Ryōgoku Station

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両国駅
Ryōgoku

Track 2 of Ryogoku station for trains to Chiba
Station statistics
Address Sumida, Tokyo
Lines
Chūō-Sōbu Line
Ōedo Line
Platforms 1 side platform and 1 island platform (rail)
Tracks 6 (rail)
Other information
Traffic
Passengers (2006) 14.383 million 4% (JR East)
Services
Preceding station   JR East   Following station
toward Mitaka
Chūō-Sōbu Line
toward Chiba
Preceding station   Toei Subway   Following station
toward Hikarigoaka
Ōedo Line
toward Tochōmae

Ryōgoku Station (両国駅 Ryōgoku-eki?) is a railway station in Yokoami, Sumida, Tokyo, Japan. The station serves passengers on the JR East Chūō-Sōbu Line and as station E-12, also named "Edo Tokyo Hakubutsukan-mae," on the Toei Oedo Line of the Tokyo Metropolitan Bureau of Transportation subway system.

In 2005, the station handled an average of 38,047 passengers daily. In 2006, JR East reported a four per cent increase to a total of 39,406 daily passengers. Residents of Ryōgoku and nearby neighborhoods, and visitors to places like the Ryōgoku Kokugikan sumo stadium, the Edo-Tokyo Museum and the memorial to the victims of the Great Kanto Earthquake use Ryōgoku Station.

[edit] Layout

[edit] JR East

1 Sōbu Line (Local) for Akihabara, Shinjuku, Nakano and Mitaka
2 Sōbu Line (Local) for Kinshichō, Nishi-Funabashi, Tsudanuma amd Chiba
3 Special Platform

[edit] Tokyo Metropolitan Bureau of Transportation

1 Toei Oedo Line for Iidabashi and Tochōmae
(Change trains at Tochōmae for Nerima and Hikarigaoka)
2 Toei Oedo Line for Daimon and Roppongi

Coordinates: 35°41′44.66″N 139°47′38.24″E / 35.6957389, 139.7939556