35°40′30″N 139°45′49″E / 35.674877°N 139.763646°E / 35.674877; 139.763646

JK25 JY30 Y18
Yūrakuchō Station

有楽町駅
Yūrakuchō Station Hibiya entrance in May 2017
Japanese name
Shinjitai有楽町駅
Kyūjitai有樂町驛
Hiraganaゆうらくちょうえき
General information
LocationChiyoda-ku, Tokyo
Japan
Operated by
Line(s)
ConnectionsC09 H08 I08 Hibiya
Other information
Station codeY-18 JK-25 JY-30
History
Opened25 June 1910; 113 years ago (25 June 1910)
Services
Preceding station Logo of the East Japan Railway Company (JR East) JR East Following station
Shimbashi
SMBJY29
Next clockwise
Yamanote Line Tokyo
TYOJY01
Next counter-clockwise
Shimbashi
SMBJK24
towards Yokohama
Keihin–Tōhoku Line
Local
Tokyo
TYOJK26
towards Ōmiya
Preceding station The logo of the Tokyo Metro. Tokyo Metro Following station
Iidabashi
Y13
towards Kotesashi
S-Train
(weekdays)
Toyosu
Y22
Terminus
Sakuradamon
Y17
towards Wakoshi
Yūrakuchō Line Ginza-itchōme
Y19
towards Shin-kiba
Location
Yūrakuchō Station is located in Special wards of Tokyo
Yūrakuchō Station
Yūrakuchō Station
Location within Special wards of Tokyo
Yūrakuchō Station is located in Tokyo Bay and Bōsō Peninsula
Yūrakuchō Station
Yūrakuchō Station
Yūrakuchō Station (Tokyo Bay and Bōsō Peninsula)
Yūrakuchō Station is located in Tokyo
Yūrakuchō Station
Yūrakuchō Station
Yūrakuchō Station (Tokyo)
Yūrakuchō Station is located in Japan
Yūrakuchō Station
Yūrakuchō Station
Yūrakuchō Station (Japan)

Yūrakuchō Station (有楽町駅, Yūrakuchō-eki) is a railway station in the Yūrakuchō district of Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East) and the Tokyo subway operator Tokyo Metro. It is Tokyo Metro's fifteenth busiest station in 2016.[1]

JR Yūrakuchō Station Ginza exit, 2020

Lines edit

Yūrakuchō is served by the JR East Keihin-Tōhoku Line and Yamanote Line, and the Tokyo Metro Yūrakuchō Line subway. On Tokyo subway maps, nearby Hibiya Station is marked as an interchange and is linked to Yurakucho by underground passages.

Platforms edit

JR East Platforms edit

1 JK Keihin-Tohoku Line for Tokyo, Ueno, Akabane, and Ōmiya
2 JY Yamanote Line for Tokyo, Ueno and Ikebukuro
3 JY Yamanote Line for Shinagawa, and Shibuya
4 JK Keihin-Tohoku Line for Shinagawa, Yokohama, and Ōfuna

Tokyo Metro Platforms edit

1 Y Yūrakuchō Line for Tsukishima, Toyosu and Shin-Kiba
2 Y Yūrakuchō Line for Iidabashi and Ikebukuro
  Seibu Ikebukuro Line for Hannō
TJ Tobu Tojo Line for Shinrin-kōen

History edit

 
Yūrakuchō station in 1914

The elevated JR station opened on June 25, 1910. The subway station opened on October 30, 1974.

Chest-high platform edge doors were installed on the Yamanote Line platforms in July 2014, with operation scheduled to begin on 30 August 2014.[2]

Passenger statistics edit

In fiscal 2013, the JR East station was used by an average of 167,365 passengers daily (boarding passengers only), making it the fourteenth-busiest station operated by JR East.[3] In fiscal 2013, the Tokyo Metro station was used by an average of 158,809 passengers per day (exiting and entering passengers), making it the sixteenth-busiest station operated by Tokyo Metro.[4] The average daily passenger figures for each operator in previous years are as shown below.

Fiscal year JR East Tokyo Metro
1999 160,126[5]
2000 156,273[6]
2005 153,113[7]
2010 162,445[8]
2011 162,252[9] 147,303[10]
2012 164,929[11] 152,102[12]
2013 167,365[3] 158,809[4]
  • Note that JR East figures are for boarding passengers only.

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ 各駅の乗降人員ランキング [Station usage ranking] (in Japanese). Tokyo Metro. Retrieved 23 May 2018.
  2. ^ 山手線有楽町駅で可動式ホーム柵の設置工事 [Work to install platform edge doors at Yamanote Line Yurakucho Station]. Japan Railfan Magazine Online (in Japanese). Japan: Koyusha Co., Ltd. 2014-07-23. Retrieved 2014-07-24.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ a b 各駅の乗降人員ランキング [Station usage ranking] (in Japanese). Tokyo Metro. Retrieved 31 August 2014.
  5. ^ 各駅の乗車人員 (1999年度) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 1999)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. Retrieved 2 September 2014.
  6. ^ 各駅の乗車人員 (2000年度) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2000)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. Retrieved 2 September 2014.
  7. ^ 各駅の乗車人員 (2005年度) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2005)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. Retrieved 2 September 2014.
  8. ^ 各駅の乗車人員 (2010年度) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2010)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. Retrieved 2 September 2014.
  9. ^ 各駅の乗車人員 (2011年度) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2011)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. Retrieved 2 September 2014.
  10. ^ 駅別乗降人員順位表(2011年度1日平均) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2011)] (in Japanese). Japan: Tokyo Metro. Retrieved 3 September 2014.
  11. ^ 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.
  12. ^ 各駅の乗降人員ランキング (2012年) [Station usage ranking (2012)] (in Japanese). Tokyo Metro. Retrieved 2 September 2014.

External links edit