is a major interchange railway station in

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's Minato Ward, located centrally and a 10-minute walk from the

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shopping district, directly south of Tokyo station. Many train services such as

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trains (except the Shōnan (train) service) and the JR East Keihin-Tōhoku Line rapid trains do not stop at this station. It is also served by

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's Asakusa Line and

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. It is also relatively close to

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on the

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(located 230 meters to the northwest), although it is not officially recognized as a transfer station and there is no transfer corridor between the two stations.

Station layout

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.

Surface platforms

File:JR Shimbashi Station Ground Platform 1・2.jpg, Platforms 1 and 2 File:JRE_Shimbashi-STA_Platform3-4.jpg, Platforms 3 and 4 File:JRE_Shimbashi-STA_Platform5-6.jpg, Platforms 5 and 6

Underground platform

File:JR_Shimbashi_Station_Underground_Platform_1・2_(20210410).jpg, Yokosuka Line platforms

Tokyo Metro

Tokyo Metro operates in an underground station with two

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s serving the

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. File:Ginza line - Shimbashi stn ticket gates - Jan 29 2018.jpg, Ticket gates File:Ginza_line_Shimbashi_station_platforms_-_2023_April_19_various.jpeg, Platform 2

Tokyo Metropolitan Bureau of Transportation (Toei)

Toei operates in an underground station with two side platforms serving the

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. File:Asakusa Line - Shimbashi Station platform - Oct 16 2019 19 37 37 923000.jpeg, Platforms

Yurikamome

The terminus for the

Yurikamome , formerly the , is an automated guideway transit service operated by ''Yurikamome, Inc.'' in Tokyo, Japan. It connects Shimbashi Station, Shimbashi to Toyosu Station, Toyosu, via the artificial island of Odaiba, a market in which it competes with ...

is an elevated station next to the JR station. File:Yurikamome-shimbashistn-entrance-2019-5-16.JPG, Yurikamome Shimbashi Station entrance, 2019 File:Shimbashi Station yurikamome Line platforms Jan 30 2020 2pm.jpeg, Platforms, January 2020

History

Shimbashi is the original terminus of Japan's first stretch of railway, the

Tōkaidō Main Line The Tōkaidō Main Line () is one of the most important railway corridors in Japan, connecting the major cities of Tokyo and Kobe via Shizuoka (city), Shizuoka, Nagoya, Kyoto and Osaka. The line, with termini at Tokyo Station, Tokyo and Kōbe St ...

, and is one of Japan's oldest stations (the oldest station being , 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 . The present-day structure opened on 16 December 1909 as on the

Yamanote Line The Yamanote Line () is a railway Circle route, loop service in Tokyo, Japan, operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East). It is one of Tokyo's busiest and most important lines, connecting most of Tokyo's major stations and urban centres ...

. With the extension of the

along its modern-day route to the new terminus at

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in 1914, the original station was demolished to make way for a freight yard,

Shiodome Station is a railway station in Minato, Tokyo, Japan. It serves as an interchange for the Toei Ōedo Line (E-19) and Yurikamome (U-02). Line *Yurikamome *Toei Ōedo Line Station layout The two parts of the station are not directly linked to one anothe ...

(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

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. 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

. The Ginza Line operated from a single platform until 1980, when a second parallel platform was opened to relieve congestion. The

began service to Shimbashi in 1968, and the elevated

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. The station facilities of the Ginza Line were inherited by

after the privatization of the Teito Rapid Transit Authority (TRTA) in 2004. PASMO

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coverage at this station began on 18 March 2007.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2013, the JR East station was used by an average of 254,945 passengers daily (boarding passengers only), making it the seventh busiest station operated by JR East. The JR East passenger figures for previous years are as shown below.

References

External links

Shimbashi Station information
(JR East)

(Tokyo Metro)

(Toei)
Shimbashi Station information
(Yurikamome) {{Yurikamome Tōkaidō Main Line Yamanote Line Yokosuka Line Keihin-Tōhoku Line Tokyo Metro Ginza Line Toei Asakusa Line Yurikamome Stations of East Japan Railway Company Stations of Tokyo Metro Stations of Tokyo Metropolitan Bureau of Transportation Railway stations in Japan opened in 1909