Kōrakuen Station
Kōrakuen Station (後楽園駅, Kōrakuen-eki) is a subway train station in Bunkyō, Tokyo, Japan, operated by the Tokyo subway operator Tokyo Metro. It is directly connected by an underground pedestrian passage to the Toei-operated Kasuga Station. It is integrated with the Tokyo Dome City complex and the Bunkyō ward capitol building.
M22 N11 Kōrakuen Station 後楽園駅 | ||||||||||||||||
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 Korakuen Station exterior, March 2006 | ||||||||||||||||
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| Location | 1-2-3 Kasuga, Bunkyō, Tokyo （東京都文京区春日1-2-3） Japan | |||||||||||||||
| Operated by |  Tokyo Metro | |||||||||||||||
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| Platforms | 2 side platforms (Marunouchi Line) 1 island platform (Namboku Line) | |||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 4 (2 for each line) | |||||||||||||||
| Connections | I12 E07 Kasuga | |||||||||||||||
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| Structure type | Elevated (Marunouchi Line) Underground (Namboku Line) | |||||||||||||||
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| Station code | M-22, N-11 | |||||||||||||||
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| Opened | 20 January 1954 | |||||||||||||||
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  Kōrakuen Station Location within Special wards of Tokyo  Kōrakuen Station Kōrakuen Station (Tokyo Bay and Bōsō Peninsula)  Kōrakuen Station Kōrakuen Station (Tokyo)  Kōrakuen Station Kōrakuen Station (Japan) | ||||||||||||||||
Lines
Kōrakuen Station is served by the following lines:
- Tokyo Metro Marunouchi Line, station number M-22
- Tokyo Metro Namboku Line, station number N-11
Nearby Kasuga, connected by a pedestrian passageway, is served by the following lines.
- Toei Mita Line, station number I-12
- Toei Ōedo Line, station number E-07
Layout
The Marunouchi Line platforms (1 to 2) consist of two side platforms serving two tracks on the second-floor ("2F") level, and the Namboku Line platforms (3 to 4) consist of an island platform serving two deep-level tracks on the sixth basement ("B6F") level.
Platforms
| 1 | M Marunouchi Line | for Tokyo, Ogikubo, and Honancho |
| 2 | M Marunouchi Line | for Ikebukuro |
| 3 | N Namboku Line | for Komagome and Akabane-iwabuchi SR Saitama Rapid Railway Line for Urawa-misono |
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From March 2015, the Namboku Line platforms use the tune "Take Me Out to the Ball Game" as the departure melody, chosen as the nearby Tokyo Dome is used for baseball games.[1]
Korakuen District Gate, 2019
A Tokyo Metro 2000 series train at Korakuen station, 2019
Namboku Line platforms, 2010
Passengers
In fiscal 2019, this station had 106,481 passengers daily.
History
Kōrakuen Station opened on 20 January 1954 on the Marunouchi Line.[2] The Namboku Line platforms opened on 26 March 1996.[2]
The station facilities were inherited by Tokyo Metro after the privatization of the Teito Rapid Transit Authority (TRTA) in 2004.[3]
From 13 March 2015, the tune "Take Me Out to the Ball Game" was used as the departure melody for the Namboku Line platforms.[1]
Surrounding area
- Bunkyo Civic Center
- Tokyo Dome City entertainment complex
- Tokyo Dome baseball stadium
- Koishikawa Kōrakuen Garden
- Several train stations nearby:
- Kasuga Station (Toei)
- Suidōbashi Station (JR East, Toei)
References
- 南北線の発車メロディをリニューアル！各駅に新しい発車メロディを導入します [Namboku Line departure melodies updated! New melodies to be introduced at each station] (PDF). News release (in Japanese). Japan: Tokyo Metro. 2 March 2015. Retrieved 6 March 2015.
- Terada, Hirokazu (19 January 2013). データブック日本の私鉄 [Databook: Japan's Private Railways]. Japan: Neko Publishing. pp. 214–216. ISBN 978-4-7770-1336-4.
- "「営団地下鉄」から「東京メトロ」へ" [From "Teito Rapid Transit Authority" to "Tokyo Metro"]. Tokyo Metro Online. 8 July 2006. Archived from the original on 16 May 2012. Retrieved 29 May 2022.
External links
- Korakuen Station information (Tokyo Metro) (in Japanese)