Uguisudani Station

Coordinates: 35°43′19″N 139°46′40″E / 35.722066°N 139.777851°E

Uguisudani 鶯谷
South entrance, November 2014
Location	1 Negishi, Taitō, Tokyo （東京都台東区根岸１丁目） Japan
Operated by	JR East
Line(s)	Yamanote Line, Keihin-Tōhoku Line
History
Opened	1912

Uguisudani Station (鶯谷駅 Uguisudani-eki) is a railway station in Taitō, Tokyo, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East). The name relates to a valley where formerly many Japanese bush warblers (uguisu) were found.^[1]

Lines

Uguisudani Station is served by the Yamanote and Keihin-Tohoku lines.

Station layout

The station consists of two island platforms serving four tracks.

Platforms

1	■ Keihin-Tohoku Line	for Akabane, Urawa, and Omiya
2	■ Yamanote Line	for Ikebukuro and Shinjuku
3	■ Yamanote Line	for Ueno and Tokyo
4	■ Keihin-Tohoku Line	for Tokyo, Shinagawa, and Yokohama

Adjacent stations

«		Service	»
Yamanote Line
Ueno		-	Nippori
Keihin-Tohoku Line
Rapid: Does not stop at this station
Ueno		Local		Nippori

History

The station opened on July 11, 1912.^[1]

Chest-high platform edge doors were installed on the Yamanote Line platforms (platforms 2 and 3) in September 2014, with operation commencing on 18 October 2014.^[2]

Surrounding area

• Iriya Station (on the Tokyo Metro Hibiya Line)
• Nezu Station (on the Tokyo Metro Chiyoda Line)
• Shitamachi Museum
• The Ueno Royal Museum

See also

• List of railway stations in Japan

References

1. "JR東日本：各駅情報(鶯谷駅)" (in Japanese). Retrieved 25 October 2007.
2. 鶯谷駅に可動式ホーム柵が設置される [Platform edge doors installed at Uguisudani Station]. Japan Railfan Magazine Online (in Japanese). Japan: Koyusha Co., Ltd. 10 September 2014. Retrieved 12 September 2014.

External links

• JR East: Uguisudani Station information (Japanese)