Uguisudani Station
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35°43′19″N 139°46′40″E / 35.722066°N 139.777851°E
JY06 JK31 Uguisudani Station 鶯谷駅 | ||||||||||||||||
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.jpg) The south entrance of Uguisudani Station in November 2014 | ||||||||||||||||
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| Location | 1 Negishi, Taitō City, Tokyo Japan | |||||||||||||||
| Operated by |  JR East | |||||||||||||||
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| Platforms | 2 island platforms | |||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 4 | |||||||||||||||
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| Structure type | At grade | |||||||||||||||
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| Opened | 11 July 1912 | |||||||||||||||
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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] The station is to the north of the Tokyo National Museum and Ueno Park.
Uguisudani Station is served by the Yamanote and Keihin-Tohoku lines.
Station layout
History
The station opened on 11 July 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]
Station numbering was introduced in 2016 with Uguisudani being assigned station numbers JY06 for the Yamanote line and JK31 for the Keihin-Tōhoku line.[3][4]
