Tokyo Station
Major railway and metro station in Tokyo, Japan / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Tōkyō Station (Japanese: 東京駅, pronounced [to̞ːkʲo̞ːe̞kʲi]) is a major railway station in Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan. The original station is located in Chiyoda's Marunouchi business district near the Imperial Palace grounds. The newer Eastern extension is not far from the Ginza commercial district. Due to the large area covered by the station, it is divided into the Marunouchi (west) and Yaesu (east) sides in its directional signage.
Tōkyō Station 東京駅 | |||||
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Other names | Tokyo Central Station | ||||
Location | Chiyoda, Tokyo Japan | ||||
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Opened | December 20, 1914; 109 years ago (1914-12-20) (JGR) March 20, 1956; 68 years ago (1956-03-20) (Tokyo Metro) | ||||
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Served by the high-speed rail lines of the Shinkansen network, Tōkyō Station is the main inter-city rail terminal in Tokyo. It is the busiest station in Japan in terms of scheduled trains, with more than 4,000 trains arriving and departing daily,[1] and the fifth-busiest in eastern Japan in terms of passenger throughput;[2] on average, more than 500,000 people use Tōkyō Station every day.[1] The station is also served by many regional commuter lines of Japan Railways, as well as the Tokyo Metro network.