Kokusai-Tenjijō Station
R03 Kokusai-Tenjijō Station 国際展示場駅 | |||||||||||
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 Kokusai-Tenjijō Station, January 2022 | |||||||||||
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| Location | Kōtō, Tokyo Japan | ||||||||||
| Operated by | Tokyo Waterfront Area Rapid Transit | ||||||||||
| Line(s) |  Rinkai Line | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 1 island platform | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
| Connections |  Bus terminal | ||||||||||
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| Structure type | Underground | ||||||||||
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| Station code | R03 | ||||||||||
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| Opened | 30 March 1996 | ||||||||||
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| FY2014 | 33,308 daily | ||||||||||
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Kokusai-Tenjijō Station (国際展示場駅, Kokusai-Tenjijō-eki, lit. "International Exhibition Centre Station") is a railway station on the Rinkai Line in Kōtō, Tokyo, Japan, operated by Tokyo Waterfront Area Rapid Transit (TWR). The station serves the Tokyo Big Sight exhibition centre, after which the station is named.
Lines
[edit]Kokusai-Tenjijō Station is served by the Rinkai Line from Ōsaki to Shin-Kiba. The station is situated between Tokyo Teleport and Shinonome stations, and is 3.51 km from the starting point of the Rinkai Line at Shin-Kiba.[1]
Services
[edit]Many trains inter-run over the JR East Saikyo Line and Kawagoe Line to Kawagoe in Saitama Prefecture.
Station layout
[edit]The station has a single underground island platform serving two tracks.[1]
Chest-height platform edge doors are scheduled to be installed on the platform during fiscal 2018.[2]
Artwork by Osamu Tezuka
[edit]In 2019, a 2.6 by 8.8-meter large ceramic relief by Manga legend Osamu Tezuka was permanently installed.[3] It was produced by the well-known ceramic studio CREARE Atami-Yugawara Studio which spent roughly ten months creating this artwork.
History
[edit]The station opened on 30 March 1996.[4]
Station numbering was introduced in 2016 with Kokusai-Tenjijō being assigned station number R03.[5]
Passenger statistics
[edit]In fiscal 2014, the station was used by an average of 33,308 passengers daily (boarding passengers only), making it the third busiest station on the Rinkai Line, after Osaki and Oimachi.[2]
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The platforms, March 2022
Surrounding area
[edit]- Ariake Station (Yurikamome)
- Tokyo Big Sight
- Panasonic Centre Tokyo
- Japanese Foundation For Cancer Research Hospital
- Tokyo Fashion Town ("TFT")
- Ariake Coliseum
- Musashino University
Hotels
[edit]- Tokyo Bay Ariake Washington Hotel[6]
- Hotel Sunroute Ariake
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b "東京臨海高速臨海副都心線新木場―東京テレポート間開業" [Rinkai Fukutoshin Line opens between Shin-Kiba and Tokyo Teleport]. Japan Railfan Magazine. Vol. 36, no. 422. Japan: Koyusha Co., Ltd. June 1996. p. 87.
- ^ a b りんかい線ホームドア導入 国際展示場駅は2018年度中 [Platform doors to be introduced on Rinkai Line – Kokusai-Tenjijō Station in fiscal 2018]. Traffic News (in Japanese). Japan: MediaVague Co., Ltd. 29 September 2015. Retrieved 29 September 2015.
- ^ Schulze, Martin (16 August 2023). "Osamu Tezuka's ceramic relief in Kōtō, Tokyo – Astro Boy & Beyond". publicdelivery.org. Martin Schulze. Retrieved 16 August 2023.
- ^ Terada, Hirokazu (July 2002). データブック日本の私鉄 [Databook: Japan's Private Railways]. Japan: Neko Publishing. p. 196. ISBN 4-87366-874-3.
- ^ "りんかい線「駅ナンバリング」の導入について" [Introduction of Rinkai Line "Station Numbering"]. twr.co.jp (in Japanese). 22 March 2016. Archived from the original on 9 January 2023. Retrieved 9 January 2023.
- ^ Tokyo Bay Ariake Washington Hotel website
External links
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- Kokusai-Tenjijō Station information (TWR) (in Japanese)