is a railway station in Hamamatsuchō,

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, Japan, operated by

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(JR East) and also by

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Lines

Hamamatsuchō Station is served by two JR East lines: the circular

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and Keihin-Tōhoku Line. All trains on these lines stop at Hamamatsuchō. It is also the terminus of the

line to

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. The official name of the monorail station is .

Station layout

JR East

The JR East station consists of two platforms serving four tracks, with

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in the direction of travel between the Yamanote line (tracks 2 and 3) and the Keihin-Tōhoku line (tracks 1 and 4).

Tokyo Monorail

The Tokyo Monorail platforms are located to the west of the JR station in a separate elevated structure. Two side platforms serve a single track, with one platform used for boarding passengers, and the other platform used for alighting passengers. Japan's domestic airlines ( JAL, ANA,

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, and

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) operate check in services for domestic flights from Haneda airport along with ticketing facilities just outside the main Monorail entrances.

Facilities

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at one time operated a domestic flights only ticketing facility on the third floor of the station.

History

The JR station opened on December 16, 1909, as an intermediate station on the newly opened

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to Karasumori section of the

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. The Tokyo Monorail station opened on September 17, 1964.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2013, the JR East station was used by an average of 155,784 passengers daily (boarding passengers only), making it the sixteenth-busiest station operated by JR East. Over the same fiscal year, the Tokyo Monorail station was used by an average of 108,080 passengers daily (exiting and entering passengers), making it the busiest station operated by Tokyo Monorail. The passenger figures for the JR East station (boarding passengers only) for previous years are as shown below.

Surrounding area

* Daimon Station, served by the

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and the

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, is within easy walking distance, although some route maps do not mark them as an interchange. The 1-minute walk is fully signed and easy to locate. When arriving on a train from south, train cars at the front of the train are closest to the exit to Daimon station. *The station is partially under and directly connected to the

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. *

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, the fourth tallest residential building in Japan is a 3-minute walk to the north. * Hamarikyu Gardens - 1/2 mile north-east * Kyu Shiba Rikyu Garden - 1/8 mile east *

Shiodome City Center is a skyscraper in the Shiodome area of Minato, Tokyo, Japan managed by Mitsui Fudosan and Alderney Investments Pte Ltd., a subsidiary of the Singaporean sovereign wealth fund GIC Private Limited. Fujitsu's worldwide headquarters are in Sh ...

Shopping Mall - 10-minute walk *

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- 15-minute walk * Hato Bus Tour terminalHato Bus Tours

References

External links

JR East station information

Tokyo Monorail station information
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