History
Keisei Ueno opened in 1933 as Ueno-Kōen Station, the new Tokyo-side terminus of the Keisei Main Line. The line reached Ueno via Keisei's absorption of Tsukuba Kōsoku Denki Tetsudō on 15 October 1930, whose Ueno extension licence Keisei then used; tunnelling under Ueno Park was strictly bound to protect the cherry trees and Kan'ei-ji structures. The Keisei Ueno-Nippori tracks were requisitioned by the Ministry of Transport on 10 June 1945 and reopened on 1 October 1945. The station was renamed Keisei Ueno on 1 May 1953. A 1972–1975 expansion for Skyliner services rebuilt the platforms as two islands serving four 10-car tracks, and a comprehensive renovation completed on 19 March 2019 introduced wider gates and an "Ueno-no-Mori" themed concourse.
History summarized from Japanese & English Wikipedia · last reviewed 2026-05-18.
Notes
The original 1933 Keisei Ueno station building, built across Chūō-dōri from the present front exit, later served as Keisei Electric Railway's head office and operated as the Ueno Keisei Hotel from 1969 to 1977 before being demolished in 2006; Yodobashi Camera Multimedia Ueno now occupies the site.