is a subway station in Takanawa 1-chōme,

Minato, Tokyo is a Special wards of Tokyo, special ward of Tokyo, Japan. It is also called Minato City in English. Minato was formed in 1947 as a merger of Akasaka, Tokyo, Akasaka, Azabu and Shiba, Tokyo, Shiba wards following Tokyo City's Local Autonomy Ac ...

, Japan, jointly operated by the two Tokyo subway operators,

Tokyo Metro The Tokyo Metro () is a major rapid transit system in Tokyo, Japan, operated by the #Organization, Tokyo Metro Co. With an average daily ridership of 6.52 million passengers (as of 2023), the Tokyo Metro is the larger of the Tokyo subway, two s ...

and

Toei Subway The is one of two subway systems in Tokyo, Japan, the other being the Tokyo Metro. The Toei Subway lines were originally licensed to the Teito Rapid Transit Authority (the predecessor of Tokyo Metro) but were constructed by the Tokyo Metropolita ...

Lines

Tokyo Metro Namboku Line The is a subway line owned and operated by Tokyo Metro in Tokyo, Japan. The line runs between Meguro in Shinagawa and Akabane-Iwabuchi in Kita. The Namboku Line was referred to as Line 7 during the planning stages, thus the seldom-used off ...

(N-03) *

Toei Mita Line The is a rapid transit, subway line of the municipal Toei Subway network in Tokyo, Japan. The line runs between Nishi-Takashimadaira Station, Nishi-Takashimadaira in Itabashi, Tokyo, Itabashi and Meguro Station, Meguro in Shinagawa, Tokyo, Shi ...

(I-03) Namboku Line and Mita Line shares their lines between this station and Meguro station, the two lines' terminal. The trains from Shirokane-takanawa station either run onto the toward , or run onto the toward , or be terminated at this station.

Station layout

Rail Tracks map Shirokane-Takanawa Station

Tokyo Metro and Toei

The station consists of two

island platform An island platform (also center platform (American English) or centre platform (British English)) is a station layout arrangement where a single platform is positioned between two tracks within a railway station, tram stop or transitway inte ...

s serving four tracks. Mita Line uses the outer two tracks and Namboku Line uses the inner two tracks. Trains going northward uses platforms 1 and 2, ones going southward uses platforms 3 and 4, so that passengers can change their trains smoothly. The ticket gates are on the first basement floor and the platforms are on the third basement floor. The ticket gates are also shared with both Tokyo Metro and Toei. Passengers don't need to go through ticket gates to change their trains. File:Shirokane-Takanawa-STA_Gate.jpg, Ticket gates File:Shirokane-Takanawa-STA_Home1-2.jpg, Platforms 1 and 2 File:Shirokane-Takanawa-STA_Home3-4.jpg, Platforms 3 and 4

History

Shirokane-takanawa Station opened on September 26, 2000. The station facilities of the Namboku Line were inherited by

after the privatization of the Teito Rapid Transit Authority (TRTA) in 2004. On August 25, 2021, an acid attack took place at the station where a 22-year-old businessman sustained burns to his face, while a 34-year-old woman had burns on her legs.

References

External links

Tokyo Metro Shirokane-takanawa Station

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