Talk:Shinjuku Station

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[edit] Adjacent stations

Background colors of "adjacent stations" table cells are mysterious for those who lived outside Tokyo. Takanoha 09:32, 31 Jan 2004 (UTC)

I've updated the table to use the standard {{service rail start}} template. The line colours are standard in articles about stations from other countries, too (see Kings Cross railway station, for example) - I don't think they're inherently mysterious (although the information they present may be a little esoteric). Cheers, Tangotango 15:40, 20 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Junction

Is this station a junction station? Simply south 11:19, 26 August 2006 (UTC)

What do you mean? I thought a junction station was just a station with multiple lines. Neier 13:37, 26 August 2006 (UTC)

I thought a junction meant that and also other trains can switch over from one line\route to another, depending on where it is going. 13:42, 26 August 2006 (UTC)

Ahh... Shinjuku has some lines which spur to different locations (see Marunouchi Line for one example -- M04 is different than m04; but all trains would go through Shinjuku). I can't recall ever seeing a train in Japan which arrived on one line, then left on another. The closest to that might be some of the extended subway lines in Tokyo which continue on to the suburbs above ground. I don't think that a train from one line would ever go out onto another line though (train cars are often color coded by their line). But, generally, the way to find out something new or unexpected about the Japanese rail system is to write something to the contrary on a wikipedia talk page – counterexamples are quick to pop up.  :-) Neier 14:21, 26 August 2006 (UTC)

I think Shinjuku would be a junction according to this definition. For example, JR trains from the Chuo line can change onto the Saikyo line tracks (although it is not very common). There is a Narita Express train that starts out at Hachioji and changes onto the Saikyo line tracks at Shinjuku. Mattopia 18:32, 26 August 2006 (UTC)

Btw i'm thinking about UK examples. e.g. Clapham Junction railway station, Crewe railway station - ... actually i'm finding it hard to come up with examples. Simply south 17:00, 26 August 2006 (UTC)

A junction is where one line meets another, either end-on or by joining it in a "Y" formation, or by crossing it at a different level (though some would exclude the last category). Basically, where a passenger is likely to transfer from one line to another. I would have thought Shinjuku is a junction from a look at the map.

Exile 14:42, 20 October 2006 (UTC)