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JY04JK29 Okachimachi Station 御徒町駅
The South entrance in June 2017
General information
Location	5Ueno District,Taitō City,Tokyo Japan
Operated by	JR East
Line(s)	JYYamanote Line JKKeihin-Tōhoku Line
Platforms	2island platforms
Tracks	4
Connections	E09Ueno-okachimachi
Construction
Structure type	Elevated
Accessible	Yes
Other information
Station code	JY04 (Yamanote Line) JK29 (Keihin-Tōhoku Line)
History
Opened	1 November 1925; 99 years ago (1925-11-01)
Passengers
FY2013	67,593 daily
Services
Preceding station JR East Following station Akihabara AKBJY03 Next clockwise Yamanote Line Ueno UENJY05 Next counter-clockwise Akihabara AKBJK28 towardsYokohama Keihin–Tōhoku Line Rapid (weekends / holidays) Local Ueno UENJK30 towardsŌmiya
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Okachimachi Station (御徒町駅,Okachimachi-eki) is a railway station inTaito, Tokyo, Japan, operated byEast Japan Railway Company (JR East).^[1]

Okachimachi Station is served by the circularYamanote Line and also theKeihin-Tohoku Line. Although not physically connected,Naka-Okachimachi on theTokyo Metro Hibiya Line,Ueno-hirokōji on theTokyo Metro Ginza Line, andUeno-okachimachi on theToei Oedo Line are within walking distance of Okachimachi and marked as interchanges on route maps.

The station is on a raised viaduct running in a roughly north-south direction. There are two exits, the north exit (北口) and south exit (南口).^[2] Both exits have ticket vending machines and toilets; however, the north exit has aMidori no Madoguchi staffed ticket office and escalators to the platforms. Luggage lockers are available at the south exit.^[2]

The station has twoisland platforms with two tracks on either side of each platform. Platforms 1 and 4 (the outermost tracks) serve the Keihin-Tohoku Line, while platforms 2 and 3 (the inner tracks) are used forYamanote Line trains.^[2] This platform arrangement allows for easycross-platform interchanges so that passengers may transfer between lines in the same direction by walking across the platform.

East of the platforms lie tracks of theUeno-Tokyo Line. These are themselves built on former tracks of theTohoku Main Line running toTokyo Station, that had been used for stabling trains when construction of theTohoku Shinkansen took over land nearKanda Station previously used by the Tohoku Main Line, forcing services to terminate atUeno Station instead.^{[citation needed]}

The Yamanote Line platforms are equipped with chest-highplatform edge doors, installed in March 2014.^[3]

The station opened on 1 November 1925.^[1] Waist-highplatform edge doors were installed on the Yamanote Line platforms in March 2014, scheduled to be brought into operation from 10 May.^[3] From 14 March 2015, rapid services on the Keihin-Tohoku Line began serving the station on weekends and national holidays only.^[4]

Station numbering was introduced in 2016 with Okachimachi being assigned station numbers JY04 for the Yamanote line and JK29 for the Keihin-Tōhoku line.^[5][6]

In fiscal 2013, the station was used by an average of 67,593 passengers daily (boarding passengers only), making it the 64th-busiest station operated by JR East.^[7] The daily average passenger figures (boarding passengers only) in previous years are as shown below.

Okachimachi Station is in the centre of a busy commercial district stretching southwards from Ueno Station. Particularly well-known isAmeya-Yokochō ("Ameyoko"), a busy shopping street dominated by small market-style stalls selling a wide variety of wares. Ameyoko runs parallel to the railway line and includes a large market under the railway tracks.

The station is also very nearUeno Park's south entrance.

• List of railway stations in Japan

• Okachimachi Station information(in Japanese)