is a railway station in the Ebisu neighborhood of

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, operated by

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(JR East) and the Tokyo subway operator

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. The station is named after Yebisu Beer, which was once brewed in an adjacent brewery, and which is itself named for the Japanese deity Ebisu.

Lines

Ebisu is served by the following lines: *

(JR East) **

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** Shōnan-Shinjuku Line *

** Hibiya Line

JR East station

Platforms

The JR East station consists of two

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s serving four tracks. File:JR Ebisu Station Platform 1・2.jpg, Platforms 1 and 2 File:JR Ebisu Station Platform 3・4.jpg, Platforms 3 and 4

Station melody

The melody known as "

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" (or as the "Ebisu Theme" in Japan) is played at the platforms just prior to train departures. This melody was used in Ebisu beer TV commercials. Most of the many of thousands of people who pass through the station each day probably do not realize that the song was made famous by the 1949

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, written by

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and featuring a very dark subject matter, the sale of fake penicillin in post-World War Vienna. The song, played on the zither by the previously unknown Austrian musician, Anton Karas, was a huge international hit in 1949 and 1950.

Tokyo Metro station

Platforms

The subway station has two

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s serving two tracks.

History

The station first opened in 1901 as a freight terminal for the neighboring Yebisu Beer factory. Passenger trains began to stop at the station on 30 September 1906.JR East /info.aspx?StationCd=290 JR East Ebisu Station information
Retrieved 4 March 2010. The Tokyo Tamagawa tram line was extended to the station in 1927. In May 1945, the station building burned to the ground amid the

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. The subway station opened on 25 March 1964 and the tram service was discontinued in 1967. The Sapporo Brewery at Ebisu and its accompanying rail freight terminal were closed in 1982. The space was used for a "car train" service for several years before being redeveloped as the Ebisu Garden Place high-rise complex. The Saikyo Line was extended to Ebisu in 1996. Through service to the Shonan-Shinjuku Line began in 2001, and to the

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in 2002. Between 1996 and 2002, Ebisu served as the southern passenger terminus of the Saikyo Line, with Osaki Station being used as a turnaround point but not having passenger platforms connected to the line. File:TokyoMetro 04p0864s.jpg, Old TRTA logo above station entrance, March 2004 The station facilities of the Hibiya Line were inherited by

after the privatization of the Teito Rapid Transit Authority (TRTA) in 2004. Chest-height

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were introduced on the two Yamanote Line platforms from 26 June 2010, the first time that such doors were installed on a JR line other than the Shinkansen.

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was introduced to the JR East platforms in 2016 with Ebisu being assigned station numbers JA09 for the Saikyo Line, JS18 for the Shonan-Shinjuku line, JY21 for the Yamanote Line. At the same time, JR East assigned the station a 3-letter code; Ebisu was assigned the code "EBS". Morning '' TH Liner'' services terminating at this station commenced on 6 June 2020.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2019, the JR East station was used by 145,805 passengers daily (boarding passengers only), making it the 20th-busiest station operated by JR East. In fiscal 2019, the Tokyo Metro station was used by an average of 117,796 passengers per day (exiting and entering passengers), making it the 30th-busiest station operated by Tokyo Metro. The daily passenger figures for each operator in previous years are as shown below. * Note that JR East figures are for boarding passengers only.

References

External links

JR East Ebisu Station information

JR East Ebisu Station information

Tokyo Metro Ebisu Station information
{{DEFAULTSORT:Ebisu Saikyō Line Buildings and structures in Shibuya Shōnan-Shinjuku Line Stations of East Japan Railway Company Stations of Tokyo Metro Tokyo Metro Hibiya Line Yamanote Line Railway stations in Japan opened in 1964

Lines

JR East station

Platforms

Station melody

Tokyo Metro station

Platforms

History

Passenger statistics

See also

References

External links