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Tabata Station (Tokyo)
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is a train station
operated by East Japan Railway Company
(JR East) in Kita, Tokyo
, Japan
. There is a south and a north exit from the station. The number of passengers using this station was 15.232 million in 2006.
The station was rebuilt between 2005 and August 2008.
Train station
A train station, also called a railroad station or railway station and often shortened to just station,"Station" is commonly understood to mean "train station" unless otherwise qualified. This is evident from dictionary entries e.g...
operated by East Japan Railway Company
East Japan Railway Company
is the largest passenger railway company in the world and one of the seven Japan Railways Group companies. The company name is officially abbreviated as JR East in English, and as in Japanese. The company's headquarters are in Yoyogi, Shibuya, Tokyo....
(JR East) in Kita, Tokyo
Kita, Tokyo
is one of the special wards of Tokyo, Japan. In English, it calls itself the City of Kita .As of 2008, the ward has an estimated population of 332,140 and a population density of 16,140 persons per km². The total area is 20.59 km².-Geography:...
, Japan
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
. There is a south and a north exit from the station. The number of passengers using this station was 15.232 million in 2006.
Layout
The station consists of two island platforms serving four tracks, with the Yamanote Line tracks on the inside, and Keihin-Tōhoku Line tracks on the outside.History
Tabata Station opened on 1 April 1896.The station was rebuilt between 2005 and August 2008.