Ōsaki Station
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| Location | 1-21-4 Ōsaki Shinagawa, Tokyo Japan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Distance | 12.2 km (7.6 mi) from Shin-Kiba | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Opened | 25 February 1901 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| FY2024 | 290,388 (daily)[1][note 1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Ōsaki Station (Japanese: 大崎駅, Hepburn: Ōsaki-eki) is a railway station in Shinagawa, Tokyo, Japan, jointly owned and operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East) and Tokyo Waterfront Area Rapid Transit (TWR).[2][3]
Station layout
[edit]Ōsaki Station is served by six passenger services: the Yamanote Line, Shōnan–Shinjuku Line, Saikyō Line, Shōnan limited express, Rinkai Line, and Sōtetsu–JR Link Line. Most Saikyō Line trains operate through to the Rinkai Line or the Sōtetsu–JR Link Line.
The station's railway infrastructure comprises the Rinkai Line, Yamanote Line, and Ōsaki Branch Line. The Yamanote Freight Line passes through the station, while the Ōsaki Branch Line provides a connection between the Yamanote Freight Line and the Hinkaku Line, which passes near the station. The Saikyō, Shōnan–Shinjuku, Shōnan, and Sōtetsu–JR Link services use the Yamanote Freight Line and associated connecting infrastructure.
The station has four island platforms serving eight tracks. Platforms 1 to 4 serve the Yamanote Line, platforms 5 and 8 serve the Ōsaki Branch Line and platforms 6 and 7 serve the Rinkai Line.
Ōsaki is one of the stations on the Yamanote Line loop where trains enter and leave passenger service. The station therefore has four Yamanote Line tracks, with two in each direction, allowing trains to enter or leave service without interfering with trains continuing around the loop. Platforms 1 and 3 are normally used by through services, while platforms 2 and 4 are used by trains entering or leaving service. Chest-high platform screen doors were introduced on platforms 1 and 3 from 22 December 2012.[4]
The station has two sets of ticket gates, designated the north and south gates. The north gates provide access to the east and west exits, while the south gates provide access to the New East and New West exits.[5]
Unlike stations where services operated by different railway companies have separate fare areas, JR East and the Rinkai Line share the same fare gates at Ōsaki. Passengers can therefore transfer between the two without exiting the fare area. Passengers using Suica or another IC card are charged the applicable combined fare when they exit the station.
Platforms
[edit]| 1-2 |  Yamanote Line |
Counter-clockwise for Shinagawa and Tokyo |
| 3-4 | Yamanote Line |
Clockwise for Shibuya, Shinjuku, and Ikebukuro |
| 5 |  Shōnan-Shinjuku Line |
for Musashi-Kosugi, Yokohama, Ōfuna, Odawara, and Zushi |
| ■ Through to Sōtetsu Shin-Yokohama Line | for Musashi-Kosugi, Hazawa yokohama-kokudai Sotetsu Line for Nishiya and Ebina | |
 Rinkai Line |
for Kokusai-Tenjijō and Shin-Kiba | |
| 6-7 |  Saikyō Line |
for Shinjuku, Ikebukuro, Ōmiya and Kawagoe |
| Rinkai Line |
for Kokusai-Tenjijō and Shin-Kiba | |
| 8 | Saikyō Line |
for Shinjuku, Ikebukuro, Ōmiya and Kawagoe |
| Shōnan-Shinjuku Line |
for Shinjuku, Ōmiya, Takasaki and Utsunomiya |
Facilities
[edit]The station has a "Midori no Madoguchi" staffed ticket office. Toilet facilities are located inside the ticket barriers, close to the north gate.
| Hinkaku Line (Yokosuka Line) to Nishi-Ōi | ||
| Rinkai Line to Shin-Kiba |
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Yamanote Line to Shibuya |
| Hinkaku Line (Yokosuka Line) to Shinagawa Yamanote Line to Shinagawa |
History
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The station opened on 25 February 1901, as a station of Nippon Railway, which was nationalized in 1906. After serving the Yamanote Line for a century, on 1 December 2002, new platforms for the Saikyō Line, the Rinkai Line and the Shōnan-Shinjuku Line opened on the west side of the station.
Station numbering was introduced to the Rinkai Line platforms in 2016 with Ōsaki being assigned station number R08.[7] Later in August 2016, station numbering was introduced to the JR East platforms with Osaki being assigned station numbers JS17 for the Shonan-Shinjuku Line, JA08 for the Saikyo Line, and JY24 for the Yamanote Line. At the same time, JR East assigned its major transfer stations in the Tokyo area a 3-letter code; Osaki was assigned the code "OSK".[8][9]
Passenger statistics
[edit]In fiscal 2013, the JR East station was used by an average of 143,397 passengers daily (boarding passengers only), making it the eighteenth-busiest station operated by JR East.[10] In fiscal 2013, the TWR station was used by an average of 58,041 people daily (boarding passengers only), making it the busiest station operated by TWR.[11] The average boarding passenger figures for previous years are as shown below.
| Fiscal year | JR East | TWR |
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| 2000 | 57,101[12] | |
| 2005 | 93,709[13] | |
| 2010 | 126,436[14] | |
| 2011 | 127,838[15] | 49,835[11] |
| 2012 | 138,311[16] | 55,666[11] |
| 2013 | 143,397[10] | 58,041[11] |
Surrounding area
[edit]- Gate City Ohsaki
- Lawson Headquarters
- Adobe Systems Japan Headquarters
- ThinkPark Tower
- MOS Burger Headquarters
See also
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Notes
[edit]- ↑ Data published by the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism state the number of passengers boarding and disembarking by station in a given year. FY2024 covers the period from 1 April 2024 to 31 March 2025. Data published by individual railways directly may state the number boarding only.
References
[edit]- ↑ "駅別乗降客数 2024年度（令和6年度）版". 国土数値情報ダウンロードサイト (Number of passengers boarding and disembarking by station 2024 (Reiwa 6) version) (in Japanese). Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism (Japan). Retrieved 27 April 2026.
- ↑ 各駅情報（大崎駅） [Station Information: Ōsaki Station] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. Retrieved 8 November 2012.
- ↑ りんかい線 大崎駅 [Rinkai Line: Ōsaki Station] (in Japanese). Japan: Tokyo Waterfront Area Rapid Transit Inc. Retrieved 8 November 2012.
- ↑ 山手線大崎駅で可動式ホーム柵の使用開始 [Platform edge doors introduced at Yamanote Line Osaki Station]. Japan Railfan Magazine Online (in Japanese). Japan: Koyusha Co., Ltd. 23 December 2012. Retrieved 24 December 2012.
- ↑ "Osaki Station Guide Map". JR East (in Japanese). April 2026. Archived from the original on 2026-01-18. Retrieved 2026-09-16.
- ↑ 短絡線ミステリー７ [Spur Line Mysteries 7]. Japan Railfan Magazine (in Japanese). No. 513. Koyusha Co., Ltd. January 2004. p. 21.
- ↑ "りんかい線「駅ナンバリング」の導入について" [Introduction of Rinkai Line "Station Numbering"]. twr.co.jp (in Japanese). 22 March 2016. Archived from the original on 9 January 2023. Retrieved 9 January 2023.
- ↑ "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.
- ↑ 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.
- 1 2 各駅の乗車人員 （2013年度） [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2013)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. Retrieved 2 September 2014.
- 1 2 3 4 りんかい線について [Rinkai Line FAQ] (in Japanese). Japan: Tokyo Waterfront Area Rapid Transit Inc. Retrieved 2 September 2014.
- ↑ 各駅の乗車人員 (2000年度) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2000)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. Retrieved 8 November 2012.
- ↑ 各駅の乗車人員 (2005年度) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2005)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. Retrieved 8 November 2012.
- ↑ 各駅の乗車人員 (2010年度) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2010)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. Retrieved 8 November 2012.
- ↑ 各駅の乗車人員 (2011年度) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2011)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. Retrieved 8 November 2012.
- ↑ 各駅の乗車人員 （2012年度） [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2012)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. Retrieved 2 September 2014.
External links
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- Ōsaki Station information (JR East) (in Japanese)
- Ōsaki Station information (TWR) (in Japanese)
