OKACHIMACHI STATION

  

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OKACHIMACHI STATION

Specialty Definition: Okachimachi Station

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Okachimachi Station (御徒町駅; -eki) is located in Tokyo's Shibuya ward.

Layout

The station is on a raised viaduct running in a roughly north-south direction through a heavily built-up area. There are two platforms on the western side of the viaduct enabling cross-platform interchange between the Keihin-Tōhoku and Yamanote Lines in the respective direction of travel. East of the platforms are tracks belonging to the Tōhoku Main Line formerly running to Tokyo Station but which are now used to stable trains terminating at Ueno Station.

Okachimachi has two exits, North Exit (北口) and South Exit (南口).

Lines

JR:

Although not physically connected, Eidan Hibiya Line Naka-okachimachi, Eidan Ginza Line Ueno-hirokōji and Toei Ueno-okachimachi underground subway stations are within walking distance of Okachimachi and marked as interchanges on route maps.

Adjacent Stations

Keihin-Tōhoku Line Ueno Okachimachi Akihabara
Yamanote Line Ueno Okachimachi Akihabara

Surroundings

Okachimachi Station is in the centre of a busy commercial district stretching southwards from Ueno Station. Particularly well-known is Ameyoko (アメ横), a busy shopping street dominated by small market-style stalls selling a wide variety of wares. Ameyoku runs parallel to the railway line and includes a large market under the railway tracks.

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Source: the above text is adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Okachimachi Station."

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