Tokyo Station

Tōkyō Station

東京駅
Tokyo Station's Marunouchi side in June 2023
General information
Other namesTokyo Central Station
LocationChiyoda, Tokyo
Japan
Operated by
Connections
  • Bus interchange Bus terminal
History
OpenedDecember 20, 1914; 109 years ago (1914-12-20)
(JGR)
March 20, 1956; 68 years ago (1956-03-20)
(Tokyo Metro)
Location
Tokyo Station is located in Special wards of Tokyo
Tokyo Station
Tokyo Station
Location within Special wards of Tokyo
Tokyo Station is located in Tokyo
Tokyo Station
Tokyo Station
Tokyo Station (Tokyo)
Tokyo Station is located in Japan
Tokyo Station
Tokyo Station
Tokyo Station (Japan)
Tokyo Station, Yaesu side in 2021
Tokyo Station, Nihombashi side in 2021

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.

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.

  1. ^ a b Ito, Masami (December 13, 2014). "Tokyo Station at 100: all change". The Japan Times. Retrieved May 22, 2020.
  2. ^ 各駅の乗車人員 (in Japanese). East Japan Railway Company.