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]
JY06 JK31 Uguisudani Station 鶯谷駅 | ||||||||||||||||
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Location | 1 Negishi, Taitō-ku, Tokyo Japan | |||||||||||||||
Operated by | JR East | |||||||||||||||
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Platforms | 2 island platforms | |||||||||||||||
Tracks | 4 | |||||||||||||||
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Opened | 11 July 1912 | |||||||||||||||
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Uguisudani Station is served by the Yamanote and Keihin-Tohoku lines.
The station consists of two island platforms serving four tracks.
1 | JK Keihin-Tōhoku Line | for Akabane, Urawa, and Omiya |
2 | JY Yamanote Line | for Ikebukuro and Shinjuku |
3 | JY Yamanote Line | for Ueno and Tokyo |
4 | JK Keihin-Tōhoku Line | for Tokyo, Shinagawa, and Yokohama |
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]
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Stations of the Keihin-Tōhoku Line—Negishi Line | ||
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Keihin-Tōhoku Line |
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Negishi Line |