Ōtsuka Station

Ōtsuka Station (大塚駅) is a railway station in Toshima, Tokyo, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East). It is connected to the Ōtsuka-ekimae Station (大塚駅前停留場) on the Tokyo Sakura Tram line, operated by Tokyo Metropolitan Bureau of Transportation (Toei).

Lines
Ōtsuka Station is served by the circular Yamanote Line. A stop on the Tokyo Sakura Tram, named Ōtsuka-ekimae Station is located underneath Ōtsuka Station.

Station layout
The station consists of an elevated island platform serving the two Yamanote Line tracks. The station has a Midori no Madoguchi staffed ticket office.

Chest-high platform edge doors were installed on the Yamanote Line platforms, brought into use from 20 April 2013.

History
The station opened on 1 April 1903.

The wooden station structure on the south side was demolished in 2009.

Station numbering was introduced in 2016 with Ōtsuka being assigned station number JY12.

Passenger statistics
In fiscal 2010, the station was used by an average of 53,346 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).

Surrounding area

 * Shin-ōtsuka Station (on the Tokyo Metro Marunouchi Line)
 * Sugamo Police Station
 * Sugamo Junior & Senior High School
 * Minami-Ōtsuka Hall