Coordinates: 35°39′59″N 139°45′31″E / 35.666301°N 139.758679°E / 35.666301; 139.758679
Shimbashi Station (新橋駅, Shinbashi-eki?) is a major interchange station in Tokyo's Minato Ward. Located centrally and a 10-minute walk from the Ginza shopping district, directly south of Tokyo station.
[edit] History
Shinbashi 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 in 1909 as Karasumori Station (烏森駅) on the Yamanote Line. 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 goods 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.
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.
[edit] Station facilities
Keihin-Tohoku Line train at Shimbashi Station
[edit] 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.
[edit] Surface platforms
| 1 |
■Tōkaidō Main Line |
Fujisawa, Hiratsuka, Odawara, Atami |
| 2 |
■Tōkaidō Main Line |
Tokyo |
| 3 |
■Keihin-Tōhoku Line |
Shinagawa, Yokohama, Ofuna |
| 4 |
■Yamanote Line |
Shinagawa, Shibuya, Shinjuku |
| 5 |
■Yamanote Line |
Tokyo, Ueno, Ikebukuro |
| 6 |
■Keihin-Tōhoku Line |
Tokyo, Ueno, Ōmiya |
[edit] Underground platform
| 1 |
■Yokosuka Line |
Yokohama, Ofuna, Kurihama |
| 2 |
■Yokosuka Line |
Tokyo, Funabashi, Chiba |
[edit] Tokyo Metro
Tokyo Metro operates in an underground station with two side platforms serving the Ginza Line.
| 1 |
○Ginza Line |
Akasaka-Mitsuke, Shibuya |
| 2 |
○Ginza Line |
Ginza, Ueno, Asakusa |
[edit] Tokyo Metropolitan Bureau of Transportation (Toei)
Toei operates in an underground station with two side platforms serving the Asakusa Line.
[edit] Yurikamome
Yurikamome Shimbashi Station entrance
The terminus for the Yurikamome is an elevated station next to the JR station.
| 1, 2 |
■Yurikamome |
Daiba, Aomi, Ariake, Toyosu |
[edit] Adjacent stations
