Shibuya train station
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 View of the construction site from the northwest in September 2019
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| Location in the network | Junction station |
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| City / municipality | Shibuya |
| prefecture | Tokyo |
| Country | Japan |
| Coordinates | 35 ° 39 '31 " N , 139 ° 42' 5" E |
| Height ( SO ) | 16 m |
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| List of train stations in Japan | |
The Shibuya Station ( Jap. 渋谷駅 , Shibuya-eki ) is located in Shibuya in Tokyo , Japan . It is served by four railway companies with a total of nine train and subway lines, making it one of the busiest train stations in Tokyo Prefecture and is mainly used by commuters .
history
Shibuya Railway Station opened on March 1, 1885. On November 1, 1906, the station, like all stations in Japan, became state-owned by the Japanese National Railways (now JR East ). On August 11, 1907, the Tamagawa Dentetsu (now Tōkyū) began operations at the station. The Yamanote Line followed on October 12, 1909 .
Between 1924 and 1935, the station finally gained national fame through the dog Hachikō . He waited almost ten years for his master Ueno Hidesaburō, who died during a lecture . Today a statue commemorates the dog.
On August 1, 1933, the Shibuya Teito Dentetsu (now Keiō Dentetsu ) began operations. Since December 20, 1938, the Tokyo high-speed railway line (now part of the Tōkyō Metro Ginza line ) has also run through the station. Another metro line reached the station with the Hanzōmon line on August 1, 1978: the Hanzōmon line.
Since December 1, 2001, the Shōnan-Shinjuku line has also passed through the station.
Type of construction and tracks
The original station building was built as a through station for today's JR lines, the tracks run in a north-south direction. Above this, a department store was built by the Tōkyū Group which, in parts of the building, serves the other companies as a train station here in the form of head stations as a train station. The tracks of the JR East, the Ginza Line and the Tōyoko Line run on the second floor of the building, those of the Tōkyō Metro Hanzōmon Line, Fukutoshin Line and the Tōkyū Den'entoshi Line run underground.
JR East platforms
The JR East station has a total of four tracks that can be used by two central platforms .
| 1 | ▉ Yamanote Line | Shinjuku • Ikebukuro • Ueno |
| 2 | ▉ Yamanote Line | Meguro • Shinagawa • Tokyo |
| 3 | ▉ Saikyō line | Shinjuku • Ōmiya • Akabane • Kawagoe |
| ▉ Shōnan-Shinjuku line | Ōmiya • (connection to the JR East Utsunomiya Line ) Utsunomiya | |
| ▉ Shōnan-Shinjuku line | Ōmiya • (connection to the JR East Takasaki Line ) Takasaki | |
| 4th | ▉ Saikyō line | Ōsaki |
| ▉ Shōnan-Shinjuku line | Ōsaki • (connection to the JR East Tōkaidō main line ) Yokohama • Odawara | |
| ▉ Shōnan-Shinjuku line | Ōsaki • (connection to the JR East Yokosuka Line ) Shin-Kawasaki • Kurihama | |
| ▉ Narita Express | Tokyo • Narita Airport |
Platforms Tōyoko Line
The station of the Tōyoko Line is a terminus and has 4 tracks with a total of 4 platforms. Tracks 1 and 3 are used for boarding, tracks 2 and 4 only for getting off. A variant of the Spanish solution is used here.
| 1/3 | ▉ Tōyoko line | Naka-Meguro • Jiyūgaoka • Musashi-Kosugi • Yokohama • ( Minatomirai Line ) Motomachi-Chūkagai |
| 2/4 | ▉ Tōyoko line | only exit |
Platforms Tōkyū Den'entoshi Line, Tōkyō Metro and Hanzōmon Line
Another station with a total of four platforms, distributed over two central platforms, is used in parallel by the Tōkyū Den'entoshi line and the Tōkyō Metro Hanzōmon line and the Fukutoshin line. Track 1 is used by the Den'entoshi line in the direction of Chūō-Rinkan, while track 2 is used by the Hanzōmon line in the direction of Oshiage (Z-14). At the other platform with tracks 3 and 4, the trains of the Fukutoshin line in the direction of Wakōshi (F-01) depart.
| 1 | ▉ Den'entoshi lineage | Nagatsuta • Chūō-Rinkan |
| 2 | ▉ Hanzōmon lineage | Omotesandō (Z-02) • Ōtemachi (Z-08) • Oshiage (Z-14) |
| 3 | ▉ Fukutoshin Line | Meiji-Jingūmae (F-15) • Ikebukuro (F-09) • Wakōshi (F-01) |
| 4th | ▉ Fukutoshin Line | Meiji-Jingūmae (F-15) • Ikebukuro (F-09) • Wakōshi (F-01) |
Platforms Tōkyō Metro Ginza Line
The third line of the Tōkyō Metro at Shibuya Station, the Ginza Line, has a separate station with two tracks on two side platforms. Platform 1 is only used to get off the train, from platform 2 the trains to Asakusa (G-19) leave.
| 1 | ▉ Ginza line | only exit |
| 2 | ▉ Ginza line | Omotesandō (G-02) • Shimbashi (G-08) • Ginza (G-09) • Kanda (G-13) • Ueno (G-16) • Asakusa (G-19) |
Keiō Dentetsu platforms
The Keiō station with the Inokashira line in the direction of Kichijōji is a bit away from the actual main building of the station. It is a terminal station with two tracks that can be used from two side platforms.
| 1/2 | ▉ Inokashira lineage | Shimo-Kitazawa • Meidaimae • Kichijōji |
Lines
A total of three JR East lines operate from Shibuya Station. These are the Saikyo Line, the Shonan Shinjuku Line and the Yamanote Line. Two lines of the Tōkyō Metro begin or end at Shibuya Station. The Ginza Line towards Asakusa and the Hanzōmon Line towards Oshiage start here, the Fukutoshin Line coming from Wakō-shi ends here. In addition, two lines of the Tōkyū begin, on the one hand the Den'entoshi line towards Chūō-rinkan, on the other hand the Tōyoko line to Yokohama . The station is approached by the Keiō society with the Inokashira line in the direction of Kichijōji, this line also begins here. With the exception of the Inokashira line, all color codes used in the table below correspond to the line color codes used by the respective company.
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.svg){kind=logo} Saikyō Line JR East |
Shinjuku | ||
| Ebisu |
JR East Shonan-Shinjuku Line |
Shinjuku | ||
| Ebisu |
Yamanote Line JR East |
Harajuku | ||
| Meiji-jingūmae (F-15) |
 Fukutoshin Line (F-16) Tōkyō Metro |
The End | ||
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Ginza Line (G-01) Tōkyō Metro |
Omotesandō (G-02) | ||
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Hanzōmon Line (Z-01) Tōkyō Metro |
Omotesandō (Z-02) | ||
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 Den'entoshi line Tōkyū |
Ikejiri-Ōhashi | ||
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Tōyoko line Tōkyū Dentetsu |
Daikan-yama | ||
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 Inokashira lineage Keiō |
Shinsen | ||
In express service with reserved seats, Shibuya station is served by the JR Narita Express ( Shinjuku - Tokyo Narita Airport ). In addition, the regular express trains (without reserved seats) of the Tōyoko (Shibuya- Yokohama ) and Den'entoshi lines (Shibuya-Chūō-Rinkan) from Tōkyō Kyūkō and the Inokashira line (Shibuya- Kichijōji ) from Keiō Dentetsu begin here .
Surroundings
The bronze statue of the dog Hachikō dominates the square on the western side of the station in front of the Hachikō Exit of the station. It serves as the main point of reference for meetings at Shibuya Station and is one of the most popular meeting places for teenagers in Tokyo.
Directly to the north of the square is a large everyone-go-junction with its three giant advertising screens on the surrounding buildings, which are often used as a motif for busy and fashion-conscious Tokyo.
Since Shibuya is primarily known as a shopping district, Center-Gai Street, with its countless boutiques, CD shops and department stores - the most prominent among them the Shibuya 109 - is the main attraction at Shibuya Station.
use
The table below shows the passenger numbers of the individual companies, these are broken down as far as the specified sources allow. For the JR East and Tōkyō Metro, only cumulative values are available for all three lines.
| society | Passengers per day | Fiscal year | source | comment | |
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| JR East | 371,789 (only entrances) | 2014 | Passenger numbers JR East | Rank 5 of all JR East train stations | |
| Keiō | 336,805 | 2014 | Passenger numbers Keiō | Rank 2 of all train stations of the Keiō society | |
| Tōkyū | Den'entoshi line | 662.870 | 2014 | Passenger numbers on Den'entoshi line | The line and station with the highest number of boarding and disembarking of the Tōkyū |
| Tōyoko line | 445.673 | 2014 | Passenger numbers toyoko line | After the Den'entoshi line, most of the passengers on a line at one station | |
| Tōkyō Metro | Hanzōmon Line Fukutoshin Line |
753.571 | 2014 | Passenger numbers Tōkyō Metro | |
| Ginza line | 212,534 | 2014 | Passenger numbers Tōkyō Metro | The station ranks 7th among the most frequently used stations on the Tōkyō Metro | |
| total | min. 2,783,242 | ||||
