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THE WORLD'S BUSIEST TRAIN STATION
刊名：
The Electric Railway
作者：
Iain Frew
刊号：
871C0052
ISSN：
1750-8266
出版年：
2013
年卷期：
2013, vol.58
页码：
153-155
总页数：
3
分类号：
U2
语种：
eng
文摘：
This was the title of an hour-long programme screened on Channel 5 several times during the first two weeks of August 2013. The subject of the programme was Shinjuku station in Tokyo, Japan which serves Tokyo's equivalent of London's Docklands area - i.e. a few miles west of the traditional city centre and served by numerous suburban railway routes including the remarkable circular Yamanote Line. I was able to experience how the station worked during two visits to Japan some years ago and the TV programme showed that if anything congestion and nonstop activity have become even more hectic since then. Striking tall office blocks tower over the station especially on one side of the railway. On the other side is a major entertainment area with clubs and bars in large numbers. Shinjuku has 35 platforms each of which handles a train every two minutes from 0400 until 0100 next morning. For much of the day a train arrives or leaves every three seconds. Most are formed by long emus using tracks dedicated to each route. The programme failed to indicate that each route is indicated by colour coding on all coaches and station signs. For example the Yamanote Line stock has broad green lines above and below the windows along the full length of each coach and the sings along the Line's two platforms are all of the same green colour.
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