New station opens on Tokyo's iconic Yamanote loop rail line

A new train station with easy access to Haneda airport and the Shinkansen bullet train opened in Tokyo on Saturday, becoming the first new stop on the capital's busy Yamanote loop line in nearly 50 years.Some 350 people gathered when the shutters of Takanawa Gateway Station's main entrance opened at 4:15 a.m. and applauded as the first train left the station 20 minutes later. The station is also a new stop on the Keihin Tohoku Line.Featuring wayfinding robots and a shop with automated checkouts, it opened between Tamachi and Shinagawa stations as the 30th stop on East Japan Railway Co.'s Ya…READ FULL ARTICLE