is a major interchange railway station in
Tokyo
Tokyo (; ja, 東京, , ), officially the Tokyo Metropolis ( ja, 東京都, label=none, ), is the capital and largest city of Japan. Formerly known as Edo, its metropolitan area () is the most populous in the world, with an estimated 37.468 ...
's
Minato Ward, located centrally and a 10-minute walk from the
Ginza
Ginza ( ; ja, 銀座 ) is a district of Chūō, Tokyo, located south of Yaesu and Kyōbashi, west of Tsukiji, east of Yūrakuchō and Uchisaiwaichō, and north of Shinbashi. It is a popular upscale shopping area of Tokyo, with numerous intern ...
shopping district, directly south of Tokyo station.
Station layout
JR East
The JR East station consists of three surface platforms serving the Tōkaidō, Yamanote, and Keihin-Tōhoku lines, and an underground platform serving the Yokosuka Line.
Surface platforms
File:JR Shimbashi Station Ground Platform 1・2.jpg, Platforms 1 and 2
File:JR Shimbashi Station platforms with platform doors oct 21 2020 21 53 15 099000.jpeg, Platforms 3 and 4
File:JR Shimbashi Station platforms 5 - 6 - Oct 22 2020 various 12 34 37 660000.jpeg, Platforms 5 and 6
Underground platform
File:JR_Shimbashi_Station_Underground_Platform_1・2_(20210410).jpg, Yokosuka Line platforms
Tokyo Metro
Tokyo Metro operates in an underground station with two
side platform
A side platform (also known as a marginal platform or a single-face platform) is a platform positioned to the side of one or more railway tracks or guideways at a railway station, tram stop, or transitway. A station having dual side platforms ...
s serving the
Tokyo Metro Ginza Line
The is a subway line in Tokyo, Japan, operated by Tokyo Metro. The official name is . It is 14.3 km long and serves the wards of Shibuya, Minato, Chūō, Chiyoda, and Taitō. It is the oldest subway line in Asia.
The line was named af ...
.
File:Ginza line - Shimbashi stn ticket gates - Jan 29 2018.jpg, Ticket gates
File:Shimbashi Station-2.jpg, Platform 2
Tokyo Metropolitan Bureau of Transportation (Toei)
Toei operates in an underground station with two side platforms serving the
Toei Asakusa Line
The is a subway line in Tokyo, Japan, operated by the Tokyo subway operator Toei Subway. The line runs between in Ōta and in Sumida. The line is named after the Asakusa district, a cultural center of Tokyo, under which it passes.
The Asak ...
.
File:Asakusa Line - Shimbashi Station platform - Oct 16 2019 19 37 37 923000.jpeg, Platforms
Yurikamome
The terminus for the
Yurikamome
, formerly the , is an automated guideway transit service operated by ''Yurikamome, Inc.'', connecting Shimbashi to Toyosu, via the artificial island of Odaiba in Tokyo, Japan, a market in which it competes with the Rinkai Line.
The line is name ...
is an elevated station next to the JR station.
File:Yurikamome-shimbashistn-entrance-2019-5-16.JPG, Yurikamome Shimbashi Station entrance, 2019
File:Shimbashi Station yurikamome Line platforms Jan 30 2020 2pm.jpeg, Platforms, January 2020
History
![Shinbashi eki](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/66/Shinbashi_eki.jpg)
Shimbashi is the original terminus of Japan's first stretch of railway, the
Tōkaidō Main Line
The is a major Japanese railway line of the Japan Railways Group (JR Group) network, connecting and stations. It is long, not counting its many freight feeder lines around the major cities. The high-speed Tōkaidō Shinkansen largely parallel ...
, and is one of Japan's oldest stations (the oldest station being , a few kilometres down the line). The
original Shimbashi Station, opened on October 10, 1872, was built some way to the east of the modern-day structure and was known as .
The present-day structure opened on 16 December 1909 as on the
Yamanote Line
The Yamanote Line ( ja, 山手線, Yamanote-sen) is a 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 stations and urban ...
.
With the extension of the
Tōkaidō Main Line
The is a major Japanese railway line of the Japan Railways Group (JR Group) network, connecting and stations. It is long, not counting its many freight feeder lines around the major cities. The high-speed Tōkaidō Shinkansen largely parallel ...
along its modern-day route to the new terminus at
Tokyo Station
Tokyo Station ( ja, 東京駅, ) is a railway station in Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan. The original station is located in Chiyoda's Marunouchi business district near the Tokyo Imperial Palace, Imperial Palace grounds. The newer Eastern extension is ...
in 1914, the original station was demolished to make way for a freight yard,
Shiodome Station
is a railway station in Minato, Tokyo, Japan. It serves as an interchange for the Toei Ōedo Line (E-19) and Yurikamome (U-02).
Line
*Yurikamome
*Toei Ōedo Line
Station layout
Both parts of the station are not directly linked to one another.
...
(汐留駅), and Karasumori Station was renamed Shimbashi Station.
Japan's first subway line, operated by the Tokyo Underground Railroad Company, was extended to Shimbashi in 1934. In January 1939, the Tokyo Rapid Railway Company built a second subway station at Shimbashi for its line from
Shibuya
Shibuya ( 渋谷 区 ''Shibuya-ku'') is a special ward in Tokyo, Japan. As a major commercial and finance center, it houses two of the busiest railway stations in the world, Shinjuku Station (southern half) and Shibuya Station.
As of April 1 ...
. After several months, the lines were merged to allow through service, and the TRR station was closed. In 1941 the two companies merged forming today's
Tokyo Metro Ginza Line
The is a subway line in Tokyo, Japan, operated by Tokyo Metro. The official name is . It is 14.3 km long and serves the wards of Shibuya, Minato, Chūō, Chiyoda, and Taitō. It is the oldest subway line in Asia.
The line was named af ...
. The Ginza Line operated from a single platform until 1980, when a second parallel platform was opened to relieve congestion.
The
Toei Asakusa Line
The is a subway line in Tokyo, Japan, operated by the Tokyo subway operator Toei Subway. The line runs between in Ōta and in Sumida. The line is named after the Asakusa district, a cultural center of Tokyo, under which it passes.
The Asak ...
began service to Shimbashi in 1968, and the elevated
Yurikamome
, formerly the , is an automated guideway transit service operated by ''Yurikamome, Inc.'', connecting Shimbashi to Toyosu, via the artificial island of Odaiba in Tokyo, Japan, a market in which it competes with the Rinkai Line.
The line is name ...
station opened in 1995.
Shiodome Station closed in 1986. The site was declared a national monument in 1996 and the area was archeologically investigated while being redeveloped as a commercial district ("Shiosite") with a number of large office blocks. In 2003 a reconstruction of the original Shimbashi Station building and part of the platforms was completed. It currently houses a railway history exhibit and a restaurant.
The station facilities of the Ginza Line were inherited by
Tokyo Metro
The is a major rapid transit system in Tokyo, Japan, operated by the Tokyo Metro Co. With an average daily ridership of 6.84 million passengers, the Tokyo Metro is the larger of the two subway operators in the city; the other being the Toei ...
after the privatization of the
Teito Rapid Transit Authority (TRTA) in 2004.
PASMO
is a rechargeable contactless smart card electronic money system. It is primarily used for public transport in Tokyo, Japan, where it was introduced on 18 March 2007. Pasmo can also be used as a payment card for vending machines and stores. ...
smart card
A smart card, chip card, or integrated circuit card (ICC or IC card) is a physical electronic authentication device, used to control access to a resource. It is typically a plastic credit card-sized card with an embedded integrated circuit (IC) c ...
coverage at this station began operation on 18 March 2007.
Passenger statistics
In fiscal 2013, the JR East station was used by an average of 254,945 passengers daily (boarding passengers only), making it the seventh busiest station operated by JR East.
The JR East passenger figures for previous years are as shown below.
See also
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List of railway stations in Japan
The links below contain all of the 8579 railway stations in Japan.
External links
{{Portal bar, Japan, Trains
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Railway stations
Japan
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References
External links
Shimbashi Station information(JR East)
(Tokyo Metro)
(Toei)
Shimbashi Station information(Yurikamome)
{{Yurikamome
Tōkaidō Main Line
Yamanote Line
Yokosuka Line
Keihin-Tōhoku Line
Tokyo Metro Ginza Line
Toei Asakusa Line
Yurikamome
Stations of East Japan Railway Company
Stations of Tokyo Metro
Stations of Tokyo Metropolitan Bureau of Transportation
Railway stations in Tokyo
Railway stations in Japan opened in 1909