Shibuya Station
Shibuya Station 渋谷駅 | |
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 The station's Hachiko exit in August 2015 | |
| Location | Shibuya, Tokyo Japan |
| Coordinates | 35°39′31″N 139°42′05″E / 35.658514°N 139.70133°ECoordinates: 35°39′31″N 139°42′05″E / 35.658514°N 139.70133°E |
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| Connections | Bus terminal |
| History | |
| Opened | 1885 |
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  Shibuya Station Location within Special wards of Tokyo | |
Shibuya Station (渋谷駅, Shibuya-eki) is a railway station in Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan, operated jointly by East Japan Railway Company (JR East), Keio Corporation, Tokyu Corporation, and Tokyo Metro. With 2.4 million passengers on an average weekday in 2004, it is the fourth-busiest commuter rail station in Japan and the world (after Shinjuku, Ikebukuro, and Ōsaka / Umeda) handling a large amount of commuter traffic between the center city and suburbs to the south and west.[1]
Lines[]
JR East[]
- JA Saikyō Line / JS Shōnan–Shinjuku Line (Yamanote Freight Line) - also used by Narita Express trains
- JY Yamanote Line - unusual platform configuration, with both train lines on the same side (east) of the platforms
Private railways[]
Keio Inokashira Line - terminus- DT Tokyu Den-en-toshi Line - through service with Tokyo Metro Hanzomon Line
- TY Tokyu Toyoko Line - through service with Tokyo Metro Fukutoshin Line
Subways[]
- G Tokyo Metro Ginza Line - terminus
- Z Tokyo Metro Hanzomon Line - through service with Tokyu Den-en-toshi Line
- F Tokyo Metro Fukutoshin Line - through service with Tokyu Tōyoko Line
Note that the Tokyo Metro Hanzomon Line and Fukutoshin Line are directly connected (without passing through ticket gates), but they are not directly connected to the Ginza Line.
Station layout[]
In 2013 and 2014, Shibuya station underwent major renovations as a part of a long-term site redevelopment plan.[2] While all rail and subway lines continued to operate, some station exits and entrances were subject to change. As of March 2013, the east side of the main station was transformed due to the provision of through train services between the Tokyu Toyoko Line and the Tokyo Metro Fukutoshin Line. While much of the main station building, previously housing the Tokyu department store, had been closed and was set for demolition, the west building of the Tokyu department store continued to operate as before. The Shibuya Hikarie building, also owned by the Tokyu Group, opened in 2012 and has featured department store retail, restaurants, and offices.[citation needed]
The Tokyo Metro Ginza Line, originally built and operated by a Tokyu keiretsu company, continues to use platforms on the third floor of the station building. The JR lines are on the second floor in a north-south orientation. The Tokyu Toyoko Line originally used parallel platforms on the second floor of the same building, but effective on 16 March 2013, the Toyoko Line moved underground to provide through service with the Tokyo Metro Fukutoshin Line. The Tokyo Metro Hanzomon Line and Tokyu Den-en-Toshi Line share platforms underground in a different part of the station. The Keio Inokashira Line uses platforms on the second floor of the Shibuya Mark City building to the west of the main station complex.[citation needed]
The main JR/Tokyu/Tokyo Metro complex has six exits. The Hachikō Exit (ハチ公口, Hachikō-guchi) on the west side, named for the nearby statue of the dog Hachikō, and adjacent to Shibuya's famous scramble crossing, is a particularly popular meeting spot. The Tamagawa Exit (玉川口, Tamagawa-guchi) on the west side leads to the Keiō Inokashira Line station.[citation needed]
On 17 November 2008, a mural by Tarō Okamoto, "The Myth of Tomorrow", depicting a human figure being hit by an atomic bomb, was unveiled in its new permanent location at the station, in the connecting passage to the Keio Inokashira Line entrance.[3]
JR East[]
SBYJY20JA10JS19 Shibuya Station 渋谷駅 | ||
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| JR East station | ||
 Yamanote Line platform, March 2010 | ||
| Location | 1-1 Dogenzaka Itchōme, Shibuya, Tokyo Japan | |
| Operated by |  JR East | |
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| History | ||
| Opened | 1885 | |
| Passengers | ||
| FY2013 | 378,539 daily | |
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Platforms[]
The Yamanote Line is served by two side platforms with two tracks. The Saikyo Line and Shonan-Shinjuku Line is served by one island platform with two tracks. Until 30 May 2020, the Saikyo Line platform was located to the south of the Yamanote Line platforms, approximately 350 m away.[4]
| 1 | JY Yamanote Line | for Shinjuku, and Ikebukuro |
| 2 | JY Yamanote Line | for Shinagawa and Tokyo |
| 3 | JA Saikyō Line | for Shinjuku, Ōmiya, and Kawagoe |
| JS Shōnan-Shinjuku Line | for Shinjuku and Ōmiya (via the JU Takasaki Line) for Kumagaya, Takasaki, Maebashi (via the JU Utsunomiya Line) for Oyama, Utsunomiya | |
| 4 | JA Saikyō Line | for Ōsaki R Rinkai Line for Shin-Kiba  Sotetsu Line for Hazawa yokohama-kokudai and Ebina
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| JS Shōnan-Shinjuku Line | for Yokohama and Ōfuna (via the JT Tōkaidō Line) for Odawara (via the JO Yokosuka Line) for Zushi | |
| ■ Ltd. Express Narita Express | for Tokyo and Narita Airport |
Tokyo Metro/Tokyu[]
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Tokyu Den-en-toshi Line and Tokyo Metro Hanzomon Line[]
DT01 Z01 Shibuya Station 渋谷駅 | ||
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| Tokyu (Den-en-toshi Line) Tokyo Metro (Hanzomon Line) station | ||
 Hanzomon Line-Den-en-Toshi Line Platforms | ||
| Location | 1-1 Dogenzaka Nichōme, Shibuya, Tokyo Japan | |
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| Platforms | 1 island platform | |
| Tracks | 2 | |
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| Station code | DT01, Z-01 | |
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| Opened | 1977 | |
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Platforms[]
On the third basement (B3F) level, a single underground island platform serves two tracks.[5]
| 1 | DT Tokyu Den-en-toshi Line | for Futako-Tamagawa, Nagatsuta, and Chūō-Rinkan |
| 2 | Z Tokyo Metro Hanzomon Line | for Otemachi and Oshiage TS Tobu Skytree Line for Tōbu-Dōbutsu-Kōen TI Tobu Isesaki Line for Kuki TN Tobu Nikko Line for Minami-Kurihashi |
Tokyu Toyoko Line and Tokyo Metro Fukutoshin Line[]
TY01 F16 Shibuya Station 渋谷駅 | ||
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| Tokyu (Toyoko Line) Tokyo Metro (Fukutoshin Line) station | ||
 Platforms 4 and 5 in 2018 | ||
| Location | 1-1 Dogenzaka Nichōme, Shibuya, Tokyo Japan | |
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| Platforms | 2 island platforms | |
| Tracks | 4 | |
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| Station code | TY01, F-16 | |
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| Opened | 2008 | |
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Platforms[]
Two underground island platforms on the fifth basement (B5F) level serve four tracks.[6]
| 3-4 | TY Tokyu Toyoko Line | for Jiyūgaoka, Yokohama Minatomirai Line for Motomachi-Chukagai
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| 5-6 | F Tokyo Metro Fukutoshin Line | for Shinjuku-sanchome, Ikebukuro, and Wakoshi TJ Tobu Tojo Line for Shinrinkōen and Shiki  Seibu Ikebukuro Line for Hannō
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Tokyo Metro Ginza Line[]
G01 Shibuya Station 渋谷駅 | |||||||||||
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| Tokyo Metro station | |||||||||||
 The new Ginza Line platforms that opened in January 2020 | |||||||||||
| Location | 1-1 Dogenzaka Itchōme, Shibuya, Tokyo Japan | ||||||||||
| Operated by |  Tokyo Metro | ||||||||||
| Line(s) | G Tokyo Metro Ginza Line | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 1 island platform | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
| Connections | Bus terminal | ||||||||||
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| Station code | G-01 | ||||||||||
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| Opened | 1938 | ||||||||||
| Rebuilt | 2018–2019 | ||||||||||
| Passengers | |||||||||||
| FY2013 | 212,136 daily | ||||||||||
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Platforms[]
As of January 2020, one island platform serves two tracks.[6] Until December 2019, two side platforms each served one track, with one platform for terminating services and one for services departing towards Asakusa.
Due to the distance between Ginza and Hanzomon Line platforms, the transfer announcements was announced at Omote-sando station instead.
| 1-2 | G Tokyo Metro Ginza Line | for Akasaka-mitsuke, Ginza, Ueno, and Asakusa |
The Ginza Line platforms in 1977
The same platforms in 2010
Keio Inokashira Line[]
 Shibuya Station 渋谷駅 | |||||||||||||||
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| Keio station | |||||||||||||||
 The Keio Inokashira Line platforms in November 2011 | |||||||||||||||
| Location | 4-1 Dogenzaka Itchōme, Shibuya, Tokyo Japan | ||||||||||||||
| Operated by |  Keio Corporation | ||||||||||||||
| Line(s) |  Keio Inokashira Line | ||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||||||
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| Station code | IN01 | ||||||||||||||
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| Opened | 1933 | ||||||||||||||
| Passengers | |||||||||||||||
| FY2013 | 730,849 daily | ||||||||||||||
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Platforms[]
The Keio station consists of two bay platforms serving two tracks.[7]
| 1, 2 | Keio Inokashira Line
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for Shimo-Kitazawa, Meidaimae, Eifukuchō, and Kichijōji |
History[]
On 1 March 1885, Shibuya Station first opened as a stop on the Shinagawa Line, a predecessor of the present-day Yamanote Line.[citation needed] The station was later expanded to accommodate the Tamagawa Railway (1907; closed 1969), the Toyoko Line (1927), and the Teito Shibuya Line (1 August 1933; now the Inokashira Line).[8]
Between 1925 and 1935, an Akita dog named Hachiko waited for his deceased owner, appearing at the station right when his train was due.[citation needed]
In 1938, the station added platforms for the Tōkyō Rapid Railway, which began through service with the Ginza Line in 1939 and formally merged with it in 1941.[citation needed]
In 1946, the infamous Shibuya incident, a gang fight involving hundreds of people, occurred in front of the station.[citation needed]
In the early 1920s
In 1951
Circa 1960
More recently, the Den-en-toshi Line (1977), the Hanzōmon Line (1978), and the Fukutoshin Line (2008) began serving the station.[citation needed] Between December 2008 and March 2009, piezoelectric mats were installed at Shibuya Station as a small scale test.[9][10][11][12]
From 22 February 2013, station numbering was introduced on Keio lines, with Shibuya Station becoming "IN01".[13]
On 3 January 2020, the Ginza Line platforms were shifted about 50 meters east of the old platforms.
On 1 June 2020, the Saikyo Line platforms were shifted about 350 meters north of the old platforms and now sits right next to the Yamanote Line platforms.
Former Toyoko Line station[]
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 Former Tokyu Toyoko Line platforms in February 2009 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Location | 2-24-1 Shibuya, Shibuya, Tokyo Japan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Operated by | Tokyu Corporation | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Line(s) | Tokyu Toyoko Line | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Station code | TY-01 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Opened | 1927 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Closed | 15 March 2013 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The former above-ground Tokyu Toyoko Line terminal station platforms were taken out of use after the last train service on 15 March 2013. From the start of the revised timetable on 16 March 2013, Toyoko Line services used the underground platforms 3-4 shared with Tokyo Metro Fukutoshin Line services.
Platforms[]
The station had four 8-car long bay platforms numbered 1 to 4, serving four tracks.
| 1-4 | ■ Tokyu Toyoko Line | for Naka-Meguro, Jiyūgaoka, Yokohama, (Minatomirai Line) Motomachi-Chūkagai |
Adjacent Stations[]
Future developments[]
JR East is in the process of rebuilding the station, with reconstruction work starting in earnest in fiscal 2015.[4]
On the platform of the Toyoko Line, which was moved to the east side of the station, Tokyu Corporation constructed a 230 meter high, 47-story commercial building "Shibuya Scramble Square", which became the tallest building in Shibuya when it opened in November 2019. Several commercial buildings connected to the station will be constructed by 2027.[14]
Passenger statistics[]
In fiscal 2013, the JR East station was used by 378,539 passengers daily (boarding passengers only), making it the fifth-busiest JR East station.[15] Over the same fiscal year, the Keio station was used by an average of 336,957 passengers daily (exiting and entering passengers), making it the busiest station on the Inokashira Line.[16] In fiscal 2013, the Tokyo Metro Ginza station was used by an average of 212,136 passengers daily and the Tokyo Metro Hanzōmon and Fukutoshin stations were used by an average of 731,184 passengers daily. Note that the latter statistics consider passengers who travel through Shibuya station on a through service as users of the station, even if they did not disembark at the station.[17] In fiscal 2013, the Tokyu Toyoko Line station was used by an average of 441,266 passengers daily and the Den-en-toshi Line station was used by an average of 665,645 passengers daily.[18] The daily passenger figures for each operator in previous years are as shown below.
| Fiscal year | JR East | Tokyu | Tokyo Metro | Keio | |
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| 1999 | 423,336[19] | 323,180[8] | |||
| 2000 | 428,165[20] | ||||
| 2005 | 423,884[21] | 412,237[22] | 631,481[22] | ||
| 2010 | 403,277[23] | 419,482[24] | 647,331[24] | 336,926[25] | |
| 2011 | 402,766[26] | 420,163[27] | 641,781[27] | 217,117[28] | 335,475[25] |
| 2012 | 412,009[29] | 435,994[30] | 656,867[30] | 226,644[31] | 344,972[16] |
| 2013 | 378,539[15] | 441,266[18] | 665,645[18] | 212,136[17] | 336,957[16] |
- Note that JR East figures are for boarding passengers only.
- Note that the Tokyo Metro figures are for the Ginza Line station only.
Surrounding area[]
Around the station is the commercial center of Shibuya. The Tokyu Department Store is connected to the east gate of the station and several other department stores are within walking distance.
- Shibuya Ward Office
- NHK Broadcasting Center
- NHK Hall
- Shibuya Mark City
- Shibuya 109
- Shibuya Hikarie
- Yoyogi Park
- Miyashita Park
The Shibuya River flows directly under the station, to the east and parallel to the JR tracks. Unlike most other Japanese department stores, the east block of Tokyu Department Store closed in 2013 and due for demolition as a part of the Shibuya Station redevelopment plan did not have basement retail space due to the river passing directly underneath. An escalator in the east block of the store was constructed over the river stops a few steps above floor level to make space for machinery underneath without the need for further excavation. Rivers are deemed public space under Japanese law, so building over one is normally illegal. It is not clear why this was allowed when the store buildings were first constructed in 1933.
See also[]
- List of railway stations in Japan
- Transport in Greater Tokyo
References[]
- ^ JR East 891,460 [1], Tokyu 414,833+680,395 "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-06-03. Retrieved 2012-10-04.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link), Tokyo Metro Hanzomon Line 472,123+258,609 "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2008-06-22. Retrieved 2008-06-22.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link), Keio 343,697 "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2008-03-03. Retrieved 2009-10-28.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) Totals 3,061,117 million
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- ^ "Power-Generating Floors Offer New Source of Clean Energy". Trends in Japan. Web Japan. January 2010. Retrieved 2011-08-25.
- ^ Skjoldan, Lasse (2009-01-29). "Foot Powering Tokyo Train Station". News and Opinions. Celsias. Archived from the original on 2011-10-05. Retrieved 2011-08-25.
- ^ Fermoso, Jose (2008-12-17). "Power Generating Floor in Train Stations Light Up Holiday Displays". Wired – Gadget Lab. Condé Nast Digital. Retrieved 2011-08-26.
- ^ Keferl, Michael (2009-07-08). "Electricity-Generating Flooring Gets Tokyo Test". CScout. Archived from the original on 2011-06-30. Retrieved 2011-08-25.
- ^ 京王線・井の頭線全駅で「駅ナンバリング」を導入します。 [Station numbering to be introduced on Keio Line and Inokashira Line] (PDF). News release (in Japanese). Keio Corporation. 2013-01-18. Retrieved 2013-02-23.
- ^ "Shibuya Scramble Square, towering over a transforming Tokyo district, set to open Nov. 1". The Japan Times. 24 October 2019. Retrieved 26 January 2021.
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