Tokyo Station
Tokyo Station (東京駅)is located in the centre of Tokyo in the Marunouchi (丸の内) business district near the Imperial Palace grounds and somewhat to the north of the Ginza (銀座) commercial district. It is the starting point and terminus for all of Japan's Shinkansen lines and is also served by many local and regional commuter lines. Unusually for a major Japanese station it is not linked to any private railway lines.
Lines
The following lines pass through or terminate at Tokyo Station:
- Chuō-sen (中央線)
- Keihin-Tōhoku-sen (京浜東北線)
- Keiyō-sen (京葉線)
- Sōbu-sen / Yokosuka-sen (総武線・横須賀線)
- Tōkaidō-honsen (東海道本線)
- Tōkaidō Shinkansen(東海道新幹線)
- Tōhoku Shinkansen (東北新幹線)
- Yamanote-sen (山手線)
Additionally Tokyo Station is served by the Eidan Marunouchi
undergrund (subway) line (営団丸ノ内線). It is linked by a series of underground passageways
to the Otemachi underground (subway) station (大手町駅)
complex served by the Tōzai (東西線),
Chiyoda (千代田線), Hanzomon (半蔵門線) and Mita (三田線) lines.
The Tōkaidō Shinkansen line is operated by the JR Tōkai group, all other lines by JR East Japan.
Narita Express (成田エクスプレス) airport trains from Ikebukuro (池袋), Shinjuku (新宿) and Yokohama (横浜) call at the Yokosuka line platforms.
Layout
The main station consists of 10 platforms raised above street level running in a north-south direction. The main station fassade on the western side of the station is brick-built and was fashioned after Amsterdam's main station. The main concourse runs east-west below the platforms. The Shinkansen lines are on the east side of the station. The Sōbu / Yokosuka line platforms are below ground to the west of the station; the Keiyo line platforms are below ground somewhat to the south of the main station. The whole complex is linked by an extensive system of underground passageways which merge with surrounding commercial buildings and shopping centres.
History
Tokyo Station was opened in 1914 with the completion of a section of line linking the Tokaido line's original terminus at Shinbashi (新橋) to the Tōhoku main line terminus at Ueno (上野).