Ōtsuka Station

For the station in Hiroshima, see Astram Ozuka Station.

Coordinates: 35°43′53″N 139°43′43″E / 35.731438°N 139.728692°E / 35.731438; 139.728692

Ōtsuka Station 大塚駅
South entrance, April 2010
Location
Prefecture	Tokyo (See other stations in Tokyo)
Ward	Toshima
Neighborhood etc.	3 Minami-Ōtsuka
(in Japanese)	東京都豊島区南大塚三丁目
History
Year opened	1903
Rail services
Operator(s)	JR East
Line(s)	Yamanote Line Toden Arakawa Line
Small bus terminal at this station

Ōtsuka Station (大塚駅, Ōtsuka-eki^?) is a railway station in Toshima, Tokyo, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East).

Lines

Ōtsuka Station is served by the Yamanote Line.

It is also a stop on the Toden Arakawa Line, whose station is named Ōtsuka Ekimae Station (大塚駅前停留場, Ōtsuka ekimae teiryūjō^?). This stop is located underneath Ōtsuka Station.

Station layout

The station consists of an elevated island platform serving the two Yamanote Line tracks.

Platforms

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

Adjacent stations

«		Service		»
Sugamo		Yamanote Line		Ikebukuro
Mukōhara		Toden Arakawa Line		Sugamo-Shinden

History

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

The wooden station structure on the south side was demolished in 2009.^[1]

Surrounding area

• Shin-ōtsuka Station (on the Tokyo Metro Marunouchi Line)

References

1. ^ ^{a b} Kawashima, Ryozo (March 2011). 日本の鉄道　中部ライン　全線・全駅・全配線　第１２巻　東京都心北部 [Railways of Japan - Chubu Line - Lines/Stations/Track plans - Vol 12 Northern Central Tokyo]. Japan: Kodansha. p. 55. ISBN 978-4-06-270072-6. 

External links

Media related to Ōtsuka Station at Wikimedia Commons

• JR East station information (Japanese)