Ueno Station

Ueno Station 上野駅
Main building of the station
Location	7 Ueno (JR Station) 3 Higashi-Ueno (Tokyo Metro) Taitō, Tokyo Japan
Operated by	JR East Tokyo Metro
Line(s)	Tohoku Shinkansen ■Yamagata Shinkansen ■Akita Shinkansen Joetsu Shinkansen Hokuriku Shinkansen Hokkaido Shinkansen Utsunomiya Line Takasaki Line Jōban Line ■Ueno–Tokyo Line Keihin-Tōhoku Line Yamanote Line Tokyo Metro Ginza Line Tokyo Metro Hibiya Line
Connections	Keisei Ueno Station (Keisei Main Line) Bus stop
History
Opened	28 July 1883
Location
Ueno Station Location within Tokyo

Ueno Station (上野駅, Ueno-eki^?) is a major railway station in Tokyo's Taitō ward. It is the station used to reach the Ueno district and Ueno Park -- which contains Tokyo National Museum, The National Museum of Western Art, Ueno Zoo, Tokyo University of the Arts and other famous cultural facilities. A major commuter hub, it is also the traditional terminus for long-distance trains from northern Japan, although with the extension of the Shinkansen lines to Tokyo Station this role has diminished in recent years. A similar extension of conventional lines will extend the Takasaki Line, Utsunomiya Line and Joban Line to Tokyo Station via the Ueno-Tokyo Line from March 2015 on existing little-used tracks and a new viaduct.

Ueno Station is close to Keisei-Ueno Station, the Tokyo terminus of the Keisei Main Line to Narita Airport Station.

This station is served by the following lines:

As this station was the traditional point of arrival and departure for journeys to northern Japan, it became the inspiration for many poems and song lyrics, including a famous poem by Ishikawa Takuboku. There is a memorial plate about this poem in the station.