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The Yamanote Line (山手線 やまのてせん) is a railway line of East Japan Railway Company (JR East) in Tokyo, Japan.It takes about one hour to come back the station.

History

In 1909, Yamanote Line began service between Shinagawa and Akabane, and it was called "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 [1]. In 1961, train color changed from brown to yellow. In 1972, train color changed from yellow to green. In 1987, Japan Railway was privatized. In 1990, Yamanote line add more one car to the trains. Wrapping advertisement, using Yamanote Line, has started since 2000. Each station are installing the platform screen doors for Tokyo Olympic in 2020.

Features

Yamanote Line has no signal, and a train follows the preceding train [2]. Yamanote Line has not only passenger trains but also Freight trains. Yamanote Line has only one railway crossing [2]. In 2013, 3,238,000 people use Yamanote Line per a day [1].

Station

Line1 Station In Japanese Distance2 Transfers Location
JR East Others
Yamanote
Line		 Shinagawa 品川 2.2 0.0

■Tōkaidō Main Line
■Yokosuka Line
■Keihin-Tōhoku Line (R)3

 JR Central: Tōkaidō Shinkansen
Keikyu: Main Line		 Minato
Ōsaki 大崎 2.0 2.0

■Shōnan-Shinjuku Line
■Saikyō Line

 Rinkai Line Shinagawa
Gotanda 五反田 0.9 2.9 Tōkyū: Ikegami Line
Toei: ○Asakusa Line (A-05)
Meguro 目黒 1.2 4.1 Tōkyū: Meguro Line
Tokyo Metro: ○Namboku Line (N-01)
Toei: ○Mita Line (I-01)
Ebisu 恵比寿 1.5 5.6

■Shōnan-Shinjuku Line
■Saikyō Line

 Tokyo Metro: ○Hibiya Line (H-02) Shibuya
Shibuya 渋谷 1.6 7.2

■Shōnan-Shinjuku Line
■Saikyō Line

 Keio: Inokashira Line
Tōkyū: Den-en-toshi Line, Tōyoko Line
Tokyo Metro: ○Ginza Line (G-01), ○Hanzōmon Line (N-01), ○Fukutoshin Line (F-16)
Harajuku 原宿 1.2 8.4 Tokyo Metro: ○Chiyoda Line (at Meiji-jingūmae, C-03)
Yoyogi 代々木 1.5 9.9

■Chūō-Sōbu Line

 Toei: ○Ōedo Line (E-26)
Shinjuku 新宿 0.7 10.6

■Chūō Main Line
■Chūō Line (Rapid)
■Chūō-Sōbu Line
■Shōnan-Shinjuku Line
■Saikyō Line

 Keio: Keiō Line, Keio New Line
Odakyu: Odawara Line
Seibu: 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))		 Shinjuku
Shin-Ōkubo 新大久保 1.3 11.9
Takadanobaba 高田馬場 1.4 13.3 Seibu: Shinjuku Line
Tokyo Metro: ○Tōzai Line (T-03)
Mejiro 目白 0.9 14.2 Toshima
Ikebukuro 池袋 1.2 15.4

■Shōnan-Shinjuku Line
■Saikyō Line

 Seibu: Ikebukuro Line
Tobu: Tōjō Line
Tokyo Metro: ○Marunouchi Line (M-25), ○Yūrakuchō Line (Y-09), ○Fukutoshin Line (F-09)
Ōtsuka 大塚 1.8 17.2 Toden Arakawa Line at Ōtsuka Ekimae Station
Sugamo 巣鴨 1.1 18.3 Toei: ○Mita Line (I-15)
Komagome 駒込 0.7 19.0 Tokyo Metro: ○Namboku Line (N-14)
Tabata 田端 1.6 20.6

■Keihin-Tōhoku Line (R)

 Kita
Tōhoku
Main
Line
Nishi-Nippori 西日暮里 0.8 21.4

■Keihin-Tōhoku Line

 Tokyo Metro: ○Chiyoda Line (C-16)
Nippori-Toneri Liner		 Arakawa
Nippori 日暮里 0.5 21.9

■Jōban Line
■Keihin-Tōhoku Line

 Keisei: Main Line
Nippori-Toneri Liner
Uguisudani 鶯谷 1.1 23.0

■Keihin-Tōhoku Line

 Taitō
Ueno 上野 1.1 24.1

■Shinkansen (Tōhoku, Jōetsu, Nagano, Yamagata, Akita)
■Jōban Line
■Keihin-Tōhoku Line (R)
■Utsunomiya Line
■Takasaki Line

 Keisei: Main Line (at Keisei Ueno)
Tokyo Metro: ○Ginza Line (G-16), ○Hibiya Line (H-17)
Okachimachi 御徒町 0.6 24.7

■Keihin-Tōhoku Line
Akihabara 秋葉原 1.0 25.7

■Chūō-Sōbu Line
■Keihin-Tōhoku Line (R)

 Tsukuba Express
Tokyo Metro: ○Hibiya Line (H-15)		 Chiyoda
Kanda 神田 0.7 26.4

■Chūō Line (Rapid)
■Keihin-Tōhoku Line

 Tokyo Metro: ○Ginza Line (G-13)
Tokyo 東京 1.3 27.7

■Shinkansen (Tōhoku, Jōetsu, Nagano, Yamagata, Akita)
■Keihin-Tōhoku Line (R)
■Tōkaidō Main Line
■Chūō Line (Rapid)
■Yokosuka Line
■Keiyō Line
■Sōbu Line (Rapid)

 JR Central: Tōkaidō Shinkansen
Tokyo Metro: ○Marunouchi Line (M-17)
Tōkaidō
Main
Line
Yūrakuchō 有楽町 0.8 28.5

■Keihin-Tōhoku Line

 Tokyo 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 1.1 29.6

■Tōkaidō Main Line
■Yokosuka Line
■Keihin-Tōhoku Line

 Tokyo Metro: ○Ginza Line (G-08)
Toei: ○Asakusa Line (A-10)
Yurikamome		 Minato
Hamamatsuchō 浜松町 1.2 30.8

■Keihin-Tōhoku Line (R)

 Tokyo Monorail
Toei: ○Asakusa Line (at Daimon, A-09), ○Ōedo Line (at Daimon, E-20)
Tamachi 田町 1.5 32.3

■Keihin-Tōhoku Line (R)
Shinagawa 品川 2.2 34.5 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.

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Images for kids

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  • JR JY-05 station number

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    JY-04

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    JY-03

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  • JR JY-01 station number

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  • JR JY-30 station number

    JY-30

  • JR JY-29 station number

    JY-29

  • JR JY-28 station number

    JY-28

  • JR JY-27 station number

    JY-27

  • JR JY-26 station number

    JY-26

  • JR JY-25 station number

    JY-25

  • JReast SahaE230-500

    Former E231-500 series 6-door car with the seats folded up, January 2010

  • Yamanote Line 1925

    The Yamanote Line in 1925

  • JR East E231 series EMU 521

    A Yamanote Line E231-500 series set in March 2009

  • JR East E235 9836M Test Run 20150419

    The first Yamanote Line E235 series set undergoing testing in April 2015

  • JRE-EC-101-Tsurumi-Line

    A yellow (Tsurumi Line) 101 series train

  • JNR EC Tc103-347

    A Yamanote Line 103 series train, March 1985

  • Yamanote Line 205 series set 30 Tabata Station 20030202

    A Yamanote Line 205 series train in February 2003


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