is a railway station on the
Yurikamome
, formerly the , is an automated guideway transit service operated by ''Yurikamome, Inc.'' in Tokyo, Japan. It connects Shimbashi Station, Shimbashi to Toyosu Station, Toyosu, via the artificial island of Odaiba, a market in which it competes with ...
Line, in
Kōtō, Tokyo, Japan. Its station number is U-12. Opened on 1 November 1995, the station is located within walking distance of
Kokusai-tenjijō Station on the
Rinkai Line. The station opened as the line's eastern terminus before the line's extension to
Toyosu Station
is a railway station in Kōtō, Tokyo, Japan, operated by Tokyo Metro and Yurikamome.
Lines
Toyosu Station is served by the Tokyo Metro Yurakucho Line subway and the Yurikamome.
Station layout
The station consists of an underground metro st ...
opened in March 2006.
However, some services from Shimbashi still terminate at Ariake.
Station layout
The station consists of two elevated
island platform
An island platform (also center platform (American English) or centre platform (British English)) is a station layout arrangement where a single platform is positioned between two tracks within a railway station, tram stop or transitway inte ...
s serving three tracks.
Platforms
History
The station opened on 1 November 1995 as the eastern terminus of the Yurikamome Line. It became a through station on 27 March 2006 following the opening of the extension to Toyosu.
Surrounding area
*
Kokusai-tenjijō Station (TWR
Rinkai Line)
* Symbol Promenade Park
*
Tokyo Big Sight
, officially known as , is a convention center, convention and exhibition center in Tokyo and the largest such venue in Japan. Opened in April 1996, the center is located in the Ariake, Tokyo, Ariake Minami district of the on the Tokyo Bay waterf ...
(East Halls)
* Panasonic Centre Tokyo
* Ariake Tennis Forest Park
*
Ariake Coliseum
is an indoor arena, indoor sporting arena in Ariake Tennis Park located in Ariake, Tokyo, Ariake, Kōtō, Tokyo, Japan. It has a capacity of 10,000 and is one of the few professional tennis venues which has a retractable roof.
When Ariake Col ...
*
Japanese Foundation for Cancer Research Cancer Institute Hospital
* Tokyo Metropolitan Disaster Prevention Center
* Tokyo Bay Ariake Washington Hotel
A bus stop is located adjacent to Kokusai-tenjijō Station, as well as the terminus of a BRT line.
Passenger statistics
In 2008, the station was used by an average of 2,293 passengers.
References
External links
Official information site
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Railway stations in Japan opened in 1995
Railway stations in Tokyo
Yurikamome