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{{short description|Railway station in Tokyo, Japan}}
{{coord|35.707327|N|139.774847|E|display=title}}
{{Infobox station
| name = {{JRSN|JY|04|50}} {{JRSN|JK|29|50}}<br>Okachimachi Station
| style = JR East
| native_name = 御徒町駅
| native_name_lang = ja
| type = 
| image = Okachimachi-sta-S.JPG
| alt = 
| caption = The South entrance in June 2017
| other_name = 
| address = 5 [[Ueno|Ueno District]], [[Taitō|Taitō City]], [[Tokyo]]
| country = Japan
| coordinates = 
| operator = {{ric|JR East|name=y}}
| line = {{Plainlist|
* {{JRLS|JY}} [[Yamanote Line]]
* {{JRLS|JK}} [[Keihin-Tōhoku Line]]
}}
| distance = 
| platforms = 2 [[island platforms]]
| tracks = 4
| connections = {{TSSN|E|09}} {{STN|Ueno-okachimachi|x}}
| structure = Elevated
| accessible = Yes
| code = {{Plainlist|
* JY04 (Yamanote Line)
* JK29 (Keihin-Tōhoku Line)
}}
| website = 
| opened = {{start date and age|1925|11|01|df=y}}
| closed = 
| former = 
| passengers = 67,593 daily
| pass_year = FY2013
| map_type        = Japan Tokyo Yamanote loop#Japan Tokyo wards#Japan
| map_dot_label = Okachimachi Station
| services = {{Adjstn|system=JR East
|line1=Yamanote|left1=Akihabara|right1=Ueno|note-left1={{JRSN|JY|03|tlc=AKB|size=25}}|note-right1={{JRSN|JY|05|tlc=UEN|size=25}}|to-left1=Next clockwise|to-right1=Next counter-clockwise
|line3=Keihin-Tohoku|left3=Akihabara|right3=Ueno|note-left3={{JRSN|JK|28|tlc=AKB|size=25}}|note-right3={{JRSN|JK|30|tlc=UEN|size=25}}|note-mid3={{SLL|Rapid|c=deeppink|t=white}} (weekends, holidays)<br/>Local}}
}}

{{nihongo|'''Okachimachi Station'''|御徒町駅|Okachimachi-eki}} is a railway station in [[Taito, Tokyo]], Japan, operated by [[East Japan Railway Company]] (JR East).<ref name="jreast">{{cite web |url= http://www.jreast.co.jp/estation/station/info.aspx?StationCd=355|script-title=ja:各駅情報（御徒町駅）|trans-title=Station Information (Okachimachi Station) |publisher= East Japan Railway Company|location= Japan|language= ja|access-date= 19 July 2012}}</ref>

==Lines==
Okachimachi Station is served by the circular [[Yamanote Line]] and also the [[Keihin-Tohoku Line]]. Although not physically connected, {{STN|Naka-Okachimachi|x}} on the [[Tokyo Metro Hibiya Line]], {{STN|Ueno-hirokōji|x}} on the [[Tokyo Metro Ginza Line]], and {{STN|Ueno-okachimachi|x}} on the [[Toei Oedo Line]] are within walking distance of Okachimachi and marked as interchanges on route maps.

==Station layout==
[[File:JRE-Okachimachi-STA Home-1-2.jpg|thumb|The station platforms, June 2021]]
The station is on a raised viaduct running in a roughly north-south direction. There are two exits, the {{Nihongo|north exit|北口}} and {{Nihongo|south exit|南口}}.<ref name="layout"/> Both exits have ticket vending machines and toilets; however, the north exit has a ''[[Midori no Madoguchi]]'' staffed ticket office and escalators to the platforms. Luggage lockers are available at the south exit.<ref name="layout"/>

===Platforms===
The station has two [[island platform]]s with two tracks on either side of each platform. Platforms 1 and 4 (the outermost tracks) serve the Keihin-Tohoku Line, while platforms 2 and 3 (the inner tracks) are used for [[Yamanote Line]] trains.<ref name="layout">[http://www.jreast.co.jp/e/stations/e355.html Okachimachi station layout] ''JR East'' Retrieved 2009-01-11</ref> This platform arrangement allows for easy [[cross-platform interchange]]s so that passengers may transfer between lines in the same direction by walking across the platform.

East of the platforms lie tracks of the [[Ueno-Tokyo Line]]. These are themselves built on former tracks of the [[Tohoku Main Line]] running to [[Tokyo Station]], that had been used for stabling trains when construction of the [[Tohoku Shinkansen]] took over land near [[Kanda Station (Tokyo)|Kanda Station]] previously used by the Tohoku Main Line, forcing services to terminate at [[Ueno Station]] instead.{{citation needed|date=December 2023}}

{{jpf|pfn=1|first=2|name=Keihin-Tohoku Line|symbol={{JRLS|JK}}|dir=for {{STN|Tokyo|x}}, {{STN|Yokohama|x}}, and {{STN|Ōfuna|x}}}}
{{jpf|pfn=2|name=Yamanote Line|symbol={{JRLS|JY}}|dir=for {{STN|Tokyo|x}} and {{STN|Shinagawa|x}}}}
{{jpf|pfn=3|name=Yamanote Line|symbol={{JRLS|JY}}|dir=for {{STN|Ueno|x}} and {{STN|Ikebukuro|x}}}}
{{jpf|pfn=4|first=3|name=Keihin-Tohoku Line|symbol={{JRLS|JK}}|dir=for {{STN|Ueno|x}}, {{STN|Akabane|x}}, and {{STN|Ōmiya|x|Saitama}}}}

The Yamanote Line platforms are equipped with chest-high [[platform edge doors]], installed in March 2014.<ref name="railfan20140323"/>

==History==
The station opened on 1 November 1925.<ref name="jreast"/> Waist-high [[platform edge doors]] were installed on the Yamanote Line platforms in March 2014, scheduled to be brought into operation from 10 May.<ref name="railfan20140323">{{cite web |url= http://railf.jp/news/2014/03/23/145500.html|script-title=ja:御徒町駅山手線ホームに可動式ホーム柵設置|trans-title=Platform edge doors installed on Yamanote Line platforms at Okachimachi Station|date= 23 March 2014|work= Japan Railfan Magazine Online|publisher= Koyusha Co., Ltd.|location= Japan|language= ja|access-date= 24 March 2014}}</ref> From 14 March 2015, rapid services on the Keihin-Tohoku Line began serving the station on weekends and national holidays only.<ref>{{cite web |url = http://www.jreast.co.jp/press/2014/20141222.pdf|title =２０１５年３月 ダイヤ改正について|trans-title=Information regarding the March 2015 timetable amendment|publisher =East Japan Railway Company| date =19 December 2014| access-date=16 April 2015|page=10}}</ref>

[[Station numbering]] was introduced in 2016 with Okachimachi being assigned station numbers JY04 for the Yamanote line and JK29 for the Keihin-Tōhoku line.<ref>{{Cite web |date=6 April 2016 |title=⾸都圏エリアへ 「駅ナンバリング」を導⼊します |trans-title=Introduce “station numbering” to the Tokyo metropolitan area |url=https://www.jreast.co.jp/press/2016/20160402.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221207004741/https://www.jreast.co.jp/press/2016/20160402.pdf |archive-date=7 December 2022 |access-date=7 January 2023 |website=jreast.co.jp |language=ja}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Kusamachi |first=Yoshikazu |date=7 April 2016 |title=JA・JK・JT・AKB…JR東日本、首都圏で駅ナンバリングなど導入へ |trans-title=JA, JK, JT, AKB … JR East to introduce station numbering in the Tokyo metropolitan area |url=https://response.jp/article/2016/04/07/273025.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220806133507/https://response.jp/article/2016/04/07/273025.html |archive-date=6 August 2022 |access-date=7 January 2023 |website=Response Automotive Media |language=ja}}</ref>

==Passenger statistics==
In fiscal 2013, the station was used by an average of 67,593 passengers daily (boarding passengers only), making it the 64th-busiest station operated by JR East.<ref name="jreast2013stats">{{cite web |url= http://www.jreast.co.jp/passenger/index.html|script-title=ja:各駅の乗車人員 （2013年度）|trans-title=Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2013)|publisher= East Japan Railway Company|location= Japan|language= ja|access-date= 24 January 2015}}</ref> The daily average passenger figures (boarding passengers only) in previous years are as shown below.

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Fiscal year !! Daily average
|-
| 2000|| 79,539<ref name="jreast2000stats">{{cite web |url= http://www.jreast.co.jp/passenger/2000.html|script-title=ja:各駅の乗車人員 （2000年度）|trans-title=Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2000)|publisher= East Japan Railway Company|location= Japan|language= ja|access-date= 24 January 2015}}</ref>
|-
| 2005|| 77,011<ref name="jreast2005stats">{{cite web |url= http://www.jreast.co.jp/passenger/2005.html|script-title=ja:各駅の乗車人員 （2005年度）|trans-title=Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2005)|publisher= East Japan Railway Company|location= Japan|language= ja|access-date= 24 January 2015}}</ref>
|-
| 2010 || 69,565<ref name="jreast2010stats">{{cite web |url= http://www.jreast.co.jp/passenger/2010.html|script-title=ja:各駅の乗車人員 （2010年度）|trans-title=Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2010)|publisher= East Japan Railway Company|location= Japan|language= ja|access-date= 24 January 2015}}</ref>
|-
| 2011 || 68,402<ref name="jreast2011stats">{{cite web |url= http://www.jreast.co.jp/passenger/2011.html|script-title=ja:各駅の乗車人員 （2011年度）|trans-title=Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2011)|publisher= East Japan Railway Company|location= Japan|language= ja|access-date= 24 January 2015}}</ref>
|-
| 2012 || 67,737<ref name="jreast2012stats">{{cite web |url= http://www.jreast.co.jp/passenger/2012.html|script-title=ja:各駅の乗車人員 （2012年度）|trans-title=Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2012)|publisher= East Japan Railway Company|location= Japan|language= ja|access-date= 24 January 2015}}</ref>
|-
| 2013 || 67,593<ref name="jreast2013stats"/>
|}

==Surrounding area==
Okachimachi Station is in the centre of a busy commercial district stretching southwards from Ueno Station. Particularly well-known is [[Ameya-Yokochō]] ("Ameyoko"), a busy shopping street dominated by small market-style stalls selling a wide variety of wares. Ameyoko runs parallel to the railway line and includes a large market under the railway tracks.

The station is also very near [[Ueno Park]]'s south entrance.

==See also==
{{Portal|Tokyo}}
* [[List of railway stations in Japan]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
{{Commons category}}
* [http://www.jreast.co.jp/estation/station/info.aspx?StationCd=355 Okachimachi Station information] {{in lang|ja}}
{{Taitō}}

{{Yamanote Line}}
{{Keihin-Tōhoku Line Negishi Line}}

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[[Category:Keihin-Tōhoku Line]]
[[Category:Stations of East Japan Railway Company]]
[[Category:Railway stations in Tokyo]]
[[Category:Railway stations in Japan opened in 1925]]