Ōsaki Station (大崎駅, Ōsaki-eki) is a railway station in Shinagawa, Tokyo, Japan, jointly owned and operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East) and Tokyo Waterfront Area Rapid Transit (TWR).[1][2]

OSKJY24JS17JA08 R08
Ōsaki Station

大崎駅
Osaki-Sta-W
Ōsaki Station in 2016
General information
Location1-21-4 Ōsaki, Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo
Japan
Operated by
Line(s)
History
Opened25 February 1901; 123 years ago (25 February 1901)
Passengers
JR East, FY2013143,397 daily
Services
Preceding station Logo of the East Japan Railway Company (JR East) JR East Following station
Shinagawa
SGWJY25
Next counter-clockwise
Yamanote Line Gotanda
JY23
Next clockwise
Musashi-Kosugi
MKGJS15
towards Odawara
Shōnan–Shinjuku Line
Special Rapid
Shibuya
SBYJS19
towards Takasaki
Musashi-Kosugi
MKGJS15
towards Odawara or Zushi
Shōnan–Shinjuku Line
Rapid
Ebisu
EBSJS18
towards Maebashi or Utsunomiya
Nishi-Ōi
JS16
towards Zushi
Shōnan–Shinjuku Line
Local
through to Sotetsu JR Direct Line & Rinkai Line Saikyō Line
Commuter Rapid
Rapid
Local
Ebisu
EBSJA09
towards Ōmiya
Nishi-Oi
JS16
towards Ebina
Sōtetsu–JR Link Line Ebisu
EBSJA09
towards Shinjuku
Preceding station Tokyo Waterfront Area Rapid Transit Following station
through to Saikyō Line Rinkai Line Ōimachi
R07
towards Shin-Kiba
Location
Ōsaki Station is located in Special wards of Tokyo
Ōsaki Station
Ōsaki Station
Location within Special wards of Tokyo
Ōsaki Station is located in Tokyo Bay and Bōsō Peninsula
Ōsaki Station
Ōsaki Station
Ōsaki Station (Tokyo Bay and Bōsō Peninsula)
Ōsaki Station is located in Tokyo
Ōsaki Station
Ōsaki Station
Ōsaki Station (Tokyo)
Ōsaki Station is located in Japan
Ōsaki Station
Ōsaki Station
Ōsaki Station (Japan)

Lines edit

Ōsaki Station is served by the following JR East lines.

It also forms the western starting point of the TWR Rinkai Line to Shin-Kiba. Most Saikyō Line trains operate through to Shin-Kiba on the Rinkai Line.

Station layout edit

 
A single locomotive on the Yamanote Freight Line between the Yamanote Line and Shōnan-Shinjuku Line platforms, May 2006

The station has four island platforms serving eight tracks. Platforms 1 to 4 are for the Yamanote Line, and 5 to 8 are shared by the Saikyō Line, the Shōnan-Shinjuku Line, and the Rinkai Line. Ōsaki is one of the stations on the Yamanote Line loop where trains are put into and taken out of service. It therefore has four tracks (two in each direction) for the Yamanote Line so as not to interfere with continuing trains (trains go several rounds before being taken out); usually platforms 1 and 3 are used by regular services, while platforms 2 and 4 are used by trains entering and exiting service. Chest-high platform edge doors were introduced on platforms 1 and 3 from 22 December 2012.[3]

There are two sets of ticket barriers: the "north" and "south" gates. The north gate provides access to the east and west exits, while the south gate provides access to the new east and new west exits.

Unlike most other stations with service from multiple different transport companies, at Ōsaki the Rinkai line and JR services are behind the same fare gates, and it is possible to change between JR and Rinkai lines without exiting and re-entering. Passengers using Suica or another IC card will be charged the combined fare when they exit. Passengers holding a Japan Rail Pass and transferring onto the Rinkai line, which does not accept the pass, will need to pay the Rinkai line fare when they exit at their Rinkai line destination. A similar arrangement applies to passengers travelling through from the Saikyō line to Oimachi or another Rinkai line destination.

Platforms edit

1-2 JY Yamanote Line Anti-clockwise for Shinagawa and Tokyo
3-4 JY Yamanote Line Clockwise for Shibuya, Shinjuku, and Ikebukuro
5 JS Shōnan-Shinjuku Line for Musashi-Kosugi, Yokohama, Ōfuna, Odawara, and Zushi
 Through to Sōtetsu Shin-Yokohama Line for Musashi-Kosugi, Hazawa yokohama-kokudai
Sotetsu Line for Nishiya and Ebina
R Rinkai Line for Tokyo Teleport and Shin-Kiba
6-7 JA Saikyō Line for Shinjuku, Ikebukuro, Ōmiya and Kawagoe
R Rinkai Line for Tokyo Teleport and Shin-Kiba
8 JA Saikyō Line for Shinjuku, Ikebukuro, Ōmiya and Kawagoe
JS Shōnan-Shinjuku Line for Shinjuku, Ōmiya, Takasaki and Utsunomiya

Facilities edit

The station has a "Midori no Madoguchi" staffed ticket office. Toilet facilities are located inside the ticket barriers, close to the north gate.

Track layout around Ōsaki Station[4]
Tōkaidō Main Line (Hinkaku Line) to Yokohama
Rinkai Line
to Shin-Kiba
  Yamanote Line
to Ikebukuro
Yamanote Line to Shinagawa
Tōkaidō Main Line (Hinkaku Line) to Shinagawa

History edit

The station opened on 25 February 1901, as a station of Nippon Railway, which was nationalized in 1906. After serving the Yamanote Line for a century, on 1 December 2002, new platforms for the Saikyō Line, the Rinkai Line and the Shōnan-Shinjuku Line opened on the west side of the station.

Station numbering was introduced to the Rinkai Line platforms in 2016 with Ōsaki being assigned station number R08.[5] Later in August 2016, station numbering was introduced to the JR East platforms with Osaki being assigned station numbers JS17 for the Shonan-Shinjuku Line, JA08 for the Saikyo Line, and JY24 for the Yamanote Line. At the same time, JR East assigned its major transfer stations in the Tokyo area a 3-letter code; Osaki was assigned the code "OSK".[6][7]

Passenger statistics edit

In fiscal 2013, the JR East station was used by an average of 143,397 passengers daily (boarding passengers only), making it the eighteenth-busiest station operated by JR East.[8] In fiscal 2013, the TWR station was used by an average of 58,041 people daily (boarding passengers only), making it the busiest station operated by TWR.[9] The average boarding passenger figures for previous years are as shown below.

Fiscal year JR East TWR
2000 57,101[10]
2005 93,709[11]
2010 126,436[12]
2011 127,838[13] 49,835[9]
2012 138,311[14] 55,666[9]
2013 143,397[8] 58,041[9]

Surrounding area edit

  • Sumitomo Fudosan Osaki Garden Tower

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ 各駅情報(大崎駅) [Station Information: Ōsaki Station] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. Retrieved 8 November 2012.
  2. ^ りんかい線 大崎駅 [Rinkai Line: Ōsaki Station] (in Japanese). Japan: Tokyo Waterfront Area Rapid Transit Inc. Retrieved 8 November 2012.
  3. ^ 山手線大崎駅で可動式ホーム柵の使用開始 [Platform edge doors introduced at Yamanote Line Osaki Station]. Japan Railfan Magazine Online (in Japanese). Japan: Koyusha Co., Ltd. 23 December 2012. Retrieved 24 December 2012.
  4. ^ 短絡線ミステリー7 [Spur Line Mysteries 7]. Japan Railfan Magazine (in Japanese). No. 513. Koyusha Co., Ltd. January 2004. p. 21.
  5. ^ "りんかい線「駅ナンバリング」の導入について" [Introduction of Rinkai Line "Station Numbering"]. twr.co.jp (in Japanese). 22 March 2016. Archived from the original on 9 January 2023. Retrieved 9 January 2023.
  6. ^ "⾸都圏エリアへ 「駅ナンバリング」を導⼊します" [Introduce “station numbering” to the Tokyo metropolitan area] (PDF). jreast.co.jp (in Japanese). 6 April 2016. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 December 2022. Retrieved 7 January 2023.
  7. ^ Kusamachi, Yoshikazu (7 April 2016). "JA・JK・JT・AKB…JR東日本、首都圏で駅ナンバリングなど導入へ" [JA, JK, JT, AKB … JR East to introduce station numbering in the Tokyo metropolitan area]. Response Automotive Media (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 6 August 2022. Retrieved 7 January 2023.
  8. ^ a b 各駅の乗車人員 (2013年度) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2013)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. Retrieved 2 September 2014.
  9. ^ a b c d りんかい線について [Rinkai Line FAQ] (in Japanese). Japan: Tokyo Waterfront Area Rapid Transit Inc. Retrieved 2 September 2014.
  10. ^ 各駅の乗車人員 (2000年度) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2000)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. Retrieved 8 November 2012.
  11. ^ 各駅の乗車人員 (2005年度) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2005)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. Retrieved 8 November 2012.
  12. ^ 各駅の乗車人員 (2010年度) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2010)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. Retrieved 8 November 2012.
  13. ^ 各駅の乗車人員 (2011年度) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2011)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. Retrieved 8 November 2012.
  14. ^ 各駅の乗車人員 (2012年度) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2012)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. Retrieved 2 September 2014.

External links edit

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