Shimbashi Station

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Coordinates: 35.666301° N 139.758679° E

新橋駅
(Shimbashi Station)
Yurikamome Shimbashi Station entrance.
Location
Prefecture Tokyo
(See other stations in this prefecture)
Ward Minato Ward
History
Year opened 1909
Other Information
Line(s) connected
JR East
Keihin-Tōhoku Line
Tōkaidō Main Line
Yamanote Line
Yokosuka Line
Tokyo Metro
Ginza Line
Toei
Asakusa Line
Others
Yurikamome


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.

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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.

Keihin-Tohoku Line Train at Shimbashi Station
Keihin-Tohoku Line Train at Shimbashi Station

  • Three surface platforms serve the Tōkaidō, Yamanote and Keihin-Tōhoku lines.
  • The underground platform serves the Yokosuka Line.

Surface platforms

1 ■Tōkaidō Main Line Yokohama・Odawara・Atami
2 ■Tōkaidō Main Line Tokyo
3 ■Keihin-Tōhoku Line Shinagawa・Kamata・Yokohama
4 ■Yamanote Line Shinagawa・Shibuya
5 ■Yamanote Line Tokyo・Ueno
6 ■Keihin-Tōhoku Line Tokyo・Ueno・Ōmiya

Underground platforms

1 ■Yokosuka Line Shinagawa・Yokohama・Kamakura
2 ■Yokosuka Line Tokyo・Funabashi・Chiba

Tokyo Metro operates in an underground station with 2 side platforms serving the Ginza Line.

1 ○Ginza Line Akasaka-Mitsuke・Shibuya
2 ○Ginza Line Ginza・Ueno・Asakusa

Toei operates in an underground station with 2 side platforms serving the Asakusa Line.

1 ○Asakusa Line Sengakuji・Nishi-Magome・Keikyū Main Line
2 ○Asakusa Line Nihombashi・Oshiage・Keisei Main Line

The terminus for the Yurikamome is a surface elevated station next to the JR station.

1 ■Yurikamome Daiba・Aomi・Kokusai Tenjijō Seimon・Toyosu
2 ■Yurikamome Daiba・Aomi・Kokusai Tenjijō Seimon・Toyosu


« Service »
Tokyo Station   Tōkaidō Line   Shinagawa Station
Yūrakuchō Station   Yamanote Line   Hamamatsuchō Station
Yūrakuchō Station   Keihin-Tohoku Line   Hamamatsuchō Station
Tokyo Station   Yokosuka Line   Shinagawa Station
Daimon Station   Toei Asakusa Line   Higashi-Ginza Station
Toranomon Station   Ginza Line   Ginza Station
Terminus   Yurikamome   Shiodome Station


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Stations of the JR Tōkaidō Line (East Japan Railway Company)
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Stations of the Yamanote Line
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Stations of the JR Keihin-Tōhoku Line—Negishi Line
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Stations of the Sōbu Line (Rapid) / Yokosuka Line
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Toei Asakusa Line
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Tokyo Metro Ginza Line
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New Transit Yurikamome
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