Shin-Kiba Station

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Concourse of the station

Shin-Kiba Station (新木場駅, Shin-Kiba-eki^?) is a railway station located in Kōtō Ward, Tokyo, Japan.

1 Lines
2 Station layout
3 History
4 Adjacent stations

[edit] Lines

This station is served by following lines:

East Japan Railway Company (JR East)
- Keiyō Line
Tokyo Metro
- Yūrakuchō Line (Station Number: Y-24)
Tokyo Waterfront Area Rapid Transit (TWR)
- Rinkai Line

[edit] Station layout

Each of three lines has its own station facilities. All tracks are elevated.

[edit] JR East platforms

	■Keiyō Line	Maihama ・ Kaihin-Makuhari ・ Soga ・ (Musashino Line) Nishi-Funabashi ・ Shin-Matsudo ・ Fuchū-Honmachi
	■Keiyō Line	Tokyo

[edit] Tokyo Metro platforms

	○Tokyo Metro Yūrakuchō Line	Exit Only
	○Tokyo Metro Yūrakuchō Line	Nagatachō ・ Ikebukuro ・ Wakōshi ・ Shinrinkōen ・ Hannō

[edit] TWR platforms

■TWR Rinkai Line

Ōsaki ・ (Saikyō Line) Shinjuku ・ Ōmiya ・ (Kawagoe Line) Kawagoe

[edit] History

Despite its important role in the rail transportation in the Tokyo waterfront, the station is relatively new. It first opened in 1988. The station had grown into a junction of three lines by 1996.

1988-06-08 - Teito Rapid Transit Authority (TRTA) starts operation of Shin-Kiba Station on the Yūrakuchō Line as its new southern terminal.
1988-12-01 - JR East starts operation of Shin-Kiba Station on the Keiyō Line as its western terminal
1990-03-10 - JR extends the Keiyō Line from Shin-Kiba Station to Tokyo Station, makes the station intermediate
1996-03-30 - TWR starts operation of Shin-Kiba Station as its eastern terminal.
2002-12-01 - Saikyō Line trains extend operation to Shin-Kiba Station via the Rinkai Line
2004-04-01 - TRTA becomes Tokyo Metro

[edit] Adjacent stations

«	Service		»
Shiomi	Keiyō Line		Kasai-Rinkai-kōen
Hatchōbori	Rapid (weekday)	Maihama
Hatchōbori	Commuter Rapid (weekday)	Soga
Tokyo	Marine Dream (weekend)	Kasai-Rinkai-koen
Tokyo	Musashino Dream (weekend)	Kasai-Rinkai-koen
Tatsumi (Y-23)	Tokyo Metro Yūrakuchō Line		Terminus
Shinonome	TWR Rinkai Line		Terminus

v • d • e Stations of the Keiyō Line

Tokyo - Hatchōbori - Etchūjima - Shiomi - Shin-Kiba - Kasai-Rinkai-kōen - Maihama - Shin-Urayasu - Ichikawa-Shiohama (- Nishi-Funabashi >> Minami-Urawa, Fuchū-Honmachi) - Futamata-Shinmachi - (Minami-Urawa, Fuchū-Honmachi << Nishi-Funabashi -) Minami-Funabashi - Shin-Narashino - Kaihin-Makuhari - Kemigawahama - Inage-Kaigan - Chiba-Minato - Soga

v • d • e Stations of the Tokyo Waterfront Area Rapid Transit Rinkai Line

(Towards Kawagoe, Omiya, Shinjuku >>) Ōsaki - Ōimachi - Shinagawa Seaside - Tennōzu Isle - Tokyo Teleport - Kokusai-Tenjijō - Shinonome - Shin-Kiba