Ueno Station (上野駅; -eki) is a main railway station in Tokyo's TaitÅ� ward. A major commuter hub, it is also the traditional terminus for long distance trains from the north of Japan, although with the extension of the Shinkansen lines to Tokyo Station this role has diminished in recent years.

Lines

Underground (subway):

• Eidan Ginza Line
• Eidan Hibiya Line

JR:

• JR JÅ�ban Line
• JR Keihin-TÅ�hoku Line
• JR Takasaki Line
• JR TÅ�hoku Main Line
• JR Yamanote Line

JR Shinkansen:

• JR Akita Shinkansen
• JR Hokuriku Shinkansen
• JR JÅ�etsu Shinkansen
• JR TÅ�hoku Shinkansen
• JR Yamagata Shinkansen

Adjacent Stations

Akihabara is also known as Akihabara Electric Town (Akihabara Denki Gai). It is located less than five minutes by rail from Tokyo station, Tokyo, Japan. It is sometimes shortened to Akiba by locals. While there is an official locality named Akihabara nearby, part of Taito-ku, the area known as Akihabara (including the JR railway station of the same name) to most people is actually Soto-Kanda, a part of Chiyoda-ku. (read more)

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