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Hakubutsukan-Dōbutsuen Station

Coordinates: 35°43′7.1″N 139°46′24.5″E / 35.718639°N 139.773472°E / 35.718639; 139.773472
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Hakubutsukan-Dōbutsuen Station

博物館動物園駅
Hakubutsukan-Dōbutsuen in March 1997
General information
Location13-23 Ueno-kōen, Taitō-ku, Tokyo
Japan
Coordinates35°43′7.1″N 139°46′24.5″E / 35.718639°N 139.773472°E / 35.718639; 139.773472
Operated by Keisei Electric Railway
Line(s)Keisei Main Line
Platforms2
Tracks2
Construction
Structure typeUnderground
History
OpenedDecember 10 1933
ClosedApril 1 1997
Passengers
FY1996249 daily
Former services
Preceding station Keisei Following station
Keisei Ueno
Terminus
Main Line
Local
Nippori
Location
Hakubutsukan-Dōbutsuen Station is located in Tokyo
Hakubutsukan-Dōbutsuen Station
Hakubutsukan-Dōbutsuen Station
Location within Tokyo

Hakubutsukan-Dobutsuen Station (Japanese: 博物館動物園駅) is a former station of the Keisei Electric Railway in Taito-ku, Tokyo. It is located between Nippori Station and Keisei Ueno Station.[1] It opened in 1933, but was closed on 1 April 1997 due to the length of the platform being too short for most trains. The station was formally abandoned in April 2004.[2] The station building and platform are still in existence and have been renovated and opened to the public in 2018.[3][4]

History

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Before the modern-day Keisei Ueno Station even existed, at the beginning of the Showa era, rail designers had planned to build a tiny station halfway between Nippori and Ueno Park stations. Hakubutsukan-Dōbutsuen Station opened to the public in 1933. Ueno was second only to Asakusa in terms of prestige among Tokyo's shopping and entertainment districts at the time. Many had hoped for a new way into the neighborhood, and the new rail station made that a reality. However, this particular desire was quite challenging to achieve.[5]

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References

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  1. ^ "旧博物館動物園駅とは" [What is Former Hakubutsukan-Doubutsuen Station]. www.keisei.co.jp (in Japanese). Keisei Electric Railway. Retrieved 2021-07-18.
  2. ^ "「上野の杜」の駅よ サヨナラ" [Goodbye to the station of "Ueno no Mori"]. The Asahi Shimbun (in Japanese) (Morning ed.). Tokyo: Asahi Shimbun Company. 1997-03-15. p. 27.
  3. ^ "「旧博物館動物園駅」駅舎が、「東京都選定歴史的建造物」に選定されました 〜鉄道施設として初めての選定〜" [The Former Hakubutsukan-Doubutsuen Station Station Building Was Selected as a Historic Building Selected by the Tokyo Metropolitan Government -First Selection as a Railway Facility-] (PDF) (Press release) (in Japanese). Keisei Electric Railway. 2018-04-19. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2019-01-20. Retrieved 2020-05-02.
  4. ^ "京成電鉄、旧博物館動物園駅を改修 今秋一般公開へ" [Keisei Electric Railway Renovates Old Hakubutsukan-Doubutsuen Station to Open to the Public This Fall]. Nikkei (in Japanese). 2018-06-19. Retrieved 2021-07-18.
  5. ^ "The History of the Former Hakubutsukan-Dōbutsuen Station". Google Arts & Culture. Retrieved 2024-02-09.
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