Shimbashi Station (original) (raw)
Railway and metro station in Tokyo, Japan
35°39′59″N 139°45′31″E / 35.666301°N 139.758679°E / 35.666301; 139.758679
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 East side of JR Shimbashi Station West Exit |
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| General information | |
| Location | Minato City, TokyoJapan |
| Operated by |  JR East  Tokyo Metro  Toei Subway |
| Line(s) | JY Yamanote Line JT Tōkaidō Main Line JO Yokosuka Line JK Keihin-Tōhoku Line G Ginza Line (G-08) A Asakusa Line (A-10) U Yurikamome (U-01) |
| History | |
| Opened | 16 December 1909; 114 years ago (16 December 1909) |
| Previous names | Karasumori (until 1914) |
| Passengers | |
| JR East, FY2013 | 254,945 daily |
| Services | |
Preceding station JR East Following station HamamatsuchōHMCJY28next clockwise Yamanote Line YūrakuchōJY30next counter-clockwise HamamatsuchōHMCJK23towards Yokohama Keihin–Tōhoku LineLocal YūrakuchōJK25towards Ōmiya ShinagawaOne-way operation Shōnan TokyoTYOJT01Terminus ShinagawaSGWJT03towards Atami Tōkaidō Line ShinagawaSGWJT03Terminus Jōban LineSpecial Rapid TokyoTYOJT01towards Tsuchiura Jōban LineRapid TokyoTYOJT01towards Toride Jōban LineLocal-Futsuu TokyoTYOJT01towards Sendai ShinagawaSGWJO17towards Kurihama Yokosuka Line TokyoTYOJO19Terminus Preceding station Tokyo Metro Following station ToranomonG07towards Shibuya Ginza Line GinzaG09towards Asakusa Preceding station Toei Subway Following station DaimonA09towards Sengakuji Asakusa LineAirport Limited Express NihombashiA13towards Oshiage DaimonA09towards Nishi-magome Asakusa Line Higashi-ginzaA11towards Oshiage Preceding station  Yurikamome Following station Terminus New Transit Yurikamome ShiodomeU02towards Toyosu |
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Shimbashi Station (新橋駅, Shinbashi-eki) is a major interchange railway station in Tokyo's Minato Ward, located centrally and a 10-minute walk from the Ginza shopping district, directly south of Tokyo station.
Many train services such as limited express trains (except the Shōnan (train) service) and the JR East Keihin-Tōhoku Line rapid trains do not stop at this station.
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.
| 1 | JT Tōkaidō Main Line | for Yokohama, Odawara, and Atami |
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| 2 | JU Ueno-Tokyo Line | for Tokyo and Ueno (via JU Utsunomiya Line) for Omiya, Utsunomiya (via JU Takasaki Line) for Takasaki(via JJ Jōban Line) for Toride, Mito |
| 3 | JK Keihin-Tōhoku Line | for Shinagawa, Yokohama, and Ofuna |
| 4 | JY Yamanote Line | for Shinagawa, Shibuya, and Shinjuku |
| 5 | JY Yamanote Line | for Tokyo, Ueno, and Ikebukuro |
| 6 | JK Keihin-Tōhoku Line | for Tokyo, Ueno, and Ōmiya |
Platforms 1 and 2
Platforms 3 and 4
Platforms 5 and 6
Underground platform
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Yokosuka Line platforms
Tokyo Metro operates in an underground station with two side platforms serving the Tokyo Metro Ginza Line.
Ticket gates
Platform 2
Tokyo Metropolitan Bureau of Transportation (Toei)
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Toei operates in an underground station with two side platforms serving the Toei Asakusa Line.
Platforms
The terminus for the Yurikamome is an elevated station next to the JR station.
Yurikamome Shimbashi Station entrance, 2019
Platforms, January 2020
Shimbashi Station, early 20th century
Shimbashi is the original terminus of Japan's first stretch of railway, the Tōkaidō Main Line, and is one of Japan's oldest stations (the oldest station being Shinagawa, 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 Shimbashi Teishajō (新橋停車場).
The present-day structure opened on 16 December 1909 as Karasumori Station (烏森駅) on the Yamanote Line.[1] With the extension of the Tōkaidō Main Line along its modern-day route to the new terminus at Tokyo Station in 1914, the original station was demolished to make way for a freight yard, Shiodome Station (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. 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 Ginza Line operated from a single platform until 1980, when a second parallel platform was opened to relieve congestion.
The Toei Asakusa Line began service to Shimbashi in 1968, and the elevated Yurikamome 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 after the privatization of the Teito Rapid Transit Authority (TRTA) in 2004.[2]
PASMO smart card coverage at this station began on 18 March 2007.[3]
Passenger statistics
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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.[4]
The JR East passenger figures for previous years are as shown below.
| Fiscal year | Daily average |
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| 2000 | 230,393[5] |
| 2005 | 236,116[6] |
| 2010 | 244,916[7] |
| 2011 | 243,890[8] |
| 2012 | 250,682[9] |
| 2013 | 254,945[4] |
- ^ 日本国有鉄道停車場一覧 [_JNR Station Directory_]. Japan: Japanese National Railways. 1985. p. 19. ISBN 4-533-00503-9.
- ^ "「営団地下鉄」から「東京メトロ」へ" [From "Teito Rapid Transit Authority" to "Tokyo Metro"]. Tokyo Metro Online. 2006-07-08. Archived from the original on 16 May 2012. Retrieved 29 May 2022.
- ^ "PASMOは ３月１８日（日）サービスを開始します" [PASMO - The service will start on Sunday, March 18th.] (PDF) (in Japanese). 21 December 2006. Archived (PDF) from the original on 1 May 2020. Retrieved 5 March 2022.
- ^ a b 各駅の乗車人員 （2013年度） [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2013)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. Retrieved 31 August 2014.
- ^ 各駅の乗車人員 （2000年度） [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2000)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. Retrieved 1 August 2013.
- ^ 各駅の乗車人員 （2005年度） [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2005)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. Retrieved 1 August 2013.
- ^ 各駅の乗車人員 （2010年度） [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2010)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. Retrieved 1 August 2013.
- ^ 各駅の乗車人員 （2011年度） [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2011)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. Retrieved 1 August 2013.
- ^ 各駅の乗車人員 （2012年度） [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2012)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. Retrieved 31 August 2014.
- Shimbashi Station information (JR East) (in Japanese)
- Shimbashi Station information (Tokyo Metro) (in Japanese)
- Shimbashi Station information (Toei) (in Japanese)
- Shimbashi Station information (Yurikamome)