Shinjuku Station
Major railway and metro station in Tokyo, Japan / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Shinjuku Station (新宿駅, Shinjuku-eki) is a major railway station in Tokyo, Japan, that serves as the main connecting hub for rail traffic between central/eastern Tokyo (the special wards) and Western Tokyo on the inter-city rail, commuter rail, and subway lines. The station straddles the boundary between the Shinjuku and Shibuya special wards. In Shinjuku, it is in the Nishi-Shinjuku and Shinjuku districts; in Shibuya, it is in the Yoyogi and Sendagaya districts.
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Location | Shinjuku and Shibuya wards, Tokyo Japan |
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Status | Active |
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Opened | 1 March 1885; 139 years ago (1885-03-01) |
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The station was used by an average of 3.59 million people per day in 2018, making it the world's busiest transport hub by far (and registered as such with Guinness World Records).[1] The main East Japan Railway Company (JR East) station and the directly adjacent private railways have a total of 35 platforms, an underground arcade, above-ground arcade and numerous hallways with another 17 platforms (53 total) that can be accessed through hallways to 5 directly connected stations without surfacing outside. The entire above/underground complex has well over 200 exits.