Tokyo Station
railway and metro station in Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan. Central station of Tokyo
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Summary
Tokyo Station is a central station[1]. It ranks in the top 1% of central station entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (9,700 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: Chiyoda[3]
- Country: Japan[4]
- Instance of: underground railway station[5], elevated station[6], railway station[7], interchange station[8]
- Architect: Tatsuno Kingo[9], Helmut Jahn[10], Werner Sobek[11]
- Operator: East Japan Railway Company[12], Central Japan Railway Company[13], Tokyo Metro[14]
- Architectural style: baroque revival[15], Renaissance Revival architecture[16], postmodern architecture[17]
- Location: Marunouchi[18]
- Station code: トウ[19]
- Part of: 100 stations of Kantō[20]
- Commons category: Tokyo Station[21]
- Has part(s): Tokyo Station Hotel[22], First Avenue Tokyo Station[23], Tokyo Station Bus Terminal[24], Marunouchi Central Plaza[25], Gransta[26], Tokyo Metro Tokyo Station[27], JR Central Tokyo Station[28], JR East Tokyo Station[29]
- Inception: December 20, 1914[30]
- Significant event: assassination of Hara Takashi[31], destruction[32], architectural reconstruction[33]
- Interchange station: Ōtemachi Station[34]
- Topic's main category: Category:Tokyo Station[35]
- Replaces: Gofukubashi Station[36]
- Daily patronage: 543,121[37]
- Topic has template: Q86448285[38]
- Heritage designation: Important Cultural Property of Japan[39]
- Date of official opening: December 20, 1914[40]
- Native label: 東京駅[41]
- History of topic: history of Tokyo Station[42]
- Connects with: Ōtemachi Station[43], Tokyo Metro Tokyo Station[44]
- Disabled accessibility: wheelchair accessible[45]
- Adjacent structure or building: GranTokyo[46], Sapia Tower[47]
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Works and Contributions
Things named for Tokyo Station include Ueno-Tokyo Line[48], a passenger train service[49], in Japan[50], founded in 2015[51].
Why It Matters
Tokyo Station has Wikipedia articles in 23 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[52] It is known by 40 alternative names across languages and contexts.[53]
Entities named for it include Ueno-Tokyo Line[48], a passenger train service[49], in Japan[50], founded in 2015[51].