Kokusai-Tenjijō Station

R03
Kokusai-Tenjijō Station

国際展示場駅
Kokusai-Tenjijō Station, January 2022
General information
LocationKōtō, Tokyo
Japan
Operated byTokyo Waterfront Area Rapid Transit
Line(s)The Logo of the Rinkai Line operating in Tokyo. Rinkai Line
Platforms1 island platform
Tracks2
ConnectionsBus interchange Bus terminal
Construction
Structure typeUnderground
Other information
Station codeR03
History
Opened30 March 1996; 28 years ago (30 March 1996)
Passengers
FY201433,308 daily
Services
Preceding station Tokyo Waterfront Area Rapid Transit Following station
Tokyo Teleport
R04
towards Ōsaki
 Rinkai Line Shinonome
R02
towards Shin-Kiba
Location
Kokusai-Tenjijō Station is located in Special wards of Tokyo
Kokusai-Tenjijō Station
Kokusai-Tenjijō Station
Location within Special wards of Tokyo
Kokusai-Tenjijō Station is located in Tokyo
Kokusai-Tenjijō Station
Kokusai-Tenjijō Station
Kokusai-Tenjijō Station (Tokyo)
Kokusai-Tenjijō Station is located in Japan
Kokusai-Tenjijō Station
Kokusai-Tenjijō Station
Kokusai-Tenjijō Station (Japan)

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

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

Many trains inter-run over the JR East Saikyo Line and Kawagoe Line to Kawagoe in Saitama Prefecture.

Station layout

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

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

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

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]

  • The platforms, March 2022
    The platforms, March 2022

Surrounding area

Hotels

  • Tokyo Bay Ariake Washington Hotel[6]
  • Hotel Sunroute Ariake

See also

References

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ Schulze, Martin (16 August 2023). "Osamu Tezuka's ceramic relief in Kōtō, Tokyo – Astro Boy & Beyond". publicdelivery.org. Martin Schulze. Retrieved 16 August 2023.
  4. ^ 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.
  5. ^ "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.
  6. ^ Tokyo Bay Ariake Washington Hotel website
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