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'''Ueno Station''' (上野駅) is a railway station located in [[Taito-ku]], [[Tokyo]]. Commonly used to reach Ueno and Ueno Park, home to the [[Tokyo National Museum]], [[Ueno Zoo]], The [[National Museum of Western Art]], and the [[Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music]], the station is highly used. It is also the terminus for many trains incoming from Northern Japan.

==History==

Ueno Station was opened on July 28, 1883. The buildings originally built in the 19th century were destroyed during the [[Great Kanto Earthquake]] of 1923 and were subsequently rebuilt by Japanese Government Railways. In 1927, the precursor to [[Tokyo Metro]] created the first subway line in Japan between Ueno Station and [[Asakusa Station]].

==Station==

Ueno Station is constructed with multiple nearby shopping malls, major tourist destinations and both western and Japanese restaurants.

==Lines and Service==

Ueno Station is home to lines for both [[JR East]] and [[Tokyo Metro]]. The following Lines stop in Ueno Station:

*[[Tokyo Metro]] – [[Ginza Line]], [[Hibiya Line]]
*[[JR East]] – [[Akita Shinkansen]], [[Hokuriku Shinkansen]], [[Joetsu Shinkansen]], [[Tohoku Shinkansen]], [[Yamagata Shinkansen]], [[Joban Line]], [[Keikin-Tohoku Line]], [[Takasaki Line]], [[Tohoku Main Line]], [[Yamanote Line]]

==Nearby Stations==

The following stations are nearest to Ueno Station in either direction on each line:

*[[Shinkansen Lines]] – Tokyo, Omiya
*[[Yamanote Line]] – Okachimachi, Uguisudani
*[[Keihin-Tohoku Line]] – Tabata, Akihabara
*[[Tohoku Line]] – Oku
*[[Joban Line]] – Nippori
*[[Ginza Line]] – Ueno-hirokoji, Inaricho
*[[Hibiya Line]] – Naka-Okachimachi, Iriya

==External Links==

*[http://www.3deearts.com/tokyo/uenoeki.html Images of Ueno Station]

[[Category:Japanese Transportation]]
[[Category:Tokyo Subway Stations]]

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Japan2000: New page: '''Ueno Station''' (上野駅) is a railway station located in Taito-ku, Tokyo. Commonly used to reach Ueno and Ueno Park, home to the Tokyo National Museum, Ueno Zoo, The ...