What is the history of the aorta “Yamanote Line” in Tokyo that you do not know? November 16, 9:14
The “Yamanote Line”, the main artery for railway transport in Tokyo. I examined when it started and developed in the first place.
When I interviewed JR East, etc., the route that was said to be the beginning of the Yamanote Line was opened in 1890. The name is “Shinagawa Line”. The section was between Shinagawa, Shinjuku, and Akabane. Stations were set up in Shibuya, Shinjuku, Mejiro and other places.
I was surprised when I looked into it, but in fact, I was carrying more luggage than people at that time, and the purpose was “cargo transportation”.
Later, in Meiji 36, a route called the “Toshima Line” connecting Ikebukuro and Tabata was born.
At that time, the original line connecting Ueno and Akabane and the “Toshima Line” were connected, and Ikebukuro, Otsuka, and Sugamo stations were also opened.
This led to a connection from Shinagawa to Ueno, and the route name was changed to “Yamanote Line”.
By the way, the origin of the name is that it was named after running in the “Yamanote” area of Tokyo. In the past, there was a time when it was called “Yamatensen”. The term “Tensen” has become official.
In Taisho 8 the route between Tokyo on the Chuo Main Line and the former Manseibashi opened.
After passing through Ueno, Ikebukuro, Shinjuku, Shinagawa, and Tokyo, we started the operation of drawing the letter “no” to return to Shinjuku via the already opened “Chuo Main Line”.
Then, in 1914, the connection between Ueno and Tokyo in the Yamanote Line became the current form.
By the way, the Yamanote Line is formally the section from Shinagawa to Shinjuku through Tabata, the Tohoku Line from Tabata to Tokyo, and the Tokaido Line from Tokyo to Shinagawa.
Returning to history, after entering the Showa era, before the war, driving was already carried out at intervals of 4 minutes in the early morning and other rush hours, especially after the war, in addition to speeding up, The number of vehicles per train continued to increase, increasing to 10 trains during the high growth period.
In 1971, Nishinippori Station opened for the first time in a long time since Okachimachi Station in Taisho 14th year.
Takanawa Gateway Station, which will open in the spring of next year, is the new station since Nishi Nippori Station, and is the 30th station on the Yamanote Line.
By the way, there is only one level crossing between Komagome and Tabata on the Yamanote Line, and attention is being paid to whether or not this level crossing will be abolished while the introduction of automatic driving is under consideration.