Tokyo Station Overview/History
Tokyo Station Overview
- Location
- 1-9-1 Marunouchi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 100-0005
- Opening
- December 20, 1914
- Total site area(appox.)
- 182,000㎡
- Average number of passengers per day(appox.)
- 460,000
- Number of trains per day(appox.)
- 4,000
- Number of Platforms
- 28 (6 platforms for Tokaido Shinkansen)
(updated on January 1, 2020)
Tokyo Station History
- 1872
- Shimbashi-Yokohama Line opens
- 1908
- Central platform construction begins
- 1914
- Tokyo Station opens
- 1915
- Tokyo Station Hotel opens
- 1923
- The Great Kanto Earthquake (almost no damage to Tokyo Station)
- 1929
- Yaesu Gate opens
- 1945
- Roof of Tokyo Station damaged during World War II
- 1947
- Tokyo Station reconstructed as a two-story building
- 1964
- Tokaido Shinkansen Line opens
- 1988
- Tokyo Station Gallery opens
- 2003
- Tokyo Station designated as an Important Cultural Property of Japan
- 2007
- Preservation and restoration of Marunouchi Station Building begins
- 2012
- Preservation and restoration of Tokyo Station completed
- 2013
- GRANROOF completed
- 2014
- 100th anniversary of the opening of Tokyo Station
- 2017
- Marunouchi Station Square full opened for public use
(from Commemorative Photo Album)
(from Commemorative Photo Album)
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