Shibuya Station

infobox japan station


caption=Shibuya Station viewed from the east.
name=渋谷
namerom=Shibuya
pref=Tokyo
district=
city=
ward=Shibuya
open=1885
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line=JR Yamanote Line
JR Saikyō Line
JR Shōnan-Shinjuku Line
Keiō Inokashira Line
Tōkyū Den-en-toshi Line
Tōkyū Tōyoko Line
Tokyo Metro Ginza Line
Tokyo Metro Hanzōmon Line
Tokyo Metro Fukutoshin Line
operator=JR East, Keio, Tokyu, Tokyo Metro
bus=t4
station_number= G-01, Z-01, F-16nihongo|Shibuya Station|渋谷駅|Shibuya-eki is a train station located in Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan. With 2.4 million passengers on an average weekday in 2004, it is the third-busiest commuter rail station in Tokyo (after Shinjuku and Ikebukuro), handling a large amount of commuter traffic between the center city and suburbs to the south and west.

Lines

JR East

*Saikyō Line / Shōnan-Shinjuku Line - also used by "Narita Express" trains
*Yamanote Line - unusual platform configuration, with both train lines on the same side (east) of platform

Private railways

*Keiō Inokashira Line - terminal station
*Tōkyū Den-en-toshi Line - through service with Hanzōmon Line
*Tōkyū Tōyoko Line - terminal station

ubways

*Tokyo Metro Ginza Line - terminal station
*Tokyo Metro Hanzōmon Line - through service with Tōkyū Den-en-toshi Line
*Tokyo Metro Fukutoshin Line - termina station (through service to Tōkyū Tōyoko Line beginning in 2012)

Note that the Hanzōmon Line and the Fukutoshin Line are directly (without getting through ticket gates) connected, but they are not directly connected to the Ginza Line. There is no direct connection between the two Tōkyū lines either.

tation layout

The main station building is occupied by a Tokyu department store. The Tokyo Metro Ginza Line, originally built and operated by a Tokyu keiretsu company, uses platforms on the third floor. The JR lines and Tōkyū Tōyoko Line use parallel platforms on the second floor, while the Tokyo Metro Hanzōmon Line and Tōkyū Den-en-toshi Line share platforms underground, and the Keiō Inokashira Line uses platforms on the second floor of the Shibuya Mark City building to the west of the main station complex. The Tokyo Metro Fukutoshin Line, opened in 2008 is located on the fifth basement under Meiji Street, to the east of the Tōyoko Line station. The Tōyoko Line will be connected to the Fukutoshin Line station to allow through service between the two lines starting in 2012.

There are six exits from the main JR/Tōkyū/Tōkyō Metro complex. The nihongo|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 nihongo|Tamagawa Exit|玉川口|Tamagawa-guchi on the west side leads to the Keiō Inokashira Line station.

JR East

*Yamanote Line: 1 island platform, 1 track for ja-stalink|Meguro, ja-stalink|Shinagawa and ja-stalink|Tokyo and 1 side platform 1 track for ja-stalink|Shinjuku and ja-stalink|Ikebukuro.
*Saikyō Line and Shōnan-Shinjuku Line : 1 island platform with 2 tracks.
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Tōkyū Tōyoko Line

*Bay platforms: 4 platforms with 4 tracks.
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Tōkyū Den-en-toshi Line and Tokyo Metro Hanzōmon Line

*1 island platform with 2 tracks.
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Tokyo Metro Fukutoshin Line

Two island platforms are connected by temporary structures to be used like a single island platform, serving two tracks.
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Tokyo Metro Ginza Line

*2 side platforms with 2 tracks.
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Keiō Inokashira Line

*Bay Platforms : 2 platforms with 2 tracks.
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History

Shibuya Station first opened on March 1, 1885 as a stop on the Shinagawa Line, a predecessor of the present-day Yamanote Line. The station was later expanded to accommodate the Tamagawa Railway (1907; closed 1969), the Tōkyō Line (1927), the Teito Shibuya Line (1933; now the Inokashira Line), the Tōkyō Rapid Railway (1938; began through service with the Ginza Line in 1939 and formally merged in 1941), the Den-en-toshi Line (1977) and the Hanzōmon Line (1978).

Around the station

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.

There is an underground river running 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 does not have retail space in the basement because of this. An escalator in the east block built over the river stops a few steps above floor level to make space for machinery underneath without digging. Rivers are deemed public space by Japanese law, so building over one is normally illegal. It is not clear why this was allowed when it was first built in 1933.

Adjacent stations

External links

*JR East Shibuya Station map [http://www.jreast.co.jp/e/stations/e808.html] - in English