Yūrakuchō Station

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

Yūrakuchō Station
有楽町駅
Yūrakuchō Station entrance
Location
Prefecture Tokyo
(See other stations in Tokyo)
Ward Chiyoda
History
Year opened 1910
Rail services
Station number(s) Y-18
Operator(s) JR East
Tokyo Metro
Line(s) Keihin-Tōhoku Line
Yamanote Line
Tokyo Metro Yūrakuchō Line

Yūrakuchō Station (有楽町駅 Yūrakuchō-eki) is a railway station in Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East) and the Tokyo subway operator Tokyo Metro.

Lines

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

Adjacent stations

« Service »
Yamanote Line
Tokyo - Shimbashi
Keihin-Tōhoku Line
Rapid: no stop
Tokyo   Local   Shimbashi
Tokyo Metro Yurakucho Line (Y18)
Sakuradamon (Y17) - Ginza-itchōme (Y19)

History

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.[1]

Passenger statistics

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.[2] 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.[3] The average daily passenger figures for each operator in previous years are as shown below.

Fiscal year JR East Tokyo Metro
1999 160,126[4]
2000 156,273[5]
2005 153,113[6]
2010 162,445[7]
2011 162,252[8] 147,303[9]
2012 164,929[10] 152,102[11]
2013 167,365[2] 158,809[3]

References

  1. ↑ 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.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 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.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 各駅の乗降人員ランキング [Station usage ranking] (in Japanese). Tokyo Metro. Retrieved 31 August 2014.
  4. ↑ 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.
  5. ↑ 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.
  6. ↑ 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.
  7. ↑ 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.
  8. ↑ 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.
  9. ↑ 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.
  10. ↑ 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.
  11. ↑ 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.

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