Yamanote Line

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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
Line1StationIn JapaneseDistance2TransfersLocationJR EastOthersYamanoteLineShinagawa品川2.20.0■Tōkaidō Main Line
■Yokosuka Line
■Keihin-Tōhoku Line (R)3JR Central: Tōkaidō ShinkansenKeikyu: Main LineMinatoŌsaki大崎2.02.0■Shōnan-Shinjuku Line
■Saikyō LineRinkai LineShinagawaGotanda五反田0.92.9Tōkyū: Ikegami LineToei: ○Asakusa Line (A-05)Meguro目黒1.24.1Tōkyū: Meguro LineTokyo Metro: ○Namboku Line (N-01)Toei: ○Mita Line (I-01)Ebisu恵比寿1.55.6■Shōnan-Shinjuku Line
■Saikyō LineTokyo Metro: ○Hibiya Line (H-02)ShibuyaShibuya渋谷1.67.2■Shōnan-Shinjuku Line
■Saikyō LineKeio: Inokashira LineTōkyū: Den-en-toshi Line, Tōyoko LineTokyo Metro: ○Ginza Line (G-01), ○Hanzōmon Line (N-01), ○Fukutoshin Line (F-16)Harajuku原宿1.28.4Tokyo Metro: ○Chiyoda Line (at Meiji-jingūmae, C-03)Yoyogi代々木1.59.9■Chūō-Sōbu LineToei: ○Ōedo Line (E-26)Shinjuku新宿0.710.6■Chūō Main Line
■Chūō Line (Rapid)
■Chūō-Sōbu Line
■Shōnan-Shinjuku Line
■Saikyō LineKeio: Keiō Line, Keio New LineOdakyu: Odawara LineSeibu: Shinjuku Line (at Seibu-Shinjuku)Tokyo Metro: ○Marunouchi Line (M-08)Toei: ○Shinjuku Line (S-01), ○Ōedo Line (at Shinjuku (E-27) and Shinjuku-Nishiguchi (E-01))ShinjukuShin-Ōkubo新大久保1.311.9Takadanobaba高田馬場1.413.3Seibu: Shinjuku LineTokyo Metro: ○Tōzai Line (T-03)Mejiro目白0.914.2ToshimaIkebukuro池袋1.215.4■Shōnan-Shinjuku Line
■Saikyō LineSeibu: Ikebukuro LineTobu: Tōjō LineTokyo Metro: ○Marunouchi Line (M-25), ○Yūrakuchō Line (Y-09), ○Fukutoshin Line (F-09)Ōtsuka大塚1.817.2Toden Arakawa Line at Ōtsuka Ekimae StationSugamo巣鴨1.118.3Toei: ○Mita Line (I-15)Komagome駒込0.719.0Tokyo Metro: ○Namboku Line (N-14)Tabata田端1.620.6■Keihin-Tōhoku Line (R)KitaTōhokuMainLineNishi-Nippori西日暮里0.821.4■Keihin-Tōhoku LineTokyo Metro: ○Chiyoda Line (C-16)Nippori-Toneri LinerArakawaNippori日暮里0.521.9■Jōban Line
■Keihin-Tōhoku LineKeisei: Main LineNippori-Toneri LinerUguisudani鶯谷1.123.0■Keihin-Tōhoku LineTaitōUeno上野1.124.1■Shinkansen (Tōhoku, Jōetsu, Nagano, Yamagata, Akita)
■Jōban Line
■Keihin-Tōhoku Line (R)
■Utsunomiya Line
■Takasaki LineKeisei: Main Line (at Keisei Ueno)Tokyo Metro: ○Ginza Line (G-16), ○Hibiya Line (H-17)Okachimachi御徒町0.624.7■Keihin-Tōhoku LineAkihabara秋葉原1.025.7■Chūō-Sōbu Line
■Keihin-Tōhoku Line (R)Tsukuba ExpressTokyo Metro: ○Hibiya Line (H-15)ChiyodaKanda神田0.726.4■Chūō Line (Rapid)
■Keihin-Tōhoku LineTokyo Metro: ○Ginza Line (G-13)Tokyo東京1.327.7■Shinkansen (Tōhoku, Jōetsu, Hokuriku, HokkaidōYamagata, Akita)
■Keihin-Tōhoku Line (R)
■Tōkaidō Main Line
■Chūō Line (Rapid)
■Yokosuka Line
■Keiyō Line
■Sōbu Line (Rapid)JR Central: Tōkaidō ShinkansenTokyo Metro: ○Marunouchi Line (M-17)TōkaidōMainLineYūrakuchō有楽町0.828.5■Keihin-Tōhoku LineTokyo Metro: ○Yūrakuchō Line (Y-18), ○Hibiya Line (at Hibiya, H-07), ○Chiyoda Line (at Hibiya, C-09)Toei: ○Mita Line (at Hibiya, C-09)Shimbashi新橋1.129.6■Tōkaidō Main Line
■Yokosuka Line
■Keihin-Tōhoku LineTokyo Metro: ○Ginza Line (G-08)Toei: ○Asakusa Line (A-10)YurikamomeMinatoHamamatsuchō浜松町1.230.8■Keihin-Tōhoku Line (R)Tokyo MonorailToei: ○Asakusa Line (at Daimon, A-09), ○Ōedo Line (at Daimon, E-20)Tamachi田町1.532.3■Keihin-Tōhoku Line (R)Shinagawa品川2.234.5See 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.

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References
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