Shinagawa Station

Shinagawa Station
品川駅
Exterior of Shinagawa Station
Location
Prefecture Tokyo
(See other stations in Tokyo)
Ward Minato
Neighborhood etc. 3-chome, Takanawa
Postal Code 108-0074
(in Japanese) 東京都港区高輪3丁目
History
Opened 1872 (JR)
1924 (Keikyu)
Rail services
Operator(s) East Japan Railway Company
Central Japan Railway Company
Keikyu
Line(s)
JR East
Tōkaidō Line
Yokosuka Line
Keihin-Tōhoku Line
Yamanote Line
JR Central
Tōkaidō Shinkansen
Keikyu
Main Line
Major bus terminal(s) attached to the station

Shinagawa Station (品川駅 Shinagawa-eki?) is the first major station south of Tokyo Station and is a major interchange for trains operated by JR East, JR Central, and Keikyu. The Tōkaidō Shinkansen and other trains to the Miura Peninsula, Izu Peninsula and the Tōkai region pass through here. Despite its name, it is not located in Shinagawa Ward but just to the north in Minato Ward.

This station is just south of a large yard complex consisting of Shinagawa Carriage Sidings, Shinagawa Locomotive Depot, and Tamachi Depot.

Contents

Lines

Shinagawa is served by the following lines:

JR Central announced in 2011 that Shinagawa will be the terminal for the Chūō Shinkansen, which is scheduled to begin service to Nagoya in 2027.

Station layout

The Keikyu line platforms are on the western side of the station at a higher level than the JR platforms. Some Keikyu line trains terminate at Shinagawa while others continue on to join the Toei Asakusa Line at Sengakuji.

Keikyu platforms

1 Main Line Keikyū Kawasaki, Keikyū Kamata, Yokohama, Uraga
(Airport Line) Haneda Airport
(Kurihama Line) Miurakaigan
2 Main Line Sengakuji, (Toei Asakusa Line) Shimbashi, Nihombashi, Asakusa
(Keisei Railway lines) Narita Airport
(Hokusō Railway) Imba-Nihon-Idai
3 Main Line, Keikyū Wing Keikyū Kurihama, Misakiguchi
Main Line local trains in the morning Kita-Shinagawa, Samezu

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.

JR platforms

1 Yamanote Line (inner) Tokyo, Ueno and Sugamo
2 Yamanote Line (outer) Shibuya, Shinjuku, Ikebukuro
3 Keihin-Tōhoku Line (northbound) Tokyo, Ueno, Ōmiya
4 Keihin-Tōhoku Line (southbound) Kawasaki, Yokohama, Sakuragicho, Isogo, Ōfuna
5, 6 Tōkaidō Main Line Tokyo
7, 8 Special Platforms Reserved for the trains starting for Odawara
9, 10 Special Platforms Reserved for special trains and services
(As of May 2010, Platform 10 is out of use as the track has been removed.)[1]
11, 12 Tōkaidō Line Hiratsuka, Odawara, Atami, Ito, Izukyu Shimoda, Shuzenji
13, 14 Yokosuka LineSōbu Line (Rapid) Tokyo, Funabashi, Chiba, Narita Airport
Limited Express "Narita Express" Narita Airport
14, 15 Yokosuka Line Musashi-Kosugi, Shin-Kawasaki, Yokohama, Ōfuna, Kurihama

Cross-platform interchange between the Yamanote and Keihin-Tōhoku lines is only available from the next station, Tamachi.

The Shinkansen platforms were opened on October 1, 2003, to relieve congestion at Tokyo Station. Platforms are on the east side of the station.

Shinkansen platforms

21, 22 Tōkaidō Shinkansen Tokyo
23, 24 Tōkaidō Shinkansen Nagoya, Shin-Ōsaka, Hakata

Bus services

Services are provided by Toei Bus, Tokyu Bus, Keihin Kyūkō Bus, Tokyo Limousine Bus and others.

West Entrance (Takanawa Entrance)

Front of Shinagawa Station No. 1 Stop 反96 (Toei) Gotanda Station
反96折返 (Toei) Gotenyama Hills (Morning to evening on weekdays)
No. 2 Stop 品93 (Toei) Ōikeibajō (Weekday mornings, via Keihin National Highway)
深夜07 (Toei) Yashio Park Town (Late-night bus on weeknights only)
No. 3 Stop 品93 (Toei) Meguro Station (via Meiji Institute)
No. 5 Stop 反96 (Toei) Roppongi Loop (via Azabujūban Station)
反96出入 (Toei) Akabanebashi Station (via Azabujūban Station)
No. 6 Stop 反96,反96出入 (Toei) Shinagawa garage
品94 (Tōkyū) Kamata Station (via Ōimachi Station, Ōmori Station)
深夜急行バス (Keikyū) [Late-night express] Kamakura Station (via Ōfuna Station)
深夜急行バス (Keikyū) [Late-night express] Kanazawa Bunko Station (via Kami-Ōoka Station)
No. 7 Stop 品97 (Toei) Shinjuku Station West Entrance (via Tengenji-hashi)
Hotel Pacific Tokyo 高速 [expressway] (Keikyū, Kominato Tetsudō, Nitto Kōtsū) Kisaradu Station (via Sodegaura Bus Terminal)
Shinagawa Prince Hotel, Hotel Pacific Tokyo, Takanawa Prince Hotel and others 空港 [airport] (Tokyo Limousine Bus) Narita Airport
Shinagawa Bus Terminal 高速昼行 [highway daytime] (Keikyū and cooperating companies) Hirosaki
高速夜行 [highway overnight] (Keikyū and cooperating companies) Hirosaki/Goshogawara, Miyako, Sendai, Nabari, Ōtsu, Osaka, Maizuru,

Okayama/Kurashiki, Tottori/Kurayoshi, Yonago, Hagi, Tokushima, Imabari

East entrance (Kōnan entrance)

Shinagawa Station East Entrance No. 1 Stop 品98甲 (Toei) Ōta Market (Weekdays except until 9:00, Ōta Market North Gate on holidays)
品98乙 (Toei) In front of Ōi-futō Van Pool (Weekday mornings and 1st Saturday only)
No. 2 Stop 品98甲 (Toei) Ōta Market (Weekdays until 9:00)
品98丙 (Keikyū) (Toei) Ōta Market (Market dates First early morning only)
浜95甲, 浜95乙, 田92 (Toei) Shinagawa garage
No. 3 Stop 品91 (Toei) In front of Shinagawa Seaside Station/Yashio Park Town
No. 4 Stop 品96甲 (Toei) Tennōzu Isle (loop) (Weekdays only)
No. 5 Stop 品96乙 (Toei) In front of JAL building
No. 6 Stop 田92 (Toei) Tamachi Station East Entrance (via Takahama bridge)
浜95甲 (Toei) Tokyo Tower (via Takahama bridge/front of Hamamatsucho Station)
浜95乙 (Toei) In front of Akabanebashi (via Takahama bridge/front of Hamamatsucho Station/Tokyo Tower)
No. 7 Stop 田99 (Toei) Tamachi Station East Entrance (via Goshiki-bashi)
波01出入 (Toei) Tokyo Teleport Station (Only weekday Saturday, few buses)
空港 [airport] (Tokyo Limousine Bus) Narita Airport
高速 [expressway] (Keikyū, Kominato Tetsudō, Nitto Kōtsū) Kisaradu Station (via Sodegaura Bus Terminal) (Stopping from afternoon)
高速夜行:ドリーム大阪号 [Expressway night travel: Dream Osaka] (JR Bus Kanto, West JR Bus) Ōsaka Station
定期観光 Hato Bus sightseeing tours
No. 8 Stop 品99 (Toei) Shinagawa Pier Loop (via the front of Tokyo Immigration Office)
品99 (Toei) Kōnan 4-chome
品99折返 (Toei) Tokyo Immigration Office (Weekday daytime only)

History

Shinagawa is one of Japan's oldest stations, opened on June 12, 1872 (Gregorian calendar) 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 October 14, 1872. This line is a part of the Tōkaidō Main Line. Nothing remains of the original structure.

Later on March 1, 1885, the Yamanote Line started operation. Takanawa station of the Keikyu Line (then Keihin Railway Line) opened on March 11, 1924 across the street from Shinagawa station. Takanawa station was renamed Shinagawa station and moved to the current site on April 1, 1933.

The station concourse on the eastern side of the station (located above the platforms) was extensively redeveloped in 2003 in connection with the construction of the Shinkansen platforms and also to improve access to the new commercial development "Shinagawa Intercity".

Adjacent stations

« Service »
Tōkaidō Line
Shimbashi Local Kawasaki
Shimbashi Rapid Kawasaki
Shimbashi Commuter Rapid Ōfuna
Yokosuka Line
Shimbashi - Nishi-Ōi
Keihin-Tōhoku Line
Tamachi Local Ōimachi
Tamachi Rapid Ōimachi
Yamanote Line
Tamachi - Ōsaki
Tōkaidō Shinkansen
Tokyo - Shin-Yokohama
Keikyū Main Line
Sengakuji   Local   Kita-Shinagawa
Sengakuji   Airport Express   Aomono-Yokochō
Sengakuji   Ltd. Express (red)   Aomono-Yokochō
Sengakuji   Ltd. Express (green)   Keikyū Kamata
Sengakuji   Airport Ltd. Express   Haneda Airport International Terminal
Terminus Keikyu Wing Kami-Ōoka

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