Meguro Station

Not to be confused with Naka-Meguro Station.

Meguro Station (目黒駅, Meguro-eki) is a railway station in the Kamiōsaki district of Shinagawa, Tokyo, close to the boundary with Meguro ward.

JY22 MG01 N01 I01 Meguro Station 目黒駅
The main entrance in January 2018
Japanese name
Shinjitai	目黒駅
Kyūjitai	目黑驛
Hiragana	めぐろえき
General information
Location	Kamiōsaki, Shinagawa, Tokyo Japan
Coordinates	35°38′02″N 139°42′58″E
Operated by	Yamanote Line: JR East Meguro, Mita and Namboku Lines: Tokyo Metro Tōkyū Railways (manager) Toei Subway
Line(s)	JY Yamanote Line MG Meguro Line N Namboku Line I Mita Line
Platforms	2 island platforms
Tracks	4
Other information
Station code	J22 MG01 I-01 N-01
History
Opened	16 March 1885; 140 years ago (1885-03-16)
Services Preceding station JR East Following station Gotanda JY23 Next counter-clockwise Yamanote Line Ebisu EBSJY21 Next clockwise Preceding station Tōkyū Railways Following station Musashi-Koyama MG03 towards Hiyoshi Meguro Line Express through to Namboku Line or Mita Line Fudōmae MG02 towards Hiyoshi Meguro Line Local Preceding station Tokyo Metro Following station through to Meguro Line Namboku Line Shirokanedai N02 towards Akabane-iwabuchi Preceding station Toei Subway Following station through to Meguro Line Mita Line Shirokanedai I02 towards Nishi-takashimadaira
Location Meguro Station Location within Tokyo Yamanote Loop Show map of Tokyo Yamanote Loop Meguro Station Meguro Station (Tokyo wards area) Show map of Tokyo wards area Meguro Station Meguro Station (Japan) Show map of Japan

Lines

Meguro Station is served by the following lines:

• East Japan Railway Company (JR East) Yamanote Line
• Tokyo Metro Namboku Line - through service with Tokyu Meguro Line
• Toei Mita Line - through service with Tokyu Meguro Line
• Tokyu Meguro Line - through service with Tokyo Metro Namboku Line and Toei Mita Line

Station layout

The JR East part of the station consists of one island platform serving two tracks. It also has a "Midori no Madoguchi" staffed ticket office and a View Plaza travel agency. The combined Tokyu, Tokyo Metro, and Toei part of the station consists of an island platform located on the 4th basement ("4BF") level.

JR East platforms

1	JY Yamanote Line	for Shinagawa and Tokyo
2	JY Yamanote Line	for Shibuya, Shinjuku, and Ikebukuro

• 
  JR East ticket gates, 2019
• 
  The Yamanote Line platforms in April 2021

Tokyu/Toei/Tokyo Metro platforms

1	MG Meguro Line	for Musashi-Kosugi, Hiyoshi, and Shin-Yokohama Sotetsu Main Line for Ebina via the Tokyu/Sotetsu Shin-Yokohama Line Sotetsu Izumino Line for Shōnandai via the Tokyu/Sotetsu Shin-Yokohama Line
2	I Mita Line	for Otemachi, Suidobashi, Nishi-Takashimadaira
	N Namboku Line	for Iidabashi, Akabane-Iwabuchi SR Saitama Rapid Railway Line for Urawa-Misono

• 
  Tokyu/Tokyo Metro/Toei ticket gates, 2016
• 
  Tokyu/Tokyo Metro/Toei Platforms, 2018

History

The JR East station (originally Nippon Railway station) opened on 16 March 1885.^[1] The Namboku Line and Mita Line subway station opened on 26 September 2000.^[2]

The station facilities of the Namboku Line were inherited by Tokyo Metro after the privatization of the Teito Rapid Transit Authority (TRTA) in 2004.^[3]

Half-height platform edge doors were installed on the two Yamanote Line platforms from 28 August 2010.^[4]

Station numbering was introduced to the JR East platforms in 2016 with Meguro being assigned station number "JY22".^[5][6]

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2013, the JR East station was used by an average of 106,538 passengers daily (boarding passengers only), making it the 31st-busiest JR East station.^[7] Over the same fiscal year, the Tokyu station was used by an average of 248,074 passengers daily, making it the busiest station on the Meguro Line.^[8] In fiscal 2013, the Toei station was used by an average of 42,647 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).^[9] In fiscal 2013, the Tokyo Metro station was used by an average of 102,998 passengers daily. Note that the statistics consider passengers who travel through Meguro station on a through service as users of the station, even if they did not disembark at the station.^[10]

The daily passenger figures for JR East, Tokyu and Tokyo Metro in previous years are as shown below.

Fiscal year	JR East	Tokyu	Tokyo Metro
1999	110,348[11]
2000	106,820[12]
2005	98,344[13]	195,425[14]
2010	102,310[15]	235,597[16]
2011	101,998[17]	236,572[18]	94,530[19]
2012	103,033[20]	241,718[21]	98,495[22]
2013	106,538[7]	248,074[8]	102,998[10]

• Note that JR East figures are for boarding passengers only.

See also

• Tokyo portal

• List of railway stations in Japan