Yamanote Line

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The Yamanote Line (Japanese: 山手線, romanized: Yamanote-sen) is a railway loop service in Tokyo, Japan, operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East). It is one of Tokyo's busiest and most important lines, connecting most of Tokyo's major railway stations and commercial and urban centers, including Shinagawa, Shibuya, Shinjuku, Ikebukuro, Ueno, Tokyo, and the Yūrakuchō and Ginza areas. Twenty-eight of its 30 stations provide connections to other railway or subway lines. In JR East's internal usage, the "Yamanote Line" refers to the 20.6-kilometre (12.8 mi) quadruple-track railway corridor between Shinagawa and Tabata via Shinjuku. The corridor contains two tracks used by Yamanote Line local trains and two parallel tracks known as the "Yamanote Freight Line", used by Saikyō and Shōnan-Shinjuku line trains, some limited express services, and freight trains. In general usage, the "Yamanote Line" refers to the 34.5 km (21.4 mi) loop service that runs through the Yamanote corridor via Shinjuku...

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