JY09 JK34
Tabata Station

田端駅
The north entrance in June 2010 after rebuilding
General information
Location1 Tabata, Kita City, Tokyo
Japan
Coordinates35°44′16″N 139°45′41″E / 35.737909°N 139.761254°E / 35.737909; 139.761254
Operated byLogo of the East Japan Railway Company (JR East) JR East
Line(s)
Platforms2 island platforms
Tracks4
ConnectionsBus interchange Bus terminal
Construction
Structure typeAt grade
Other information
Station code
  • JK34
  • JY09
History
Opened1 April 1896 (1896-04-01)
Passengers
FY201345,116 daily
Services
Preceding station Logo of the East Japan Railway Company (JR East) JR East Following station
Komagome
JY10
Next counter-clockwise
 Yamanote Line Nishi-Nippori
JY08
Next clockwise
Kami-Nakazato
JK35
towards Ōmiya
 Keihin–Tōhoku Line
Rapid
 Ueno
UENJK30
towards Yokohama
Keihin–Tōhoku Line
Local
 Nishi-Nippori
JK33
towards Yokohama
Location
Tabata Station is located in Special wards of Tokyo
Tabata Station
Tabata Station
Location within Special wards of Tokyo
Tabata Station is located in Tokyo Bay and Bōsō Peninsula
Tabata Station
Tabata Station
Tabata Station (Tokyo Bay and Bōsō Peninsula)
Tabata Station is located in Tokyo
Tabata Station
Tabata Station
Tabata Station (Tokyo)
Tabata Station is located in Japan
Tabata Station
Tabata Station
Tabata Station (Japan)

Tabata Station (田端駅, Tabata-eki) is a railway station in Kita, Tokyo, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East). Tabata Station is on the Tōhoku Main Line and Yamanote Line and is served by the circular Yamanote Line trains and the local and rapid trains of the Keihin–Tōhoku Line.

Station layout

The station consists of two island platforms serving four tracks, with the Yamanote Line tracks on the inside, and Keihin-Tōhoku Line tracks on the outside, enabling cross-platform interchange between the two lines. There is a south and a north exit from the station.

Platforms

View of the platforms looking northward in 2015
1 JK Keihin-Tōhoku Line for Akabane, Urawa, and Omiya
2 JY Yamanote Line for Ikebukuro and Shinjuku (Anti-clockwise)
3 JY Yamanote Line for Ueno, Tokyo, and Shinagawa (Clockwise)
4 JK Keihin-Tōhoku Line for Ueno, Tokyo, and Yokohama

Chest-high platform edge doors were installed on the Yamanote Line platforms in January 2015, with operation commencing in February.[1]

History

Tabata Station opened on 1 April 1896.[2] With the privatization of JNR on 1 April 1987, the station came under the control of JR East.[2] The station was rebuilt between 2005 and August 2008.

Station numbering was introduced in 2016 with Tabata being assigned station numbers JY09 for the Yamanote line and JK34 for the Keihin-Tōhoku line.[3][4]

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2013, the station was used by an average of 45,116 passengers daily (boarding passengers only), making it the 98th busiest station on the JR East network.[5] The passenger figures for previous years are as shown below.

Fiscal yearDaily average
200036,555[6]
200541,400[7]
201043,208[8]
201345,116[5]

Surrounding area

See also

References

  1. ↑ 山手線田端駅に可動式ホーム柵が設置される [Platform edge doors installed at Yamanote Line Tabata Station]. Japan Railfan Magazine Online (in Japanese). Japan: Koyusha Co., Ltd. 21 January 2015. Retrieved 21 January 2015.
  2. 1 2 Ishino, Tetsu, ed. (1998). 停車場変遷大辞典 国鉄・JR編 [Station Transition Directory - JNR/JR]. Vol. II. Japan: JTB. p. 389. ISBN 4-533-02980-9.
  3. ↑ "⾸都圏エリアへ 「駅ナンバリング」を導⼊します" [Introduce “station numbering” to the Tokyo metropolitan area] (PDF). jreast.co.jp (in Japanese). 6 April 2016. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 December 2022. Retrieved 7 January 2023.
  4. ↑ Kusamachi, Yoshikazu (7 April 2016). "JA・JK・JT・AKB…JR東日本、首都圏で駅ナンバリングなど導入へ" [JA, JK, JT, AKB … JR East to introduce station numbering in the Tokyo metropolitan area]. Response Automotive Media (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 6 August 2022. Retrieved 7 January 2023.
  5. 1 2 各駅の乗車人員 (2013年度) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2013)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. 2014. Retrieved 21 January 2015.
  6. ↑ 各駅の乗車人員 (2000年度) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2000)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. 2001. Retrieved 21 January 2015.
  7. ↑ 各駅の乗車人員 (2005年度) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2005)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. 2006. Retrieved 21 January 2015.
  8. ↑ 各駅の乗車人員 (2010年度) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2010)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. 2011. Retrieved 21 January 2015.
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