Hamamatsuchō Station

Coordinates: 35°39′19″N 139°45′27″E / 35.655230°N 139.757627°E / 35.655230; 139.757627

Hamamatsuchō Station 浜松町駅 JR East commuter rail station Tokyo Monorail station
A Japanese variant of Manneken Pis on the station platform
Station statistics
Address	1-3-1 Hamamatsuchō, Minato-ku, Tokyo 東京都港区海岸一丁目3-1
Lines	JR East:   Keihin-Tōhoku Line   Yamanote Line Tokyo Monorail:   Tokyo Monorail
Platforms	2 island platforms (JR East) 2 side platforms (Tokyo Monorail)
Tracks	8 (JR East) 1 (Tokyo Monorail)
Other information
Opened	16 December 1909 (JR East) 17 September 1964 (Tokyo Monorail)
Traffic
Passengers (2007)	153,496 daily[1] (JR East)
Passengers (2007)	41.569 million annually[citation needed] (Tokyo Monorail)
Services
Preceding station   JR East   Following station Tamachi toward Ōfuna Keihin-Tōhoku Line Shinbashi toward Ōmiya Tamachi toward Shibuya Yamanote Line Shinbashi toward Tokyo Preceding station   Tokyo Monorail   Following station Tennōzu Isle toward Haneda Airport Terminal 2 Tokyo Monorail Terminus

Hamamatsuchō Station (浜松町駅, Hamamatsuchō-eki^?) is a station on the Yamanote and Keihin-Tōhoku lines located in Hamamatsuchō, Minato, Tokyo, Japan.

History

The JR station opened on December 16, 1909 as an intermediate station on the newly opened Shinagawa-Karasumori section of the national railway. The monorail station opened on September 17, 1964.

Lines

Hamamatsuchō is served by two East Japan Railway Company (JR East) lines, the Yamanote and Keihin-Tōhoku lines. All trains call at Hamamatsuchō.

It is also the terminus of the Tokyo Monorail line to Haneda Airport. The official name of the monorail station is Monorail Hamamatsuchō Station (モノレール浜松町駅, Monorēru-Hamamatsuchō-eki^?).

Layout

JR

The JR station consists of two platforms with cross-platform interchange in the direction of travel between the Yamanote line (tracks 2 and 3) and the Keihin-Tōhoku line (tracks 1 and 4).

1	■Keihin-Tōhoku Line	for Tokyo, Ueno, and Ōmiya
2	■Yamanote Line	for Tokyo and Ueno
3	■Yamanote Line	for Shinagawa and Shibuya
4	■Keihin-Tōhoku Line	for Shinagawa, Yokohama and Ōfuna

Tokyo Monorail

The Tokyo Monorail platforms are to the west of the JR station in a separate elevated structure.

■Tokyo Monorail Haneda Airport Line (down)

for Tennōzu Isle, Ōi Keibajō-mae, Ryūtsū Center, Haneda Airport Terminal 1, Haneda Airport Terminal 2

Daimon Station, served by the Toei Ōedo Line and the Toei Asakusa Line, is within easy walking distance, although some route maps do not mark them as an interchange.

Japan Airlines and All Nippon operate check in services for domestic flights from Haneda airport along with ticketing facilities just outside the main Monorail entrances.

Adjacent stations

«		Service		»
JR East
Yamanote Line
Shimbashi		-	Tamachi
Keihin-Tōhoku Line
Shimbashi		Local	Tamachi
Tōkyō		Rapid	Tamachi
Tokyo Monorail
Tokyo Monorail Haneda Airport Line
Terminus		Local Rapid	Tennōzu Isle
Terminus		Haneda Express	Haneda Airport International Terminal

Facilities

Japan Airlines at one time operated a domestic flights only ticketing facility on the third floor of the station.^[2]

See also

	Tokyo portal
	Trains portal

References

1. ^ JR East fiscal 2007 passenger figures Retrieved on 20 January 2009. (Japanese)
2. ^ "JAL Group Offices Information." Japan Airlines. March 28, 2009. Retrieved on July 21, 2011. "3rd floor,Tokyo mono-rail Hamamatsu-cho Station,2-4-12 Hamamatsu-Cho Minato-ku,105-0013 "