Ueno Station

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

• Images of Ueno Station