Yamanote Line

The  is a railway line of East Japan Railway Company (JR East) in Tokyo, Japan. It is one of Tokyo's busiest and most important lines, connecting most of Tokyo's big stations and city centres, including Marunouchi, the Yūrakuchō/Ginza area, Shinagawa, Shibuya, Shinjuku, Ikebukuro and Ueno, with all but two of its 29 stations connecting to other railway or underground (subway) lines.

As an official line name, "Yamanote Line" is usually meant as a line with tracks between Shinagawa and Tabata from Shinjuku that are used by local trains on its tracks and also the parallel Yamanote Freight Line which is used by Saikyō Line and Shōnan-Shinjuku Line trains, some limited express services, and freight trains. However, in everyday use, the "Yamanote Line" refers to the entire 34.5 km loop line served by local trains.  (This article uses the same thing meant except when it is said that it would not be the same meaning meant.)

## History

In 1909, The Yamanote Line began service between Shinagawa and Akabane, and it was called the "Shinagawa Line" at that time. A train consisted of 10 cars. The circular line began in 1925. A train schedule 5 trains/hour 72 minutes/a round in 1925, 25 trains/hour 60 minutes/a round in 2014. In 1961, the train color changed from brown to yellow. In 1972, the train color changed from yellow to green. In 1987, Japan Railway was privatized. In 1990, the Yamanote line added one more car to the trains. Wrapping advertisement, using Yamanote Line, has started since 2000. Each station are installing the platform screen doors for the Tokyo Olympics in 2020.

## Features

The Yamanote Line has no signal, and a train follows the preceding train. Yamanote Line has not only passenger trains but also freight trains. The Yamanote Line has only one railway crossing. In 2013, 3,238,000 people use Yamanote Line per a day.

## Stations

|style="border-bottom:3px solid #9acd32;" rowspan=2|Line<sup>1</sup>|style="border-bottom:3px solid #9acd32;" rowspan=2|Station|style="border-bottom:3px solid #9acd32;" rowspan=2|In Japanese|style="border-bottom:3px solid #9acd32;" rowspan=2 colspan=2|Distance<sup>2</sup>|colspan=2|Transfers|style="border-bottom:3px solid #9acd32;" rowspan=2|Location||
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|rowspan=17|Yamanote Line|Shinagawa|品川|align="right"|2.2|align="right"|0.0|<span style="color:#FFA500">■</span>Tōkaidō Main Line <span style="color:navy">■</span>Yokosuka Line <span style="color:#00b2e5">■</span>Keihin-Tōhoku Line (R)<sup>3</sup>|JR Central: Tōkaidō Shinkansen Keikyu: Main Line|Minato|||
|Ōsaki|大崎|align="right"|2.0|align="right"|2.0|<span style="color:orange">■</span>Shōnan-Shinjuku Line <span style="color:seagreen">■</span>Saikyō Line|Rinkai Line|rowspan=3|Shinagawa||||
|Gotanda|五反田|align="right"|0.9|align="right"|2.9||Tōkyū: Ikegami Line Toei: <span style="color: lightcoral;">**○**</span>Asakusa Line (A-05)||||||
|Meguro|目黒|align="right"|1.2|align="right"|4.1||Tōkyū: Meguro Line Tokyo Metro: <span style="color: #339992;">**○**</span>Namboku Line (N-01) Toei: <span style="color: blue;">**○**</span>Mita Line (I-01)||||||
|Ebisu|恵比寿|align="right"|1.5|align="right"|5.6|<span style="color:orange">■</span>Shōnan-Shinjuku Line <span style="color:seagreen">■</span>Saikyō Line|Tokyo Metro: <span style="color:#95989f">**○**</span>Hibiya Line (H-02)|rowspan=4|Shibuya||||
|Shibuya|渋谷|align="right"|1.6|align="right"|7.2|<span style="color:orange">■</span>Shōnan-Shinjuku Line <span style="color:seagreen">■</span>Saikyō Line|Keio: Inokashira Line Tōkyū: Den-en-toshi Line, Tōyoko Line Tokyo Metro: <span style="color: orange">**○**</span>Ginza Line (G-01), <span style="color: darkviolet">**○**</span>Hanzōmon Line (N-01), <span style="color: #ba6832;">**○**</span>Fukutoshin Line (F-16)||||||
|Harajuku|原宿|align="right"|1.2|align="right"|8.4||Tokyo Metro: <span style="color: green">**○**</span>Chiyoda Line (at Meiji-jingūmae, C-03)||||||
|Yoyogi|代々木|align="right"|1.5|align="right"|9.9|<span style="color:yellow">■</span>Chūō-Sōbu Line|Toei: <span style="color: #b51e82;">**○**</span>Ōedo Line (E-26)||||||
|Shinjuku|新宿|align="right"|0.7|align="right"|10.6|<span style="color:blue">■</span>Chūō Main Line <span style="color:#F15A22">■</span>Chūō Line (Rapid) <span style="color:yellow">■</span>Chūō-Sōbu Line <span style="color:orange">■</span>Shōnan-Shinjuku Line <span style="color:seagreen">■</span>Saikyō Line|Keio: Keiō Line, Keio New Line Odakyu: Odawara Line Seibu: Shinjuku Line (at Seibu-Shinjuku) Tokyo Metro: <span style="color: red">**○**</span>Marunouchi Line (M-08) Toei: <span style="color: yellowgreen;">**○**</span>Shinjuku Line (S-01), <span style="color: #b51e82;">**○**</span>Ōedo Line (at Shinjuku (E-27) and Shinjuku-Nishiguchi (E-01))|rowspan=3|Shinjuku||||
|Shin-Ōkubo|新大久保|align="right"|1.3|align="right"|11.9||||||||
|Takadanobaba|高田馬場|align="right"|1.4|align="right"|13.3||Seibu: Shinjuku Line Tokyo Metro: <span style="color:#0080ff">**○**</span>Tōzai Line (T-03)||||||
|Mejiro|目白|align="right"|0.9|align="right"|14.2|||rowspan=5|Toshima||||
|Ikebukuro|池袋|align="right"|1.2|align="right"|15.4|<span style="color:orange">■</span>Shōnan-Shinjuku Line <span style="color:seagreen">■</span>Saikyō Line|Seibu: Ikebukuro Line Tobu: Tōjō Line Tokyo Metro: <span style="color: red">**○**</span>Marunouchi Line (M-25), <span style="color: #e5d100;">**○**</span>Yūrakuchō Line (Y-09), <span style="color: #ba6832;">**○**</span>Fukutoshin Line (F-09)||||||
|Ōtsuka|大塚|align="right"|1.8|align="right"|17.2||Toden Arakawa Line at Ōtsuka Ekimae Station||||||
|Sugamo|巣鴨|align="right"|1.1|align="right"|18.3||Toei: <span style="color:blue">**○**</span>Mita Line (I-15)||||||
|Komagome|駒込|align="right"|0.7|align="right"|19.0||Tokyo Metro: <span style="color: #339992;">**○**</span>Namboku Line (N-14)||||||
|rowspan=2|Tabata|田端|rowspan=2 align="right"|1.6|rowspan=2 align="right"|20.6|rowspan=2|<span style="color:#00b2e5">■</span>Keihin-Tōhoku Line (R)|rowspan=2||rowspan=2|Kita|
|rowspan=9|Tōhoku Main Line||||||||||||
|Nishi-Nippori|西日暮里|align="right"|0.8|align="right"|21.4|<span style="color:#00b2e5">■</span>Keihin-Tōhoku Line|Tokyo Metro: <span style="color: green">**○**</span>Chiyoda Line (C-16) Nippori-Toneri Liner|rowspan=2|Arakawa||||
|Nippori|日暮里|align="right"|0.5|align="right"|21.9|<span style="color:green">■</span>Jōban Line <span style="color:#00b2e5">■</span>Keihin-Tōhoku Line|Keisei: Main Line Nippori-Toneri Liner||||||
|Uguisudani|鶯谷|align="right"|1.1|align="right"|23.0|<span style="color:#00b2e5">■</span>Keihin-Tōhoku Line||rowspan=3|Taitō||||
|Ueno|上野|align="right"|1.1|align="right"|24.1|<span style="color:darkgreen">■</span>Shinkansen (Tōhoku, Jōetsu, Nagano, Yamagata, Akita) <span style="color:green">■</span>Jōban Line <span style="color:#00b2e5">■</span>Keihin-Tōhoku Line (R) <span style="color:orange">■</span>Utsunomiya Line <span style="color:orange">■</span>Takasaki Line|Keisei: Main Line (at Keisei Ueno) Tokyo Metro: <span style="color: orange">**○**</span>Ginza Line (G-16), <span style="color:#95989f">**○**</span>Hibiya Line (H-17)||||||
|Okachimachi|御徒町|align="right"|0.6|align="right"|24.7|<span style="color:#00b2e5">■</span>Keihin-Tōhoku Line|||||||
|Akihabara|秋葉原|align="right"|1.0|align="right"|25.7|<span style="color:yellow">■</span>Chūō-Sōbu Line <span style="color:#00b2e5">■</span>Keihin-Tōhoku Line (R)|Tsukuba Express Tokyo Metro: <span style="color:#95989f">**○**</span>Hibiya Line (H-15)|rowspan=5|Chiyoda||||
|Kanda|神田|align="right"|0.7|align="right"|26.4|<span style="color:#F15A22">■</span>Chūō Line (Rapid) <span style="color:#00b2e5">■</span>Keihin-Tōhoku Line|Tokyo Metro: <span style="color: orange">**○**</span>Ginza Line (G-13)||||||
|rowspan=2|Tokyo|東京|rowspan=2 align="right"|1.3|rowspan=2 align="right"|27.7|<span style="color:darkgreen">■</span>Shinkansen (Tōhoku, Jōetsu, Hokuriku, HokkaidōYamagata, Akita) <span style="color:#00b2e5">■</span>Keihin-Tōhoku Line (R) <span style="color:#FFA500">■</span>Tōkaidō Main Line <span style="color:#F15A22">■</span>Chūō Line (Rapid) <span style="color:navy">■</span>Yokosuka Line <span style="color:#FF0066">■</span>Keiyō Line <span style="color:navy">■</span>Sōbu Line (Rapid)|rowspan=2|JR Central: Tōkaidō Shinkansen Tokyo Metro: <span style="color: red">**○**</span>Marunouchi Line (M-17)||||
|rowspan=6|Tōkaidō Main Line||||||||||||
|Yūrakuchō|有楽町|align="right"|0.8|align="right"|28.5|<span style="color:#00b2e5">■</span>Keihin-Tōhoku Line|Tokyo Metro: <span style="color: #e5d100;">**○**</span>Yūrakuchō Line (Y-18), <span style="color:#95989f">**○**</span>Hibiya Line (at Hibiya, H-07), <span style="color: green">**○**</span>Chiyoda Line (at Hibiya, C-09) Toei: <span style="color:blue">**○**</span>Mita Line (at Hibiya, C-09)||||||
|Shimbashi|新橋|align="right"|1.1|align="right"|29.6|<span style="color:#FFA500">■</span>Tōkaidō Main Line <span style="color:navy">■</span>Yokosuka Line <span style="color:#00b2e5">■</span>Keihin-Tōhoku Line|Tokyo Metro: <span style="color: orange">**○**</span>Ginza Line (G-08) Toei: <span style="color: lightcoral;">**○**</span>Asakusa Line (A-10) Yurikamome|rowspan=4|Minato||||
|Hamamatsuchō|浜松町|align="right"|1.2|align="right"|30.8|<span style="color:#00b2e5">■</span>Keihin-Tōhoku Line (R)|Tokyo Monorail Toei: <span style="color: lightcoral;">**○**</span>Asakusa Line (at Daimon, A-09), <span style="color: #b51e82;">**○**</span>Ōedo Line (at Daimon, E-20)||||||
|Tamachi|田町|align="right"|1.5|align="right"|32.3|<span style="color:#00b2e5">■</span>Keihin-Tōhoku Line (R)|||||||
|Shinagawa|品川|align="right"|2.2|align="right"|34.5|colspan=2|_See above._||||||
**Notes**
- 1: Official line names
- 2: Left column is distance from previous station (km) and right column is distance from Shinagawa Station (km).
- 3: "(R)" indicates rapid train stops of the Keihin-Tōhoku Line.

## Related pages

- Tokyo

## References

- typepad.jp