Shimbashi station

Shimbashi station
State railway class C11 locomotive on the station forecourt
Data
Location in the network	Junction station
Design	Through station Terminal station ( Yurikamome )
Platform tracks	6 ( JR above ground) 2 (JR underground) 2 ( Tōkyō Chikatetsu ) 2 ( Toei Chikatetsu ) 2 ( Yurikamome )
abbreviation	シ ン ( Shi-N )
opening	October 15, 1872 (at the old location)
location
City / municipality	Minato
prefecture	Tokyo
Country	Japan
Coordinates	35 ° 39 '56 "  N , 139 ° 45' 35"  E Coordinates: 35 ° 39 '56 "  N , 139 ° 45' 35"  E
Railway lines
JR Tōkaidō Main Line Densha-sen ( Yamanote Line ) Ressha-sen (Tōkaidō Line) Chika-sen ( Yokosuka Line ) Tōkyō Chikatetsu Ginza line Toei Chikatetsu Asakusa Line Yurikamome Tōkyō-rinkai-shinkōtsū-rinkai line
List of train stations in Japan

The Shimbashi Station ( Japanese 新橋 駅 , Shimbashi-eki ) in Minato in Tokyo Prefecture is an important inner-city hub station. Historically, it was one of the first train stations in Tokyo and the starting point of the first railway line in Japan to Yokohama. Today it is operated by the JR Higashi-Nihon ( English JR East ), there are also two subway stations, one of the Tokyo Prefecture Transportation Office and one of the Tōkyō Chikatetsu (English Tokyo Metro ) and the terminus of the Tōkyō-rinkai-shinkōtsū -rinkai line operated by KK Yurikamome under private law.

history

State railway

The Shimbashi terminus was opened in 1872 at the location of the later Shiodome freight station , when the first railway line from Japan to Yokohama (today: Sakuragichō ) began operations. After it had been extended to Kobe, it was named Tōkaidō Line in 1895. When the Yamanote line began operating in 1909, the Karasumori ( 烏森 駅 ) station was opened for passenger services at the location of today's Shimbashi station . In 1914 the construction of the Tokyo station was completed. The starting point of the Tōkaidō line was moved there, the Karasumori station now became Shimbashi station, and the old station was henceforth called Shiodome.

In 1974 the underground line ( Chika-sen ) of the Tōkaidō line between Tokyo and Shinagawa was completed, and the trains of the Yokosuka line run on it .

When the state railway was split up and privatized in 1987, the station fell to JR Higashi-Nihon.

Subway

In 1934, Tokyo's first subway line, today's Ginza Line , was extended from Ginza to Shimbashi. In 1939, the subway station became a through station when an extension of the second section between Shibuya and Toranomon was completed. In 2004 the station was privatized with the Ginza line and transferred to the Tōkyo Chikatetsu KK.

Tokyo Prefecture's subway line 1, which opened in 1960 from Oshiage to Asakusabashi, was extended to Shimbashi in 1963. A year later, the extension to Daimon opened. In 1978 the line was officially named Asakusa Line. Today Shimbashi Station is numbered A-10.

Yurikamome

Entrance to the Yurikamome train station

As the starting point of the Tōkyō-Rinkai-Shinkōtsū-Rinkai line of the Yurikamome, the Shimbashi terminus was opened in 1995. In 2001 the station was moved west to its current location during construction work on Shiodome Shiosite.

Lines and neighboring stations

←	Lines			→
Tokyo		JR Higashi-Nihon Tōkaidō Line		Shinagawa
Yūrakuchō		Keihin-Tōhoku Line (Local Trains) JR Higashi-Nihon		Hamamatsucho
Yūrakuchō		Yamanote Line JR Higashi-Nihon		Hamamatsucho
Tokyo		Yokosuka Line JR Higashi-Nihon at the underground station		Shinagawa
Toranomon (G-07)		Ginza Line (G-08) Tōkyō Chikatetsu		Ginza (G-09)
Daimon (A-09)		Asakusa Line (A-10) Toei Chikatetsu		Higashi-Ginza (A-11) Nihombashi (A-13) ( Airport "Schnell-Express")
Beginning		Tōkyō-rinkai-shinkōtsū-rinkai Line (U-01) Yurikamome		Shiodome (U-02)

Surroundings

Yurikamome Shimbashi Station, Shiodome City Center on the right

Shimbashi is a commercial center with numerous office buildings. The Shiodome Shiosite building complex with the 215-meter-high Shiodome City Center, the Nihon TV Tower and the Dentsū Building is located between the Shimbashi and Shiodome stations . The headquarters of the food and cosmetics company Yakult is also nearby .

The arcades under the elevated railway around Shimbashi Station are partially used by shops and restaurants.

use

In 2007, an average of 249,607 people used the JR Lines and 217,790 the Tokyo Metro every day.

Barrier-free access

The station is equipped with disabled toilets. There are no elevators, but the platforms can be reached via escalators.

Web links

Commons : Shimbashi Station  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Official JR homepage for the train station

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Homepage of JR