Yamanote Line New station construction on November 16 to some sections suspended September 17 17:46
JR East will suspend some sections of the Yamanote Line and Keihin Tohoku Line from the first train on November 16 in order to switch the line of the new station “Takanawa Gateway Station” on the JR Yamanote Line scheduled to open next spring. It was decided.
A new station on the Yamanote Line "Takanawa Gateway Station" is under construction between Shinagawa Station and Tamachi Station, and is scheduled to open next spring.
According to JR East, on the 16th of November, on the Yamanote Line, the section from Osaki Station to Ueno Station via Tokyo Station will be suspended on November 16th, in order to carry out track switching work in preparation for opening. .
The driving will take place from Osaki Station to Ueno Station via Ikebukuro Station, which is about 70% of the normal number.
The Keihin Tohoku Line will be closed all day between Shinagawa Station and Tamachi Station.
Along with this, in addition to increasing the number of Ueno Tokyo Line and Saikyo Line, it will carry out transfer transportation on Tokyo Metro, Toei Subway, Rinkai Line, Tokyu Line, and Keikyu Line.
According to JR East, this is the first time that the Yamanote Line has been suspended for construction since the company was established.
JR East said, “This time, the construction was large and complicated, so it had to be suspended. We would like to proceed with the construction appropriately for the start of operations next year, although it would be annoying to users.” .