Yamanote Line facts for kids
The Yamanote Line (Japanese: 山手線, Hepburn: Yamanote-sen) is a railway line of East Japan Railway Company (JR East) in Tokyo, Japan. It is one of Tokyo's busiest and most important lines, connecting most of Tokyo's big stations and city centres, including Marunouchi, the Yūrakuchō/Ginza area, Shinagawa, Shibuya, Shinjuku, Ikebukuro and Ueno, with all but two of its 29 stations connecting to other railway or underground (subway) lines.
As an official line name, "Yamanote Line" is usually meant as a line with tracks between Shinagawa and Tabata from Shinjuku that are used by local trains on its tracks and also the parallel Yamanote Freight Line which is used by Saikyō Line and Shōnan-Shinjuku Line trains, some limited express services, and freight trains. However, in everyday use, the "Yamanote Line" refers to the entire 34.5 km loop line served by local trains. (This article uses the same thing meant except when it is said that it would not be the same meaning meant.)
History
In 1909, Yamanote Line began service between Shinagawa and Akabane, and it was called "Shinagawa Line" at that time. A train consisted of 10 cars. The circular line began in 1925. A train schedule 5 trains/hour 72 minutes/a round in 1925, 25 trains/hour 60 minutes/a round in 2014 [1]. In 1961, train color changed from brown to yellow. In 1972, train color changed from yellow to green. In 1987, Japan Railway was privatized. In 1990, Yamanote line add more one car to the trains. Wrapping advertisement, using Yamanote Line, has started since 2000. Each station are installing the platform screen doors for the Tokyo Olympics in 2020.
Features
Yamanote Line has no signal, and a train follows the preceding train [2]. Yamanote Line has not only passenger trains but also Freight trains. Yamanote Line has only one railway crossing [2]. In 2013, 3,238,000 people use Yamanote Line per a day [1].
Station
| Line1 | Station | In Japanese | Distance2 | Transfers | Location | ||
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| JR East | Others | ||||||
| Yamanote Line |
Shinagawa | 品川 | 2.2 | 0.0 |
■Tōkaidō Main Line |
JR Central: Tōkaidō Shinkansen Keikyu: Main Line |
Minato |
| Ōsaki | 大崎 | 2.0 | 2.0 |
■Shōnan-Shinjuku Line |
Rinkai Line | Shinagawa | |
| Gotanda | 五反田 | 0.9 | 2.9 | Tōkyū: Ikegami Line Toei: ○Asakusa Line (A-05) |
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| Meguro | 目黒 | 1.2 | 4.1 | Tōkyū: Meguro Line Tokyo Metro: ○Namboku Line (N-01) Toei: ○Mita Line (I-01) |
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| Ebisu | 恵比寿 | 1.5 | 5.6 |
■Shōnan-Shinjuku Line |
Tokyo Metro: ○Hibiya Line (H-02) | Shibuya | |
| Shibuya | 渋谷 | 1.6 | 7.2 |
■Shōnan-Shinjuku Line |
Keio: Inokashira Line Tōkyū: Den-en-toshi Line, Tōyoko Line Tokyo Metro: ○Ginza Line (G-01), ○Hanzōmon Line (N-01), ○Fukutoshin Line (F-16) |
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| Harajuku | 原宿 | 1.2 | 8.4 | Tokyo Metro: ○Chiyoda Line (at Meiji-jingūmae, C-03) | |||
| Yoyogi | 代々木 | 1.5 | 9.9 |
■Chūō-Sōbu Line |
Toei: ○Ōedo Line (E-26) | ||
| Shinjuku | 新宿 | 0.7 | 10.6 |
■Chūō Main Line |
Keio: Keiō Line, Keio New Line Odakyu: Odawara Line Seibu: Shinjuku Line (at Seibu-Shinjuku) Tokyo Metro: ○Marunouchi Line (M-08) Toei: ○Shinjuku Line (S-01), ○Ōedo Line (at Shinjuku (E-27) and Shinjuku-Nishiguchi (E-01)) |
Shinjuku | |
| Shin-Ōkubo | 新大久保 | 1.3 | 11.9 | ||||
| Takadanobaba | 高田馬場 | 1.4 | 13.3 | Seibu: Shinjuku Line Tokyo Metro: ○Tōzai Line (T-03) |
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| Mejiro | 目白 | 0.9 | 14.2 | Toshima | |||
| Ikebukuro | 池袋 | 1.2 | 15.4 |
■Shōnan-Shinjuku Line |
Seibu: Ikebukuro Line Tobu: Tōjō Line Tokyo Metro: ○Marunouchi Line (M-25), ○Yūrakuchō Line (Y-09), ○Fukutoshin Line (F-09) |
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| Ōtsuka | 大塚 | 1.8 | 17.2 | Toden Arakawa Line at Ōtsuka Ekimae Station | |||
| Sugamo | 巣鴨 | 1.1 | 18.3 | Toei: ○Mita Line (I-15) | |||
| Komagome | 駒込 | 0.7 | 19.0 | Tokyo Metro: ○Namboku Line (N-14) | |||
| Tabata | 田端 | 1.6 | 20.6 |
■Keihin-Tōhoku Line (R) |
Kita | ||
| Tōhoku Main Line |
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| Nishi-Nippori | 西日暮里 | 0.8 | 21.4 |
■Keihin-Tōhoku Line |
Tokyo Metro: ○Chiyoda Line (C-16) Nippori-Toneri Liner |
Arakawa | |
| Nippori | 日暮里 | 0.5 | 21.9 |
■Jōban Line |
Keisei: Main Line Nippori-Toneri Liner |
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| Uguisudani | 鶯谷 | 1.1 | 23.0 | Taitō | |||
| Ueno | 上野 | 1.1 | 24.1 |
■Shinkansen (Tōhoku, Jōetsu, Nagano, Yamagata, Akita) |
Keisei: Main Line (at Keisei Ueno) Tokyo Metro: ○Ginza Line (G-16), ○Hibiya Line (H-17) |
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| Okachimachi | 御徒町 | 0.6 | 24.7 |
■Keihin-Tōhoku Line |
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| Akihabara | 秋葉原 | 1.0 | 25.7 |
■Chūō-Sōbu Line |
Tsukuba Express Tokyo Metro: ○Hibiya Line (H-15) |
Chiyoda | |
| Kanda | 神田 | 0.7 | 26.4 |
■Chūō Line (Rapid) |
Tokyo Metro: ○Ginza Line (G-13) | ||
| Tokyo | 東京 | 1.3 | 27.7 |
■Shinkansen (Tōhoku, Jōetsu, Hokuriku, HokkaidōYamagata, Akita) |
JR Central: Tōkaidō Shinkansen Tokyo Metro: ○Marunouchi Line (M-17) |
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| Tōkaidō Main Line |
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| Yūrakuchō | 有楽町 | 0.8 | 28.5 |
■Keihin-Tōhoku Line |
Tokyo Metro: ○Yūrakuchō Line (Y-18), ○Hibiya Line (at Hibiya, H-07), ○Chiyoda Line (at Hibiya, C-09) Toei: ○Mita Line (at Hibiya, C-09) |
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| Shimbashi | 新橋 | 1.1 | 29.6 |
■Tōkaidō Main Line |
Tokyo Metro: ○Ginza Line (G-08) Toei: ○Asakusa Line (A-10) Yurikamome |
Minato | |
| Hamamatsuchō | 浜松町 | 1.2 | 30.8 |
■Keihin-Tōhoku Line (R) |
Tokyo Monorail Toei: ○Asakusa Line (at Daimon, A-09), ○Ōedo Line (at Daimon, E-20) |
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| Tamachi | 田町 | 1.5 | 32.3 |
■Keihin-Tōhoku Line (R) |
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| Shinagawa | 品川 | 2.2 | 34.5 | See above. | |||
Notes
- 1: Official line names
- 2: Left column is distance from previous station (km) and right column is distance from Shinagawa Station (km).
- 3: "(R)" indicates rapid train stops of the Keihin-Tōhoku Line.
Related pages
Images for kids
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Former E231-500 series 6-door car with the seats folded up, January 2010
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63 series
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A yellow (Tsurumi Line) 101 series train
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A Yamanote Line 103 series train in March 1985
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A Yamanote Line 205 series train in February 2003
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A Yamanote Line E231-500 series set in March 2009
See also
In Spanish: Línea Yamanote para niños
