Shin-Ōkubo Station
Coordinates: 35°42′04″N 139°42′01″E / 35.701063°N 139.700228°E
Shin-Ōkubo 新大久保 | |
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 Shin-Ōkubo Station exterior, October 2009 | |
| Location |
1 Hyakunin-chō, Shinjuku, Tokyo （東京都新宿区百人町１丁目） Japan |
| Operated by | JR East |
| Line(s) | Yamanote Line |
| History | |
| Opened | 1914 |
| Traffic | |
| Passengers (FY2011) | 42,433 daily |
Shin-Ōkubo Station (新大久保駅 Shin-Ōkubo-eki) is a railway station on the Yamanote Line in Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East).[1] Opened on November 15, 1914, it is close to the large local Korean ethnic neighborhood. Shin-Ōkubo Station has only one exit.
Lines
Shin-Ōkubo Station is served by the circular Yamanote Line, with trains running every four minutes during the daytime off-peak.
Station layout
The elevated station consists of a single island platform serving two tracks. The Yamanote Freight Line tracks used by Saikyō Line and Shōnan-Shinjuku Line services lie to the east of the Yamanote Line tracks.
Platform edge doors are scheduled to be installed on the Yamanote Line platforms during fiscal 2013.[2]
Platforms
| 1 | ■ Yamanote Line | Clockwise for Ikebukuro, Tabata, and Ueno |
| 2 | ■ Yamanote Line | Anti-clockwise for Shinjuku, Shibuya, and Shinagawa |
Adjacent stations
| « | Service | » | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yamanote Line | ||||
| Shinjuku | - | Takadanobaba | ||
Surrounding area
Less than a kilometer north of the sprawling Shinjuku Station, Shin-Ōkubo Station is located approximately 5 minutes' walk from Shinjuku's Kabukichō district. It is also about a 3-minute walk from Ōkubo Station on the Chūō-Sōbu Line.
Near the station, Okubo-dori (Okubo street) and surrounding side streets are lined with all kinds of small shops, most of them selling Korean food and pop-culture items. Also in the vicinity are Korean-themed bars, nightclubs, and restaurants.[3]
History
The station opened on 15 November 1914.[1]
Passenger statistics
In fiscal 2011, the station was used by an average of 42,433 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[4]
The passenger figures for previous years are as shown below.
| Fiscal year | Daily average |
|---|---|
| 2000 | 34,155[5] |
| 2005 | 34,104[6] |
| 2010 | 37,344[7] |
| 2011 | 42,433[4] |
Incidents
On 26 January 2001, a 47-year-old photographer from Yokohama and a 26-year-old Korean student died at the station when they were hit by a Yamanote Line train while trying to save a drunken Japanese man who had fallen off the platform onto the tracks and also killed in the accident.[8] The Korean student's life story formed the basis for the film 26 Years Diary, released in 2007 in Japan and in 2008 in Korea.
See also
References
- 1 2 各駅情報（新大久保駅） [Station Information (Shin-Ōkubo Station)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. Retrieved 28 June 2012.
- ↑ グループ経営構想Ⅴ [Group Business Vision V] (PDF) (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. 30 October 2012. p. 10. Retrieved 8 November 2012.
- ↑ Hiragana Times, "Okubo - Tokyo's Popular Korea Town", Volume #293, March 2011, pp. 34-37.
- 1 2 各駅の乗車人員 (2011年度) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2011)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. Retrieved 12 January 2013.
- ↑ 各駅の乗車人員 (2000年度) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2000)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. Retrieved 12 January 2013.
- ↑ 各駅の乗車人員 (2005年度) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2005)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. Retrieved 12 January 2013.
- ↑ 各駅の乗車人員 (2010年度) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2010)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. Retrieved 12 January 2013.
- ↑ Funeral rites held for men killed in failed station rescue, The Japan Times, 30 January 2001
External links
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- JR East station information (Japanese)
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