Shimbashi Station

Shimbashi Station (新橋駅, Shinbashi-eki, "New Bridge Station") 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.

For the original Shimbashi Station opened in 1872, see Shiodome Freight Terminal.

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East side of JR Shimbashi Station West Exit
Location	Minato, Tokyo Japan
Operated by	JR East Tokyo Metro Toei
Line(s)	JY Yamanote Line JT Tōkaidō Main Line JO Yokosuka Line JK Keihin-Tōhoku Line G Tokyo Metro Ginza Line (G-08) A Toei Asakusa Line (A-10) U Yurikamome (U-01)
History
Opened	1909
Previous names	Karasumori (until 1914)
Traffic
Passengers (JR East, FY2013)	254,945 daily
Services
Preceding station JR East Following station Hamamatsuchō HMCJY28 next clockwise Yamanote Line Yūrakuchō JY30 next counter-clockwise Hamamatsuchō HMCJK23 toward Yokohama Keihin–Tōhoku Line      Local Yūrakuchō JK25 toward Ōmiya Shinagawa SGWJT03 toward Odawara Shōnan Liner (Limited service) Tokyo TYOJT01JU01 Terminus Tōkaidō Main Line      Commuter Rapid Shinagawa SGWJT03 toward Atami Tōkaidō Main Line Rapid Acty      Local & Rapid Rabbit/Urban Shinagawa SGWJT03 Terminus Jōban Line      Special Rapid Tokyo TYOJT01JU01 toward Sendai Jōban Line Local-Futsuu Jōban Line Rapid Tokyo TYOJT01JU01 toward Toride Shinagawa SGWJO17 toward Kurihama Yokosuka Line Tokyo TYOJO19 Terminus Preceding station Tokyo Metro Following station Toranomon G07 toward Shibuya Ginza Line Ginza G09 toward Asakusa Preceding station Toei Subway Following station Daimon A09 toward Nishi-magome Asakusa Line Airport Limited Express Nihombashi A13 toward Oshiage Asakusa Line Higashi-ginza A11 toward Oshiage Preceding station Yurikamome Following station Terminus New Transit Yurikamome Shiodome U02 toward Toyosu
Location
Shimbashi Station Location within Special wards of Tokyo Show map of Special wards of Tokyo Shimbashi Station Shimbashi Station (Japan) Show map of Japan

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

1	JT Tōkaidō Main Line	for Yokohama, Odawara, and Atami
2	JU Ueno-Tokyo Line	for 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

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  Platforms 1 and 2
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  Platforms 3 and 4
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  Platforms 5 and 6

Underground platform

1	JO Yokosuka Line	for Yokohama, Ofuna, and Kurihama
2	JO Yokosuka Line	for Tokyo, Funabashi, and Chiba

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  Yokosuka Line platforms

Tokyo Metro

Tokyo Metro operates in an underground station with two side platforms serving the Tokyo Metro Ginza Line.

1	G Tokyo Metro Ginza Line	for Akasaka-Mitsuke and Shibuya
2	G Tokyo Metro Ginza Line	for Ginza, Ueno, and Asakusa

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  Ticket gates
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  Platform 2

Tokyo Metropolitan Bureau of Transportation (Toei)

Toei operates in an underground station with two side platforms serving the Toei Asakusa Line.

1	A Toei Asakusa Line	for Sengakuji and Nishi-Magome KK Keikyu Main Line for Haneda Airport and Misakiguchi
2	A Toei Asakusa Line	for Nihombashi, Oshiage KS Keisei Line lines for Keisei-Takasago, Keisei-Tsudanuma and Narita Airport HS Hokuso Railway for Imba-Nihon-Idai KS Narita Sky Access Line for Narita Airport SR Shibayama Railway Line for Shibayama-Chiyoda

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  Platforms

Yurikamome

The terminus for the Yurikamome is an elevated station next to the JR station.

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Yurikamome

for Daiba, Toyosu

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  Yurikamome Shimbashi Station entrance, 2019
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  Platforms, January 2020

History

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 goods 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.

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.[2]

The JR East passenger figures for previous years are as shown below.

Fiscal year	Daily average
2000	230,393[3]
2005	236,116[4]
2010	244,916[5]
2011	243,890[6]
2012	250,682[7]
2013	254,945[2]

See also

• List of railway stations in Japan

References

1. 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.
2. 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.
3. 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.
4. 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.
5. 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.
6. 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.
7. 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.

External links

• Shimbashi Station information (JR East) (in Japanese)
• Shimbashi Station information (Tokyo Metro) (in Japanese)
• Shimbashi Station information (Toei) (in Japanese)
• Shimbashi Station information (Yurikamome)