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{{short description|Major railway and metro station in Tokyo, Japan}}
{{Redirect|Tokyo Ueno Station|novel by Miri Yu|Tokyo Ueno Station (novel)}}
{{For|the Keisei Electric Railway station|Keisei Ueno Station}}
{{Infobox station
| name        ={{JRSNH|4|UEN|40}}{{JRSN|JU|02|seq=1|40}}{{JRSN|JK|30|seq=2|40}}{{JRSN|JY|05|seq=3|40}}{{JRSN|JJ|01|seq=4|40}}{{JRSNF}} {{TSSN|G|16|50}} {{TSSN|H|18|50}}<br>Ueno Station
| native_name = 上野駅
| native_name_lang = ja
| type        = 
| image       = JRE-Ueno-STA.jpg
| alt         = 
| caption     = Main building of the station
| other_name  = 
| address     = 7 Ueno (JR Station)<br>3 Higashi-Ueno (Tokyo Metro)<br>[[Taitō]], [[Tokyo]]
| country     = [[Japan]]
| coordinates = 
| operator    = {{Plainlist|
* {{ric|JR East|name=y}}
* {{ric|Tokyo Metro|name=y}}
}}
| line        = {{Plainlist|
* {{ric|JR East|Tohoku Shinkansen|name=y}}
* {{JRLS|JU}} [[Utsunomiya Line]] ([[Tōhoku Main Line]])
* {{JRLS|JK}} [[Keihin-Tōhoku Line]]
* {{JRLS|JY}} [[Yamanote Line]]
* {{JRLS|JJ}} [[Jōban Line]]
* {{TSLS|G}} {{lnl|Tokyo Metro|G}}
* {{TSLS|H}} {{lnl|Tokyo Metro|H}}
 }}
| platforms   =  
| connections = {{Plainlist|
* {{KSSN|KS|01}} [[Keisei Ueno Station]]
* {{rint|bus}} Bus stop
}}
| structure   = 
| code        = 
| opened      = {{start date and age|1883|07|28|df=y}}
| closed      = 
| former      =  
| passengers  = 
| pass_year   = 
| map_type        = Japan Tokyo Yamanote loop#Japan Tokyo wards#Japan
| map_dot_label = Ueno Station
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|line9=Hokuriku Shinkansen
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|type10=Hakutaka|left10=Tokyo|right10=Ōmiya|to-right10=Jōetsumyōkō|to-left10=Tokyo|note-mid10={{SLL|''[[Hakutaka|{{white|Hakutaka}}]]''|#FF4500}}
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}}
| other_services_collapsible=yes
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|line9=Utsunomiya/Takasaki|left9=Tokyo|note-mid9=Rapid ''Rabbit'' & ''Urban''|type9=Rapid|right9=Akabane|note-right9={{JRSN|JU|04|tlc=ABN|size=20}}|oneway-left9=yes
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}}
{{nihongo|'''Ueno Station'''|上野駅|Ueno-eki}} is a major railway station in [[Tokyo]]'s [[Taitō]] ward. It is the station used to reach the [[Ueno]] district and [[Ueno Park]]—which contains [[Tokyo National Museum]], [[National Museum of Western Art|The National Museum of Western Art]], [[Ueno Zoo]], [[Tokyo University of the Arts]] and other famous cultural facilities. A major commuter hub, it is also the traditional terminus for long-distance trains from northern [[Japan]], although with the extension of the [[Shinkansen]] lines to [[Tokyo Station]] this role has diminished in recent years. A similar extension of conventional lines extended [[Takasaki Line]], [[Utsunomiya Line]] and [[Jōban Line]] services to [[Tokyo Station]] via the [[Ueno–Tokyo Line|Ueno-Tokyo Line]] in March 2015, using existing little-used tracks and a new viaduct; the Ueno-Tokyo Line connects these lines with the [[Tōkaidō Main Line]], allowing through services to [[Shinagawa Station|Shinagawa]], [[Yokohama Station|Yokohama]], [[Odawara Station|Odawara]] and [[Atami Station|Atami]] stations.<ref name="mainichi20131209">{{cite web|url= http://mainichi.jp/feature/news/20131210k0000m040028000c.html|script-title= ja:ＪＲ東日本:東京−上野の新線 愛称を「上野東京ライン」|trans-title= JR East names new line between Tokyo and Ueno "Ueno-Tokyo Line"|work= Mainichi Shimbun|publisher= The Mainichi Newspapers|location= Japan|language= ja|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20131209153112/http://mainichi.jp/feature/news/20131210k0000m040028000c.html|archive-date= 2013-12-09|access-date= 9 December 2013|url-status= dead}}</ref>

Ueno Station is close to [[Keisei Ueno Station]], the Tokyo terminus of the [[Keisei Main Line]] to [[Narita Airport Terminal 1 Station|Narita Airport Station]].

==Lines==
This station is served by the following lines:
*'''[[Tokyo Metro]]'''
**{{TSLS|G}} {{lnl|Tokyo Metro|G}}
**{{TSLS|H}} {{lnl|Tokyo Metro|H}}
*'''[[East Japan Railway Company]]'''
**[[Tōhoku Shinkansen]]
**[[Yamagata Shinkansen]]
**[[Akita Shinkansen]]
**[[Jōetsu Shinkansen]]
**[[Hokuriku Shinkansen]]
**[[Hokkaido Shinkansen]]
**{{JRLS|JU}} [[Utsunomiya Line]] ([[Tōhoku Main Line]])
**{{JRLS|JU}} [[Takasaki Line]]
**{{JRLS|JK}} [[Keihin–Tōhoku Line]]
**{{JRLS|JY}} [[Yamanote Line]]
**{{JRLS|JJ}} [[Jōban Line]]

As this station was the traditional point of arrival and departure for journeys to northern Japan, it became the inspiration for many poems and song lyrics, including a famous [[Waka (poetry)#Tanka|poem]] by [[Ishikawa Takuboku]]. There is a memorial plate about this poem in the station.

==Station layout==
[[File:JRUeno-STA.Hirokoji-entrance.jpg|thumb|Hirokoji entrance, 2020]]
[[File:UenoStation-CentralExit-may5-2019-distant.jpg|thumb|Central ticket gate, 2019]]
Like most major stations in Japan, Ueno Station contains and is surrounded by extensive shopping arcades. The station contains a branch of the [[Hard Rock Cafe]].

===JR East platforms===
[[File:JNR_Ueno_station_track_map_1985.svg|thumb|Station layout in 2009 (before removal of track 18 and construction of the Ueno-Tokyo Line)]]
The station has two main levels of tracks and underground platforms for the [[Tōhoku Shinkansen]] tracks. Through tracks 1 to 4 on two [[island platform]]s on the main level are used by [[Yamanote Line]] and [[Keihin–Tōhoku Line|Keihin-Tohoku Line]] trains. Tracks 5 to 9 on two island platforms and one side of a terminal platform lead to the [[Ueno–Tokyo Line|Ueno-Tokyo Line]] to [[Tokyo Station]] and beyond on the [[Tōkaidō Main Line]]. Tracks 10 to 12 terminate inside the building, and below these on a lower deck are further terminal tracks 13 to 17 (Track No.18 has been removed). Two underground island platforms serve Shinkansen tracks 19 to 22.

Chest-high [[Platform screen doors|platform edge doors]] were installed on the two Yamanote Line platforms (2 and 3) in November 2015, and brought into use from December.<ref name="railfan20151116">{{cite web|url= http://railf.jp/news/2015/11/16/130000.html|script-title= ja: 山手線上野駅に可動式ホーム柵設置|trans-title= Platform edge doors installed at Yamanote Line Ueno Station|date= 16 November 2015|work= Japan Railfan Magazine Online|publisher= Koyusha Co., Ltd.|location= Japan|language= ja|access-date= 16 November 2015|archive-date= 16 November 2015|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20151116083531/http://railf.jp/news/2015/11/16/130000.html|url-status= live}}</ref>

{{jpf|pfn=1|first=2|symbol={{JRLS|JK}}|name=[[Keihin-Tōhoku Line]]|dir=for {{STN|Tabata|x|Tokyo}}, {{STN|Akabane|x}}, {{STN|Minami-Urawa|x}}, and {{STN|Ōmiya|x|Saitama}}}}
{{jpf|pfn=2|symbol={{JRLS|JY}}|name=[[Yamanote Line]]|dir=for Tabata, {{STN|Ikebukuro|x}}, and {{STN|Shinjuku|x}}}}
{{jpf|pfn=3|symbol={{JRLS|JY}}|name=Yamanote Line|dir=for {{STN|Tokyo|x}} and  {{STN|Shinagawa|x}}}}
{{jpf|pfn=4|symbol={{JRLS|JK}}|name=Keihin-Tōhoku Line|dir=for Tokyo, {{STN|Kawasaki|x}}, {{STN|Yokohama|x}} <br /> {{JRLS|JK}} [[Negishi Line]] for  {{STN|Ōfuna|x}}}}
{{jpfm|pfn=5-8|Lspan=2|symbol={{JRLS|JU}}|name=[[Utsunomiya Line]]|dir=for Ōmiya, {{STN|Koga|x|Ibaraki}}, {{STN|Oyama|x}}, {{STN|Utsunomiya|x}}}}
{{jpfm|symbol={{JRLS|JU}}|name=[[Takasaki Line]]|dir=for Ōmiya, {{STN|Ageo|x}}, {{STN|Kumagaya|x}}, and {{STN|Takasaki|x}}}}
{{jpf|pfn=6|symbol={{JRLS|JJ}}|name=[[Jōban Line]]|dir=for {{STN|Matsudo|x}}, {{STN|Toride|x}}, {{STN|Tsuchiura|x}}, {{STN|Ishioka|x}}, {{STN|Tomobe|x}}, and {{STN|Mito|x|Ibaraki}}<br /><span style="color:#2E8B57">■</span> [[Narita Line]] for {{STN|Narita|x}} (via {{STN|Abiko|x|Chiba}})}}
{{jpf|pfn=7-9|symbol={{JRLS|JU}}|name=[[Ueno–Tokyo Line]]|dir=for {{STN|Tokyo|x}}, {{STN|Shinagawa|x}}, {{STN|Yokohama|x}} and {{STN|Odawara|x}}}}
{{jpf|pfn=8|col=blue|name=Jōban Line|dir={{Color|red|□}} Ltd. Express ''[[Hitachi (Japanese train)|Hitachi]] / [[Tokiwa (train)|Tokiwa]]'' for Tsuchiura, Ishioka, Tomobe, Mito, {{STN|Hitachi|x}}, and {{STN|Iwaki|x|Fukushima}}}}
{{jpf|pfn=9-12|symbol={{JRLS|JJ}}|name=Jōban Line|dir=for Matsudo, Toride, Tsuchiura, and Mito<br /><span style="color:#2E8B57">■</span> Narita Line for Narita (via Abiko)}}
{{jpfm|pfn=13-15|Lspan=2|symbol={{JRLS|JU}}|name=Utsunomiya Line|dir=for Ōmiya, Koga, Oyama, Utsunomiya}}
{{jpfm|symbol={{JRLS|JU}}|name=Takasaki Line|dir=for Ōmiya, Ageo, Kumagaya, and Takasaki}}
{{jpf|pfn=14-16|col=Orange|name=Takasaki Line|dir={{Color|red|□}} Ltd. Express ''[[Akagi (train)|Akagi / Swallow Akagi]]'' for Takasaki and {{STN|Maebashi|x}}<br />{{Color|red|□}} Ltd. Express ''[[Kusatsu (train)|Kusatsu]]'' for {{STN|Naganohara-Kusatsuguchi|x}}}}
{{jpf|pfn=16-17|col=blue|name=Jōban Line|dir={{Color|red|□}} Ltd. Express ''Hitachi / Tokiwa'' for Tsuchiura, Ishioka, Tomobe, Mito, Hitachi, and Iwaki}}
{{jpfm|pfn=19-20|Lspan=5|name=[[Tohoku Shinkansen]]|col=Green|dir=for {{STN|Sendai|x|Miyagi}}, {{STN|Morioka|x}}, {{STN|Shin-Aomori|x}} and {{STN|Shin-Hakodate-Hokuto|x}}}}
{{jpfm|name=[[Yamagata Shinkansen]]|col=Grey|dir=for {{STN|Fukushima|x|Fukushima}}, {{STN|Yamagata|x}}, and {{STN|Shinjo|x}}}}
{{jpfm|name=[[Akita Shinkansen]]|col=DeepPink|dir=for {{STN|Morioka|x}} and {{STN|Akita|x}}}}
{{jpfm|name=[[Joetsu Shinkansen]]|col=Green|dir=for {{STN|Takasaki|x}} and {{STN|Niigata|x}}}}
{{jpfm|name=[[Hokuriku Shinkansen]]|col=Green|dir=for {{STN|Nagano|x}}, {{STN|Toyama|x}}, and {{STN|Kanazawa|x}}}}
{{jpf|pfn=21-22|first=3|name=Shinkansen|col=Green|dir=for {{STN|Tokyo|x}}}}

<gallery>
File:JRUenostation-platform-doors-night-march6-2016.jpg|Yamanote Line platform 2 in March 2016 following the addition of low-height platform edge doors
File:上野駅地平ホーム.JPG|Platforms 14 and 15
</gallery>

===Tokyo Metro platforms===
[[File:TokyoMetro-H17-Ueno-station-platform.jpg|thumb|The Hibiya Line platforms in May 2008]]
[[File:UenoStation-GinzaLine-newPlatformDoors-Jan30-2016.jpg|thumb|The Ginza Line platforms in January 2016]]
Both the Ginza and Hibiya line station have two tracks; however, unlike in other Tokyo Metro stations, each line's tracks are counted separately.
{{jpf|pfn=1|first=2|name={{lnl|Tokyo Metro|H}}|symbol={{TSLS|H}}|dir= for {{STN|Ginza|x}}, {{STN|Roppongi|x}} and {{STN|Naka-Meguro|x}}}}
{{jpf|pfn=2|name=Hibiya Line|symbol={{TSLS|H}}|dir=for {{STN|Kita-Senju|x}}<br />{{TBLS|TS}} [[Tobu Skytree Line]] for {{STN|Tōbu-Dōbutsu-Kōen|x}}<br />{{TBLS|TN}} [[Tobu Nikko Line]] for {{STN|Minami-Kurihashi|x}}}}
{{Jpf|pfn=1|name={{lnl|Tokyo Metro|G}}|symbol={{TSLS|G}}|dir=for Ginza and {{STN|Shibuya|x}}}}
{{Jpf|pfn=2|first=3|name=Ginza Line|symbol={{TSLS|G}}|dir= for {{STN|Asakusa|x}}}}
<gallery perrow="4" widths="200" style="font-size:90%;">
Tokyo-metro-Ueno-Station-platform1.jpg|The Ginza Line platform 1 in October 2018 
UenoStation-GinzaLine-newPlatform.jpg|The Ginza Line platform 2 in January 2018 
Hibiya line Ueno Station platform 1 with platform doors Aug 06 2021 02-56 PM.jpeg|The Hibiya Line platforms in August 2021
UenoStation-GinzaLine-newjrUenogate.jpg|JR Ueno Station District Gate in January 2018 
Tokyo-metro-Ueno-Park-District-Gate1.jpg|Ueno Park District Gate in October 2018
Tokyo-metro-Ueno-Park-District-Gate2.jpg|Ueno Park District Gate in October 2018
</gallery>

==History==
[[File:UenoStation-SouthExit-1912.jpg|right|thumb|First station building, south entrance, 1912]]
[[File:Ueno Station Dedication Ceremony.jpg|right|thumb|Opening of current station building in 1932]]
Ueno Station opened on 28 July 1883. 

After the destruction of the first building in the fires caused by the [[1923 Great Kantō earthquake]], [[Ministry of Railways (Japan)|Japanese Government Railways]] constructed the current station building. While digging the foundations of the new building, bones, swords, and lances dating from the [[Battle of Ueno]] were excavated.<ref>{{Cite web |title=第7回 上野駅の歴史｜鹿島の軌跡｜鹿島建設株式会社 |url=https://www.kajima.co.jp/gallery/kiseki/kiseki07/index-j.html |access-date=2025-01-22 |website=www.kajima.co.jp |archive-date=2024-12-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241208023953/https://www.kajima.co.jp/gallery/kiseki/kiseki07/index-j.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

In 1927, [[Tokyo Underground Railway]] (now Tokyo Metro) opened Japan's first subway line from here to [[Asakusa Station (Tokyo Metro, Toei, Tobu)|Asakusa Station]]. 

During World War II and the following years, many war orphans found refuge in the station and its underground tunnels.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2020-12-29 |title=Records, interviews shed light on Tokyo woman's efforts raising homeless orphans post-WWII |url=https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20201229/p2a/00m/0fe/055000c |access-date=2025-01-22 |work=Mainichi Daily News |language=en}}</ref> Following [[World War II]], the neighbourhood in front of Ueno Station was a major center of [[black market]] activity. Today, many people come to the area to visit [[Ameya-Yokochō]].

In March 1985, the [[Tōhoku Shinkansen]] was extended south from {{STN|Ōmiya|x|Saitama}} to Ueno, with the line extended further south to {{STN|Tokyo|x}} in June 1991.

The station facilities of the Ginza and Hibiya Lines were inherited by [[Tokyo Metro]] after the privatization of the [[Toei Subway|Teito Rapid Transit Authority (TRTA)]] in 2004.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2006-07-08 |title=「営団地下鉄」から「東京メトロ」へ |trans-title=From "Teito Rapid Transit Authority" to "Tokyo Metro" |url=https://www.tokyometro.jp/news/s2004/2004-06.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120516041232/http://www.tokyometro.jp/news/s2004/2004-06.html |archive-date=16 May 2012 |access-date=29 May 2022 |website=Tokyo Metro Online}}</ref>

In March 2010, to promote the release of the [[Kamen Rider × Kamen Rider × Kamen Rider The Movie: Cho-Den-O Trilogy|Cho-Den-O Trilogy]] of the [[Kamen Rider]] movies, a special marking was used on the trains going to [[Nakano-fujimichō Station|Nakano-fujimichō]] from Ueno, and ''Den-O'''s [[Rina Akiyama]] greeted 200 fans who rode on the first of those trains.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tokyometro.jp/news/2010/2010-22.html|title=東京メトロ｜ニュースリリース|access-date=2010-04-10|date=2010-04-06|archive-date=2019-04-01|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190401015129/http://www.tokyometro.jp/news/2010/2010-22.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sanspo.com/geino/news/100503/gnj1005030502007-n1.htm|title=秋山莉奈"仮面ライダー装飾列車"に乗車 - 芸能 - SANSPO.COM|date=2010-05-02|access-date=2010-05-11|archive-date=2010-05-05|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100505194858/http://www.sanspo.com/geino/news/100503/gnj1005030502007-n1.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref>

[[Station numbering]] was introduced to the non-Shinkansen JR East platforms in 2016 with Ueno being assigned station numbers JU02 for the Utsunomiya line, JJ01 for the Jōban Line rapid service, JK31 for the Keihin–Tōhoku Line, and JY05 for the Yamanote line. At the same time, JR East assigned the station a three-letter code to its major transfer stations; Ueno was assigned the code "UEN".<ref>{{Cite web |date=6 April 2016 |title=⾸都圏エリアへ 「駅ナンバリング」を導⼊します |trans-title=Introduce “station numbering” to the Tokyo metropolitan area |url=https://www.jreast.co.jp/press/2016/20160402.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221207004741/https://www.jreast.co.jp/press/2016/20160402.pdf |archive-date=7 December 2022 |access-date=7 January 2023 |website=jreast.co.jp |language=ja}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Kusamachi |first=Yoshikazu |date=7 April 2016 |title=JA・JK・JT・AKB…JR東日本、首都圏で駅ナンバリングなど導入へ |trans-title=JA, JK, JT, AKB … JR East to introduce station numbering in the Tokyo metropolitan area |url=https://response.jp/article/2016/04/07/273025.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220806133507/https://response.jp/article/2016/04/07/273025.html |archive-date=6 August 2022 |access-date=7 January 2023 |website=Response Automotive Media |language=ja}}</ref>

''[[TH Liner]]'' services on the Hibiya Line between {{STN|Ebisu|x|Tokyo}} and {{STN|Kuki|x|Saitama}} commenced on 6 June 2020.<ref name="THliner20191219">{{Cite press release |url=https://www.tobu.co.jp/file/pdf/4353a1a050835f139e2e94adf9cd5dc0/191219_2.pdf?date=20191219123402 |format= |language=ja |title=2020年6月6日（土）東武鉄道・東京メトロダイヤ改正 東武線・日比谷線相互直通列車に初の座席指定制列車「THライナー」が誕生! |publisher=東武鉄道／東京地下鉄 |date=19 December 2019 |accessdate=25 January 2020 |archiveurl= |archivedate= |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191219084312/https://www.tobu.co.jp/file/pdf/4353a1a050835f139e2e94adf9cd5dc0/191219_2.pdf?date=20191219123402 |archive-date=19 December 2019 |trans-title=June 6, 2020 (Saturday) Tobu Railway / Tokyo Metro Timetable Revision Tobu Line / Hibiya Line Mutual direct train, the first reserved seat train "TH Liner" is born!}}</ref>

[[File:Ueno Park exit - JR Ueno Station - Dec 30 2021 various 15 38 18 379000.jpeg|thumb|The new park exit, 2021]]
In March 2020, the Park Exit (Ueno Park Exit) was moved to the north and the roadway in front of it was changed to a dead end, allowing pedestrians to enter Ueno Park from the station without crossing the roadway.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://asakusa.keizai.biz/headline/833/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211101201724/https://asakusa.keizai.biz/headline/833/|script-title=ja:JR上野駅公園口の移設工事が完了 駅前から上野公園への歩行者動線も変更|language=ja|publisher=Asakusa Keizai Shimbun|archive-date=1 November 2021}}</ref>

==Passenger statistics==
In fiscal 2013, the JR East station was used by 181,880 passengers daily (boarding passengers only), making it the thirteenth-busiest station operated by JR East.<ref name="jreast2013stats">{{cite web|url= http://www.jreast.co.jp/passenger/index.html|script-title= ja:各駅の乗車人員 （2013年度）|trans-title= Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2013)|publisher= East Japan Railway Company|location= Japan|language= ja|access-date= 2 September 2014|archive-date= 6 May 2001|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20010506032321/http://www.jreast.co.jp/passenger/index.html|url-status= live}}</ref> In fiscal 2013, the Tokyo Metro station was used by an average of 211,539 passengers per day (exiting and entering passengers), making it the eighth-busiest station operated by Tokyo Metro.<ref name="tokyometrostats2013">{{cite web|url=http://www.tokyometro.jp/corporate/enterprise/passenger_rail/transportation/passengers/index.html|script-title=ja:各駅の乗降人員ランキング|trans-title=Station usage ranking|publisher=Tokyo Metro|access-date=31 August 2014|language=ja|archive-date=13 February 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180213023703/http://www.tokyometro.jp/corporate/enterprise/passenger_rail/transportation/passengers/index.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

The daily passenger figures for each operator in previous years are as shown below.

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Fiscal year !! JR East !! Tokyo Metro
|-
| 1999 || 195,654<ref name="jreast1999stats">{{cite web|url= http://www.jreast.co.jp/passenger/1999.html|script-title= ja:各駅の乗車人員 （1999年度）|trans-title= Station passenger figures (Fiscal 1999)|publisher= East Japan Railway Company|location= Japan|language= ja|access-date= 2 September 2014|archive-date= 27 June 2017|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20170627140305/http://www.jreast.co.jp/passenger/1999.html|url-status= live}}</ref>||
|-
| 2000 || 189,388<ref name="jreast2000stats">{{cite web|url= http://www.jreast.co.jp/passenger/2000.html|script-title= ja:各駅の乗車人員 （2000年度）|trans-title= Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2000)|publisher= East Japan Railway Company|location= Japan|language= ja|access-date= 2 September 2014|archive-date= 9 October 2014|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20141009023233/http://www.jreast.co.jp/passenger/2000.html|url-status= live}}</ref>||
|-
| 2005 || 179,978<ref name="jreast2005stats">{{cite web|url= http://www.jreast.co.jp/passenger/2005.html|script-title= ja:各駅の乗車人員 （2005年度）|trans-title= Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2005)|publisher= East Japan Railway Company|location= Japan|language= ja|access-date= 2 September 2014|archive-date= 9 October 2014|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20141009222358/http://www.jreast.co.jp/passenger/2005.html|url-status= live}}</ref>||
|-
| 2010 || 172,306<ref name="jreast2010stats">{{cite web|url= http://www.jreast.co.jp/passenger/2010.html|script-title= ja:各駅の乗車人員 (2010年度)|trans-title= Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2010)|publisher= East Japan Railway Company|location= Japan|language= ja|access-date= 2 September 2014|archive-date= 6 October 2014|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20141006175258/http://www.jreast.co.jp/passenger/2010.html|url-status= live}}</ref>||
|-
| 2011 || 174,832<ref name="jreast2011stats">{{cite web|url= http://www.jreast.co.jp/passenger/2011.html|script-title= ja:各駅の乗車人員 （2011年度）|trans-title= Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2011)|publisher= East Japan Railway Company|location= Japan|language= ja|access-date= 2 September 2014|archive-date= 8 October 2014|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20141008165126/http://www.jreast.co.jp/passenger/2011.html|url-status= live}}</ref> || 201,602<ref name="metro2011stats">{{cite web|url= http://www.tokyometro.jp/corporate/enterprise/passenger_rail/transportation/passengers/index.html|script-title= ja:駅別乗降人員順位表（2011年度1日平均）|trans-title= Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2011)|publisher= Tokyo Metro|location= Japan|language= ja|access-date= 2 September 2014|archive-date= 13 February 2018|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20180213023703/http://www.tokyometro.jp/corporate/enterprise/passenger_rail/transportation/passengers/index.html|url-status= live}}</ref>
|-
| 2012 || 183,611<ref name="jreast2012stats">{{cite web|url= http://www.jreast.co.jp/passenger/2012.html|script-title= ja:各駅の乗車人員 （2012年度）|trans-title= Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2012)|publisher= East Japan Railway Company|location= Japan|language= ja|access-date= 2 September 2014|archive-date= 7 October 2014|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20141007220750/http://www.jreast.co.jp/passenger/2012.html|url-status= live}}</ref> || 212,509<ref name="tokyometrostats2012">{{cite web|url=http://www.tokyometro.jp/corporate/enterprise/passenger_rail/transportation/passengers/index02.html|script-title=ja:各駅の乗降人員ランキング (2012年)|trans-title=Station usage ranking (2012)|publisher=Tokyo Metro|access-date=2 September 2014|language=ja|archive-date=22 September 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130922053749/http://www.tokyometro.jp/corporate/enterprise/passenger_rail/transportation/passengers/index02.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
| 2013 || 181,880<ref name="jreast2013stats"/>  || 211,539<ref name="tokyometrostats2013"/>
|}

* Note that JR East figures are for boarding passengers only.

== Bus services ==

=== Highway buses ===
* ''Sky / Panda''; For [[Hirosaki]], [[Aomori Station]]<ref>{{Cite web|script-title = ja:高速バス - 弘南バス株式会社|url = http://www.konanbus.com/highway.html#highway01|website = www.konanbus.com|access-date = 2016-01-24|language = ja|archive-date = 2020-08-25|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200825150106/http://www.konanbus.com/highway.html#highway01|url-status = dead}}</ref>
* ''Yuhi''; For [[Tsuruoka Station]], [[Amarume Station]], and [[Sakata Station (Yamagata)|Sakata Station]]<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title = 高速バス {{!}} 国際興業バス|url = http://5931bus.com/highwaybus/|website = 5931bus.com|access-date = 2016-01-24|language = ja|archive-date = 2016-02-06|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160206073613/http://5931bus.com/highwaybus/|url-status = live}}</ref>
* ''Tono Kamaishi''; For [[Shin-Hanamaki Station]], [[Tōno Station]], [[Kamaishi Station]], and [[Yamada, Iwate|Yamada]]<ref name=":0" />
* ''Tokyo Sunrise''; For [[Yamagata Station]], [[Sagae Station]], [[Sakurambo-Higashine Station]], and [[Shinjō Station]]<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|title = 時刻表・運賃表 {{!}} 東北急行バス|url = http://www.tohoku-express.co.jp/timetable/top.html|website = www.tohoku-express.co.jp|access-date = 2016-01-24|language = ja|url-status = dead|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160205091907/http://www.tohoku-express.co.jp/timetable/top.html|archive-date = 2016-02-05}}</ref>
* ''Rainbow''; [[Yonezawa Station]], [[Kaminoyama-Onsen Station]], and [[Yamagata Station]]<ref name=":1" />
* For [[Chino, Nagano|Chino]], [[Matsumoto Bus Terminal]], and [[Nagano Station]]<ref>{{Cite web|title = 高速バス長野・松本－東京ディズニーリゾート・成田空港線|url = http://www.alpico.co.jp/access/express/nagano_chiba/|website = www.alpico.co.jp|access-date = 2016-01-24|archive-date = 2016-02-17|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160217034502/http://www.alpico.co.jp/access/express/nagano_chiba/|url-status = dead}}</ref>
* ''Dream Kanazawa''; For [[Toyama Station]], [[Kanazawa Station]], and [[Kanazawa Institute of Technology]]<ref>{{Cite web|title = デジタル時刻表 {{!}} ジェイアールバス関東|url = http://time.jrbuskanto.co.jp/bk031130_bk031140_bk031350.html|website = time.jrbuskanto.co.jp|access-date = 2016-01-24|language = ja|archive-date = 2016-03-08|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160308132134/http://time.jrbuskanto.co.jp/bk031130_bk031140_bk031350.html|url-status = live}}</ref>
* ''Kimasshi''; For [[Kanazawa Station]]<ref name=":1" />
* ''Yamato''; For [[Tenri Station]], [[Nara Station]], [[Kintetsu-Kōriyama Station]], [[Hōryū-ji]], [[Ōji Station (Nara)|Ōji Station]], and [[Goidō Station]]<ref>{{Cite web|script-title = ja:奈良～横浜・上野・東京スカイツリータウン前・「東京ディズニーリゾート®」 ｜ 夜行高速バス ｜ 京成バス|url = http://www.keiseibus.co.jp/kousoku_night/04.html|website = www.keiseibus.co.jp|access-date = 2016-01-24|language = ja|archive-date = 2016-01-25|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160125193921/http://www.keiseibus.co.jp/kousoku_night/04.html|url-status = live}}</ref>
* For [[Ōtsu Station]], [[Yamashina Station]], [[Sanjō Station (Kyoto)|Sanjō Station]], and [[Kyōto Station]]<ref>{{Cite web|script-title=ja:千葉中央バス／高速バス／京都線|url = http://www.chibachuobus.co.jp/kousoku/kyoto.html|website = www.chibachuobus.co.jp|access-date = 2016-01-24|language = ja|url-status = dead|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160127200857/http://www.chibachuobus.co.jp/kousoku/kyoto.html|archive-date = 2016-01-27}}</ref>
* ''Flying Liner''; For [[Kyōto Station]], [[Ōsaka Station]], [[Ōsaka Namba Station]], [[Ōsaka Abenobashi Station]], and [[Fujiidera Station]]<ref name=":1" />
* ''Mamakari Liner''; For [[Okayama Station]], [[Kurashiki Station]]<ref name=":1" />

==See also==
{{Portal|Tokyo}}
* [[List of railway stations in Japan]]
* [[Transport in Greater Tokyo]]

==In Literature==
* ''Tokyo Ueno Station'', by [[Yu Miri]], English tr. by [https://www.nationalbook.org/people/morgan-giles/ Morgan Giles] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201119014822/https://www.nationalbook.org/people/morgan-giles/ |date=2020-11-19 }} (Tilted Axis, 2019. {{ISBN|978-1911284161}} // Penguin Randomhouse, 2020. {{ISBN|978-0593088029}})

==References==
{{reflist|30em}}

==External links==
{{Commons category}}
*[http://www.tokyometro.jp/rosen/eki/ueno/index.html Ueno Station] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101010075700/http://www.tokyometro.jp/rosen/eki/ueno/index.html |date=2010-10-10 }} (Tokyo Metro) {{in lang|ja}}
*[http://www.jreast.co.jp/estation/station/info.aspx?StationCd=204 Ueno Station] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121224025126/http://www.jreast.co.jp/estation/station/info.aspx?StationCD=204 |date=2012-12-24 }} (JR East) {{in lang|ja}}
*[http://www.jreast.co.jp/e/stations/e204.html JR East Ueno Station map] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170203005309/http://www.jreast.co.jp/e/stations/e204.html |date=2017-02-03 }}
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20160303175535/http://www.haejunghofman.com/2009/02/jr-ueno-station/ Ueno Station Panorama]

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