Shimbashi Station

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

35.666301°N 139.758679°E / 35.666301; 139.758679

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East side of JR Shimbashi Station West Exit
General information
Location	Minato City, Tokyo Japan
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; 115 years ago (16 December 1909)
Previous names	Karasumori (until 1914)
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 towards Yokohama Keihin–Tōhoku Line Local Yūrakuchō JK25 towards Ōmiya Shinagawa One-way operation Shōnan Tokyo TYOJT01 Terminus Shinagawa SGWJT03 towards Atami Tōkaidō Line Shinagawa SGWJT03 Terminus Jōban Line Special Rapid Tokyo TYOJT01 towards Tsuchiura Jōban Line Rapid Tokyo TYOJT01 towards Toride Jōban Line Local-Futsuu Tokyo TYOJT01 towards Sendai Shinagawa SGWJO17 towards Kurihama Yokosuka Line Tokyo TYOJO19 Terminus Preceding station Tokyo Metro Following station Toranomon G07 towards Shibuya Ginza Line Ginza G09 towards Asakusa Preceding station Toei Subway Following station Daimon A09 towards Sengakuji Asakusa Line Airport Limited Express Nihombashi A13 towards Oshiage Daimon A09 towards Nishi-magome Asakusa Line Higashi-ginza A11 towards Oshiage Preceding station Yurikamome Following station Terminus New Transit Yurikamome Shiodome U02 towards 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. It is also served by Toei Subway's Asakusa Line and Tokyo Metro's Ginza Line. It is also relatively close to Uchisaiwaicho Station on the Toei Mita Line (located 230 meters to the northwest), although it is not officially recognized as a transfer station and there is no transfer corridor between the two stations.

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 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

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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 Ginza Line	for Akasaka-mitsuke and Shibuya
2	G 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 Asakusa Line	for Sengakuji and Nishi-Magome KK Keikyu Main Line for Haneda Airport Terminal 1·2 and Misakiguchi
2	A Asakusa Line	for Nihombashi and Oshiage KS Keisei Main Line for Aoto, Keisei Takasago, Keisei Sakura, Keisei Narita, and Narita Airport (Terminal 2·3 and Terminal 1) HS Hokusō Line 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.

1/2

Yurikamome

for Daiba, Tokyo Big Sight, Shijō-mae, and 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 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.^[2]

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.^[3]

PASMO smart card coverage at this station began on 18 March 2007.^[4]

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.^[5]

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

Fiscal year	Daily average
2000	230,393[6]
2005	236,116[7]
2010	244,916[8]
2011	243,890[9]
2012	250,682[10]
2013	254,945[5]

See also

• Tokyo portal

• List of railway stations in Japan