View onto Tokyo Station in the Japanese capital Tokyo. It is located on the border between the central districts of Chiyoda and Chuo and between the districts of Marunouchi in the west and Yaesu in the east. The Imperial Palace, numerous skyscrapers and the Ginza district are located nearby. As Tokyo's nominal main station, it is one of the most important railroad stations in the country, although Shinjuku and Ikebukuro stations have more travelers.
Tokyo is the most important hub of the Shinkansen network and the starting point of two high-speed lines. While JR Central operates the Tokaido Shinkansen to Nagoya and Osaka, JR East is responsible for operating the Tuhoku Shinkansen and all routes branching off from it. JR East also operates several city and regional lines through Tokyo Station. The station complex comprises ten standard-gauge tracks for high-speed trains and 18 cap-gauge tracks for conventional rail traffic (eight of which are located in two tunnel stations). There is also a double-track subway station and a bus station for long-distance bus services.
Tokyo station has a station building on both sides of the facility. On the west side is the Marunouchi Building, designed by Tatsuno Kingo and opened in 1914, which is one of the city's most important sights. The architecture of the red brick building is based on the European Neo-Renaissance style of the late 19th century.
A continuously growing album of photos that IMHO reveal the awesome and seldom-seen beauty of the railroad world from the dimming of day to dawn's early light! From dusk to dawn, trains roll on! (I'm still finding gems of sunset-to-sunrise surprises!)
