Toyosu Station

Toyosu Station (豊洲駅, Toyosu-eki) is a railway station in Kōtō, Tokyo, Japan, operated by Tokyo Metro and Yurikamome.

Toyosu Station 豊洲駅
Exit 7 of the Tokyo Metro station in September 2011, with the end of the elevated Yurikamome tracks just visible
Location	Toyosu, Kōtō-ku, Tokyo Japan
Operated by	Tokyo Metro Yurikamome, Inc.
Line(s)	Y Tokyo Metro Yurakucho Line U Yurikamome
Connections	Bus terminal
History
Opened	8 June 1988
Location
Toyosu Station Location within Tokyo Show map of Tokyo Toyosu Station Toyosu Station (Japan) Show map of Japan

Lines

Toyosu Station is served by the Tokyo Metro Yurakucho Line subway and the Yurikamome.

Station layout

The station consists of an underground metro station (numbered Y-22) on the Tokyo Metro Yurakucho Line, and an elevated station forming the eastern terminus of the Yurikamome Line (station number U-16).

Tokyo Metro

Y22 Toyosu Station 豊洲駅
Tokyo Metro station
Platform 3 in 2016
Location	4-1-1 Toyosu, Kōtō-ku, Tokyo Japan
Operated by	Tokyo Metro
Line(s)	Tokyo Metro Yurakucho Line
Distance	25.1 from Wakōshi
Platforms	2 island platforms
Tracks	2
Construction
Structure type	Underground
Other information
Station code	Y-22
Website	Official website
History
Opened	8 June 1988
Traffic
Passengers (FY2012)	160,196 daily
Services
Preceding station   Tokyo Metro   Following station Yurakucho Y18 toward Tokorozawa S-Train (weekdays) Terminus Tsukishima Y21 toward Wakoshi Yurakucho Line Local Tatsumi Y23 toward Shin-kiba

Platforms

The subway station has two island platforms located on the third basement ("B3F") level, serving four tracks. The two centre tracks were completed on 1 March 2013, for use by terminating services from the start of the revised timetable on 16 March 2013.[1] Following the timetable revision on 15 October 2019 however, tracks 2 and 3 were shut down and subsequently covered up as a measure to alleviate congestion during the upcoming 2020 Tokyo Olympics.[2]

1	Y Tokyo Metro Yurakucho Line	for Shin-kiba
2/3	Y Tokyo Metro Yurakucho Line	Services suspended as of spring 2020
4	Y Tokyo Metro Yurakucho Line	for Ikebukuro and Wakōshi TJ Tobu Tojo Line for Shinrinkōen Seibu Ikebukuro Line for Hannō

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  The buffer stops at the south end of tracks 2 and 3 in July 2013
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  Exit 3 of the Tokyo Metro station in October 2007

Yurikamome

U16 Toyosu Station 豊洲駅
Yurikamome station
The Yurikamome station in 2006
Location	Toyosu, Kōtō-ku, Tokyo Japan
Operated by	Yurikamome, Inc.
Line(s)	U Yurikamome
Distance	14.7 km from Shimbashi
Platforms	1 island platform
Tracks	2
Construction
Structure type	Elevated
Other information
Station code	U-16
Website	Official website
History
Opened	27 March 2006
Services
Preceding station   Yurikamome   Following station Shin-toyosu U15 toward Shimbashi New Transit Yurikamome Terminus

Platforms

The station consists of a single elevated island platform serving two terminating tracks.

1,2

Yurikamome

for Shijō-mae, Tokyo Big Sight, Daiba and Shimbashi

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  The Yurikamome platforms in December 2008
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  View from the end of the platforms looking northward in April 2007

History

The subway station opened on 8 June 1988 when the Yurakucho Line was extended from Shintomichō to Shin-kiba.[3] The Yurikamome station opened on 27 March 2006 when the line was extended from Ariake.[3]

The Tokyo Metro station platforms were renumbered 1 to 4 from 1 March 2013 following completion of the two centre tracks for use by terminating trains.[1]

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  The Yurakucho Line platforms in 2005 with fences on the inner sides of the platforms
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  The Yurakucho Line platforms in 2010, with a temporary surface over the centre tracks

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2012, the Tokyo Metro station was used by an average of 160,196 passengers daily.[4] The passenger figures for previous years are as shown below.

Fiscal year	Daily average
2010	138,876[5]
2011	154,214[6]
2012	160,196[4]

Surrounding area

Toyosu has gained popularity due to the increase in high-rise apartments, such as Park City Toyosu, The Toyosu Tower, City Towers Toyosu, and the large shopping mall known as Lalaport Toyosu.

Other places of note in the vicinity include the following.

• Gas Science Museum
• Shibaura Institute of Technology
• Showa University Toyosu Hospital
• Toyosu Library
• Fukagawa No. 5 Junior High School
• Toyosu Elementary School
• Toyosu-kita Elementary School

See also

• List of railway stations in Japan

References

1. 有楽町線豊洲駅で中線の入線試運転 [Test running starts on centre tracks at Toyosu Station on the Yurakucho Line]. Japan Railfan Magazine Online (in Japanese). Japan: Koyusha Co., Ltd. 5 March 2013. Retrieved 5 March 2013.
2. "豊洲駅、ホームの拡張工事を実施へ！東京2020に向けて2番線・3番線の上を歩行可能に". toyosu.tokyo.
3. 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. 216–220. ISBN 978-4-7770-1336-4.
4. 各駅の乗降人員ランキング 2012年度 [Station passenger figures (fiscal 2012)] (in Japanese). Japan: Tokyo Metro. 2013. Retrieved 15 July 2013.
5. 各駅の乗降人員ランキング 2010年度 [Station passenger figures (fiscal 2010)] (in Japanese). Japan: Tokyo Metro. 2011. Retrieved 15 July 2013.
6. 各駅の乗降人員ランキング 2011年度 [Station passenger figures (fiscal 2011)] (in Japanese). Japan: Tokyo Metro. 2012. Retrieved 15 July 2013.

External links

• Toyosu Station information (Tokyo Metro) (in Japanese)
• Toyosu Station information (Yurikamome)