Ōtsuka Station
Railway and tram station in Tokyo, Japan
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Ōtsuka Station (大塚駅, Ōtsuka-eki) is a railway station in Toshima, Tokyo, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East).[2] It is connected to the Ōtsuka-ekimae Station (大塚駅前停留場, Ōtsuka ekimae teiryūjō) on the Tokyo Sakura Tram line, operated by Tokyo Metropolitan Bureau of Transportation (Toei).
Japan
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| Location | 3 Minami-Ōtsuka, Toshima-ku, Tokyo Japan | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 35.731438°N 139.728692°E | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Connections |  Bus terminal | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Opened | 1 April 1903 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Lines
Ōtsuka Station is served by the circular Yamanote Line. A stop on the Tokyo Sakura Tram, named Ōtsuka-ekimae Station is located underneath Ōtsuka Station.
Station layout
The station consists of an elevated island platform serving the two Yamanote Line tracks. The station has a Midori no Madoguchi staffed ticket office.[2]
Chest-high platform edge doors were installed on the Yamanote Line platforms, brought into use from 20 April 2013.[3]
The south entrance, April 2010
JR East ticket gates, September 2019
The Yamanote line platforms, September 2019
Platforms
| 1 |  Yamanote Line |
for Ikebukuro, Shinjuku, and Shinagawa |
| 2 | Yamanote Line |
for Tabata, Ueno, and Tokyo |
History
The station opened on 1 April 1903.[4]
The wooden station structure on the south side was demolished in 2009.[4]
Station numbering was introduced in 2016 with Ōtsuka being assigned station number JY12.[5][6]
Passenger statistics
In fiscal 2010, the station was used by an average of 53,346 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[7]
Surrounding area
- Shin-ōtsuka Station (on the Tokyo Metro Marunouchi Line)
- Sugamo Police Station
- Sugamo Junior & Senior High School
- Minami-Ōtsuka Hall
