Shibuya Station
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Shibuya Station (渋谷駅 Shibuya-eki?) is a train station located in Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan. With 2.4 million passengers on an average weekday in 2004, it is the third-busiest commuter rail station in Tokyo (after Shinjuku and Ikebukuro), handling a large amount of commuter traffic between the center city and suburbs to the south and west.
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[edit] Lines
JR:
- Saikyō Line / Shōnan-Shinjuku Line - also used by Narita Express trains
- Yamanote Line - unusual platform configuration, with both train lines on the same side (east) of platform
Private railways:
- Keiō Inokashira Line - terminal station
- Tōkyū Den-en-toshi Line - through service with Hanzōmon Line
- Tōkyū Tōyoko Line - terminal station
Subways:
- Tōkyō Metro Ginza Line - terminal station
- Tōkyō Metro Hanzōmon Line - through service with Tōkyū Den-en-toshi Line
- Tōkyō Metro Fukutoshin Line - under construction, to open in 2008; will have through service to Tōkyū Tōyoko Line beginning in 2012
Note that there is no direct connection between the two Tōkyō Metro lines, or between the two Tōkyū lines.
[edit] Station Layout
The main station building is occupied by a Tokyu department store. The Tokyo Metro Ginza Line, originally built and operated by a Tokyu keiretsu company, uses platforms on the third floor. The JR lines and Tōkyū Tōyoko Line use parallel platforms on the second floor, while the Tōkyō Metro Hanzōmon Line and Tōkyū Den-en-toshi Line share platforms underground, and the Keiō Inokashira Line uses platforms on the second floor of the Shibuya Mark City building to the west of the main station complex. The Tōkyō Metro Line is scheduled to open in 2007, and the Tōyoko Line station will thereafter be moved underground to allow through service between the two lines starting in 2012.
There are six exits from the main JR/Tōkyū/Tōkyō Metro complex. The Hachikō Exit (ハチ公口 Hachikō-guchi?) on the west side, named for the nearby statue of the dog Hachikō and adjacent to Shibuya's famous scramble crossing, is a particularly popular meeting spot. The Tamagawa Exit (玉川口 Tamagawa-guchi?) on the west side leads to the Keiō Inokashira Line station.
[edit] JR East
- Yamanote Line : 1-island platform, 1-way for Meguro, Shinagawa and Tokyo and 1-side platform 1-way for Shinjuku and Ikebukuro.
- Saikyo Line and Shonan Shinjuku Line : 1-island platform with 2-ways.
| 1 | ■Yamanote Line | Meguro ・ Shinagawa ・ Tokyo |
| 2 | ■Yamanote Line | Shinjuku・ Ikebukuro |
| 3 | ■Saikyo Line | Shinjuku ・ Ikebukuro ・ Akabame ・ Ōmiya |
| ■Shonan-Shinjuku Line (Through service for Takasaki Line) |
Ōmiya ・ Kumagaya ・ Takasaki ・ Maebashi | |
| ■Shonan-Shinjuku Line (Through service for Utsunomiya Line) |
Ōmiya ・ Oyama ・ Utsunomiya | |
| 4 | ■Saikyo Line Rinkai Line |
Ebisu ・ Ōsaki Shin-Kiba |
| ■Shonan-Shinjuku Line (Through service for Tōkaidō Line) |
Yokohama ・ Ōfuna ・ Odawara | |
| ■Shonan-Shinjuku Line (Through service for Yokosuka Line) |
Yokohama ・ Ōfuna ・ Zushi | |
| ■Ltd. Express "Narita Express" | Narita Airport |
[edit] Tokyu Toyoko Line
- Bay platforms 4-platforms with 4-ways.
| 1・2 | ■Tokyu Toyoko Line | Naka-Meguro ・ Jiyūgaoka ・ Yokohama ・ (Minato Mirai Line) Motomachi-Chūkagai |
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| 3・4 | ■Tokyu Toyoko Line | Naka-Meguro ・ Jiyūgaoka ・ Yokohama ・ (Minato Mirai Line) Motomachi-Chūkagai |
| ■(Exit Only) |
[edit] Tokyu Den-en-toshi Line and Tokyo Metro Hanzomon Line
- 1-island platform with 2-ways.
| 1 | ■Tokyu Den-en-toshi Line | Futako-Tamagawa ・ Nagatsuda ・ Chūō-Rinkan |
| 2 | ○Hanzomon Line | Ōtemachi ・ Oshiage ・ (Tōbu Isesaki Line) Kuki ・ (Tōbu Nikkō Line) Minami-Kurihashi |
[edit] Tokyo Metro Ginza Line
- 2-side platforms with 2-ways.
| 1 | ■(Exit Only) | |
| 2 | ○Ginza Line | Akasaka-mitsuke ・ Ginza ・ Ueno ・ Asakusa |
[edit] Keio Inokashira Line
- Bay Platforms : 2-platforms with 2-ways.
| 1・2 | ■Inokashira Line | Shimo-Kitazawa ・ Meidaimae ・ Eifukuchō ・ Kugayama ・ Kichijōji |
[edit] History
Shibuya Station first opened on March 1, 1885 as a stop on the Shinagawa Line, a predecessor of the present-day Yamanote Line. The station was later expanded to accommodate the Tamagawa Railway (1907; closed 1969), the Tōkyō Line (1927), the Teito Shibuya Line (1933; now the Inokashira Line), the Tōkyō Rapid Railway (1938; began through service with the Ginza Line in 1939 and formally merged in 1941), the Den-en-toshi Line (1977) and the Hanzōmon Line (1978).
[edit] Trivia
There is an underground river running under the station, to the east and parallel to the JR tracks. Unlike most other Japanese department stores, the east block of Tokyu department store (which constitute the east exit of the station) does not have retail space in the basement because of this. An escalator in the east block built over the river stops a few steps above floor level to make space for machinery underneath without digging. Rivers are deemed public space by Japanese law, so building over one is normally illegal. It is not clear why this was allowed when it was first built in 1933.
[edit] Adjacent stations
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| Terminus | Keio Inokashira Line | Shinsen | ||
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| Through to Den-en-toshi Line | Tokyo Metro Hanzomon Line | Omotesandō | ||
| Terminus | Tokyu Toyoko Line | Daikan-yama | ||
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| Terminus | Tokyo Metro Ginza Line | Omotesandō |
Shinagawa - Ōsaki - Gotanda - Meguro - Ebisu - Shibuya - Harajuku - Yoyogi - Shinjuku - Shin-Ōkubo - Takadanobaba - Mejiro - Ikebukuro - Ōtsuka - Sugamo - Komagome - Tabata - Nishi-Nippori - Nippori - Uguisudani - Ueno - Okachimachi - Akihabara - Kanda - Tōkyō - Yūrakuchō - Shimbashi - Hamamatsuchō - Tamachi - Shinagawa
Shibuya - Daikan-yama - (Towards Kita-Senju>>) Naka-Meguro - Yūtenji - Gakugeidaigaku - Toritsudaigaku - Jiyūgaoka - Den-en-Chōfu - Tamagawa - Shin-Maruko - Musashi-Kosugi - Motosumiyoshi - Hiyoshi - Tsunashima - Ōkurayama - Kikuna - Myōrenji - Hakuraku - Higashi-Hakuraku - Tanmachi - Yokohama (>>Towards Motomachi-Chukagai)
(thru Minami-Kurihashi, Kuki, Oshiage>>) Shibuya - Ikejiri-Ōhashi - Sangen-Jaya - Komazawa-Daigaku - Sakura-Shimmachi - Yōga - Futako-Tamagawa - Futako-Shinchi - Takatsu - Mizonokuchi - Kajigaya - Miyazakidai - Miyamaedaira - Saginuma - Tama-Plaza - Azamino - Eda - Ichigao - Fujigaoka - Aobadai - Tana - Nagatsuta - Tsukushino - Suzukakedai - Minami-Machida - Tsukimino - Chūō-Rinkan
Former stations: Manseibashi
Shibuya - Shinsen - Komaba-Tōdaimae - Ikenoue - Shimo-Kitazawa - Shin-Daita - Higashi-Matsubara - Meidaimae - Eifukuchō - Nishi-Eifuku - Hamadayama - Takaido - Fujimigaoka - Kugayama - Mitakadai - Inokashira-kōen - Kichijōji
[edit] External links
Categories: Shonan Shinjuku Line | Saikyo Line | Yamanote Line | Tokyu Toyoko Line | Tokyu Den-en-toshi Line | Tokyo Metro Ginza Line | Tokyo Metro Hanzomon Line | Keio Inokashira Line | Stations of East Japan Railway Company | Stations of Tokyo Kyuko Electric Railway | Stations of Tokyo Metro | Stations of Keio Electric Railway | Railway stations in Tokyo
