Ōtsuka Station

For the station in Hiroshima, see Ōzuka Station.

Ōtsuka Station (大塚駅, Ōtsuka-eki) is a railway station in Toshima, Tokyo, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East).^[1] It is connected to the Ōtsuka-ekimae Station (大塚駅前停留場, Ōtsuka ekimae teiryūjō) on the Tokyo Sakura Tram line, operated by Tokyo Metropolitan Bureau of Transportation (Toei).

JY12 Ōtsuka Station Ōtsuka-ekimae Station 大塚駅 大塚駅前停留場
The north entrance in April 2012
General information
Location	3 Minami-Ōtsuka, Toshima-ku, Tokyo Japan
Coordinates	35.731438°N 139.728692°E / 35.731438; 139.728692
Operated by	JR East Toei
Line(s)	JY Yamanote Line Toden Arakawa Line
Connections	Bus terminal
History
Opened	1 April 1903; 122 years ago (1 April 1903)
Passengers
FY2010	53,346 daily
Services
Preceding station JR East Following station Ikebukuro IKBJY13 Next counter-clockwise Yamanote Line Sugamo JY11 Next clockwise Preceding station Toei Following station Mukōhara towards Waseda Toden Arakawa Line Sugamoshinden towards Minowabashi
Location Ōtsuka Location within Tokyo Yamanote Loop Show map of Tokyo Yamanote Loop Ōtsuka Ōtsuka (Tokyo wards area) Show map of Tokyo wards area Ōtsuka Ōtsuka (Japan) Show map of Japan

Lines

Ōtsuka Station is served by the circular Yamanote Line. A stop on the Tokyo Sakura Tram, named Ōtsuka-ekimae Station is located underneath Ōtsuka Station.

Station layout

The station consists of an elevated island platform serving the two Yamanote Line tracks. The station has a Midori no Madoguchi staffed ticket office.^[1]

Chest-high platform edge doors were installed on the Yamanote Line platforms, brought into use from 20 April 2013.^[2]

• 
  The south entrance, April 2010
• 
  JR East ticket gates, September 2019
• 
  The Yamanote line platforms, September 2019

Platforms

1	JY Yamanote Line	for Ikebukuro, Shinjuku, and Shinagawa
2	JY Yamanote Line	for Tabata, Ueno, and Tokyo

History

Otsuka Station in the early 20th century

The station opened on 1 April 1903.^[3]

The wooden station structure on the south side was demolished in 2009.^[3]

Station numbering was introduced in 2016 with Ōtsuka being assigned station number JY12.^[4][5]

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2010, the station was used by an average of 53,346 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).^[6]

Surrounding area

Ōtsuka-ekimae tram stop beneath the JR East station in December 2007

• Shin-ōtsuka Station (on the Tokyo Metro Marunouchi Line)
• Sugamo Police Station
• Sugamo Junior & Senior High School
• Minami-Ōtsuka Hall

See also

• Tokyo portal

• List of railway stations in Japan