derailed by a preservation movement. The Yaesu side was also rebuilt after the war, but the new structure was damaged by fire in 1949, and this side of

1260-490: The platform now used by northbound Yamanote/Keihin–Tōhoku trains. During this early era, the station only had gates on the Marunouchi side, with the north side serving as an exit and the south side serving as an entrance. The central gate was exclusively for members of the Imperial Family . On November 4, 1921, Prime Minister Hara Takashi was stabbed to death by a 18-year-old right-wing railway switchman in front of

1302-709: The reconstruction was nearing completion, there were calls for the concerts to resume. The station facilities of the Marunouchi Line were inherited by Tokyo Metro after the privatization of the Teito Rapid Transit Authority (TRTA) in 2004. The Tokyo Station complex has undergone extensive development, including major improvements to the Marunouchi (west) and Yaesu (east) sides of the station. The Marunouchi side underwent an extensive five-year renovation, completed in October 2012, in which

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1344-415: The south of the main station with moving walkways to serve connecting passengers. The whole complex is linked by an extensive system of underground passageways that merge with surrounding commercial buildings and shopping centers. (listed in order from west to east) Originally, platforms 3 to 10 were numbered as platforms 1 to 8 and additional platforms were numbered sequentially from west to east through

1386-451: The south wing as he arrived to board a train for Kyoto. The Great Kantō Earthquake struck Tokyo on September 1, 1923, causing immense damage to the city. However, the station sustained little damage. By September 3, 7,925 evacuees had taken shelter at the station. The Yaesu side of the station opened in 1929. In October 1930, the superexpress Tsubame began service, connecting Tokyo Station and Kobe Station . The nickname superexpress

1428-628: The southeast along the original Yokosuka Line toward the Miura Peninsula . Yokosuka Line local trains make all stops. Most trains have 11 cars, with two of those being Green (first class) cars. Other trains between Tokyo and Zushi are made up of 15 cars—an 11-car set joined to a 4-car set. (Due to shorter platform length at stations south of Zushi, only 11-car trains are operated to Kurihama.) Some day-time trains operate between Zushi and Kurihama and these trains are made up of 4-car set without Green Cars. Shōnan-Shinjuku Line trains enter or exit

1470-572: The station also became a gateway to northeast Japan. Served by the high-speed rail lines of the Shinkansen network, Tōkyō Station is the main inter-city rail terminal in Tokyo. It is the busiest station in Japan in terms of scheduled trains, with more than 4,000 trains arriving and departing daily, and the fifth-busiest in eastern Japan in terms of passenger throughput; on average, more than 500,000 people use Tōkyō Station every day. The station

1512-494: The third busiest station on the JR East network. Over the same fiscal year, the Tokyo Metro station was used by an average of 218,275 passengers daily (both exiting and entering passengers), making it the ninth-busiest Tokyo Metro station. The passenger figures (boarding passengers only) for the JR East (formerly JNR) station in previous years are as shown below. Other stations within walking distance of Tokyo station include

1554-774: Was attended by the Prime Minister, the Mayor of Tokyo, the Minister of Railways, and the war hero Mitsuomi Kamio, 1st Baron , who had defeated the Germans in the Siege of Tsingtao a month earlier. Kamio arrived at the station from Osaka by train. The Tokyo Station Hotel opened in the Marunouchi-side building on November 2, 1915. The Chūō Main Line extension to the station was completed in 1919 and originally stopped at

1596-478: Was finalized in 1971 to build a Narita Shinkansen high-speed line connecting Tokyo Station to Narita International Airport . The line was envisioned as extending underground from Tokyo to Shinjuku Station , and the plan was to build the platforms underneath Kajibashi-dori (to the south of Tokyo Station) to avoid the need to run the line under the Imperial Palace . Construction of the Narita Shinkansen

1638-575: Was given because it reduced travel time between the two stations by over two hours. Although the Tōkaidō Line was electrified between Tokyo and Kōzu , Class C51 steam locomotives were used for the entire route to avoid engine changes. On November 14, 1930, Osachi Hamaguchi was shot by a member of the Aikokusha ultra-nationalist secret society. He survived the attack but died of his wounds in August

1680-452: Was halted in 1983 due to difficulties acquiring the necessary land to build the line, but the area set aside for its platforms was eventually used for the Keiyō Line and Musashino Line terminals, which opened in 1990. From July 1987, the station hosted a series of regular free public concerts referred to as "Tokyo Eki Kon" (Tokyo Station Concerts). These were first held as a celebration of

1722-802: Was introduced to the JR East commuter platforms in 2016 with Tokyo being assigned station numbers JT01 for the Tokaido Line, JU01 for the Utsunomiya/Takasaki lines, JK26 for the Keihin-Tōhoku line, JY01 for the Yamanote line, JC01 for the Chūō line rapid service, JO19 for both the Sōbu line rapid service as well as the adjoining Yokosuka line, and JE01 for the Keiyō line. At the same time, JR East assigned

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1764-532: Was originally built to divert freight traffic from the busy Tōkaidō Main Line , providing an alternate route between Tokyo and Tsurumi . After a 1967 explosion, freight trains were banned from portions of the central Tokyo rail network, providing the impetus for the construction of the orbital Musashino Line . The new Musashino Line was connected to the Hinkaku Line roughly 6 km (3.7 mi) north of Tsurumi Station near Musashi-Kosugi , siphoning off nearly all freight traffic after its opening in 1975. This left

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