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Ōtsuka Station

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Operated by
  
JR East

Line(s)
  
Yamanote Line

Passengers (FY2010)
  
53,346 daily

Opened
  
1903

Phone
  
+81 50-2016-1600

Connections
  
Bus terminal

Ōtsuka Station

Location
  
3 Minami-Ōtsuka, Toshima, Tokyo (東京都豊島区南大塚三丁目) Japan

Address
  
3 Chome-33-1 Minamiotsuka, Toshima, Tokyo, Japan

Similar
  
Sugamo Station, Shin‑ōtsuka Station, Komagome Station, Ikebukuro Station, Uguisudani Station

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

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Lines

Ōtsuka Station is served by the circular Yamanote Line. A stop on the Toden Arakawa Line, named Ōtsuka-ekimae Station (大塚駅前停留場, Ōtsuka ekimae teiryūjō) is also 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.

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

History

The station opened on 1 April 1903.

The wooden station structure on the south side was demolished in 2009.

Passenger statistics

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

Surrounding area

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

    Ōtsuka Station Wikipedia