Shinagawa Station
Major railway station in Tokyo, Japan
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Shinagawa Station (Japanese: 品川駅, Hepburn: Shinagawa-eki) is a major railway station in the Takanawa and Konan districts of Minato, Tokyo, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East), Central Japan Railway Company (JR Central), and the private railway operator Keikyu. The Tokaido Shinkansen and other trains to the Miura Peninsula, Izu Peninsula, and the Tōkai region pass through here. Though a major station in Tokyo, Shinagawa is not served by the Tokyo subway network. However, it is connected to the Toei Asakusa Line via Keikyu through services.
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| Location | 3 Takanawa, Minato, Tokyo Japan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Opened | 12 June 1872 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Despite its name, the station is not located in Shinagawa ward. Shinagawa is also commonly used to refer to the business district around the station, which is in Takanawa and Konan neighborhoods of Minato, directly north of Shinagawa ward.
This station is just south of a large yard complex consisting of Shinagawa Carriage Sidings, Shinagawa Locomotive Depot, and Tamachi Depot.
Lines
Shinagawa is served by the following lines:
JR Central
JR East
Keikyu
JR Central announced in 2011 that Shinagawa will be the terminal for the Chūō Shinkansen, a maglev line under construction and scheduled to begin service to Nagoya in 2027.
History
Shinagawa is one of Japan's oldest stations, opened on 12 June 1872, when the service between Shinagawa and Yokohama provisionally started, four months before the inauguration of "Japan's first railway" between Shimbashi and Yokohama through Shinagawa on 14 October 1872.[4]
Later on 1 March 1885, the Yamanote Line started operation.[5] Takanawa station of the Keikyu Line (then Keihin Railway Line) opened on 11 March 1924 across the street from Shinagawa station. Takanawa station was renamed Shinagawa station and moved to the current site on 1 April 1933.[6]
The Shinagawa station for the Tokaido Shinkansen opened on 10 October 2003. Some services did not stop on the station for the until March 2008. It is said that Kasai Yoshiyuki influenced the construction of the station to encourage travelers to pick Shinkansen over airplane as a form of transport. The Tokyo branch office of JR Central was built on top of the station.[7]
Keikyu introduced station numbering to its stations on 21 October 2010; Shinagawa was assigned station number KK01.[8]
Station numbering was introduced to the JR East platforms in 2016 with Shinagawa being assigned station numbers JT03 for the Tokaido Line, JO17 for the Yokosuka Line, JK20 for the Keihin-Tohoku Line, and JY25 for the Yamanote Line. At the same time, JR East assigned the station a 3-letter code; Shinagawa was assigned the code "SGW".[9][10]
Future plans
New ground level Keikyu platforms are currently undergoing construction and are expected to be completed around 2030 as part of the Keikyu's Continuous Grade Separation project.[11]
On 28 January 2022, Tokyo Metro announced that a 2.5 km (1.6 mi) spur line of Tokyo Metro Namboku Line from Shirokane-takanawa to Shinagawa would be built.[12] The extension is expected to cost ¥131 billion (2021) (equivalent to ¥142.46 billion or US$941.14 million in 2024)[13] and scheduled to begin revenue service in the mid-2030s. The subway line platforms will be in a cut and cover tunnel beneath the current station forecourt on the west side of the station.
Station layout
The main JR station concourse is situated above the platforms running east–west across the breadth of the station. A freely traversable walkway divides the station into two sections. The southerly section contains a number of shops and market-style stalls which form the "e-cute" station complex.
Cross-platform interchange between the Yamanote and Keihin-Tohoku lines is only available for Yamanote Line trains to Shibuya and Keihin-Tōhoku Line trains to Tokyo.
The Keikyu platforms are on the western side of the station at a higher level than the JR platforms. Some Keikyu trains terminate at Shinagawa while others continue on to join the Toei Asakusa Line at Sengakuji.
The Shinkansen platforms were opened on October 1, 2003, to relieve congestion at Tokyo Station. Platforms are on the east side of the station.
JR platforms
| 1 |  Yamanote Line |
for Tokyo, Ueno, and Tabata |
| 2 | ■ Closed | |
| 3 | Yamanote Line |
for Shibuya, Shinjuku, and Ikebukuro |
| 4 |  Keihin–Tōhoku Line |
for Tokyo, Ueno, and Ōmiya |
| 5 | Keihin–Tōhoku Line |
for Kamata, Yokohama Negishi Line for Sakuragichō, and Ōfuna
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| 6-7 |  Ueno–Tokyo Line |
Tōkaidō Line for Tokyo Utsunomiya Line for Ueno, Ōmiya, Utsunomiya Takasaki Line for Takasaki
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| 8 | ■ Spare platform | Not in regular service[14] |
| 9 | ■ Ueno–Tokyo Line | Jōban Line (Rapid) Ltd. Express Hitachi/Tokiwa for Iwaki, Sendai |
| 10-11 |  Ueno–Tokyo Line |
Jōban Line for Matsudo, Toride, Katsuta, and Narita |
| 11-12 | Tōkaidō Main Line |
for Kawasaki, Yokohama, Odawara, Atami Ito Line for Ito
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| 13-14 |  Yokosuka Line |
for Tokyo Sobu Line for Funabashi, Chiba, and Narita Airport (Terminal 2·3 and Terminal 1)
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| ■ Limited express Narita Express for Narita Airport | ||
| 14-15 | Yokosuka Line |
for Musashi-Kosugi, Yokohama, Ōfuna, and Kurihama |
Shinkansen platforms
| 21, 22 |  Tōkaidō Shinkansen |
for Tokyo |
| 23, 24 | Tōkaidō Shinkansen |
for Nagoya, Shin-Osaka, and Hakata |
Keikyu platforms
| 1 |  Keikyu Main Line |
for Keikyū Kamata, Yokohama, and Uraga Keikyū Airport Line for Haneda Airport (Terminal 3 and Terminal 1·2) Keikyū Kurihama Line for Misakiguchi
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| 2 | Keikyu Main Line |
for Sengakuji Toei Asakusa Line for Shimbashi, Nihombashi, and Asakusa Keisei Oshiage Line for Aoto Keisei Main Line for Narita Airport (Terminal 2·3 and Terminal 1) Hokuso Railway for Imba-Nihon-Idai  Narita Sky Access Line for Narita Airport
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| 3 | Keikyū Main Line |
for Keikyū Kurihama and Misakiguchi (Evening Wing) |
| Keikyu Main Line |
for Kitashinagawa, Samezu (local trains in mornings only) |
Passenger statistics
In fiscal 2017, the JR East station was used by an average of 378,566 passengers daily (boarding passengers only), making it the fifth-busiest station operated by JR East.[15] The passenger figures for previous years are as shown below.
Surrounding area
West side (Takanawa Exit)
East side (Konan Exit)
Bus services
Services are provided by Toei Bus, Tokyu Bus, Keikyu Bus, Airport Transport Service, and others.
