Station Layout
The station is on a raised viaduct running in a roughly north-south direction. There are two island platforms with two tracks on either side of each platform. Platforms 1 and 4 (the outermost tracks) serve the Keihin-Tōhoku Line, while platforms 2 and 3 (the inner tracks) are used for Yamanote Line trains. This platform arrangement allows for easy cross-platform interchanges so that passengers may transfer between lines in the same direction by walking across the platform. East of the platforms are tracks belonging to the Tōhoku Main Line formerly running to Tokyo Station but which are now used to stable trains terminating at Ueno Station.
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