Shinagawa Station

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Shinagawa (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 the Keihin Electric Express Railway Company. The Tōkaidō Shinkansen and other trains to the Miura Peninsula, Izu Peninsula and the Tōkai region of Honshū pass through here. It is known as the southern gateway to Tokyo. Despite its name it is not located in Shinagawa Ward but just to the north in Minato Ward.

The station is located at 35.628157° N 139.739099° E. This station is just south of one of the largest passenger train switch yards in Japan.

[edit] Lines

Shinagawa is served by the following lines:

• Keihin Electric Express Railway Company
  • Keikyu Main Line

• Japan Railways
  • JR Central
    • Tōkaidō Shinkansen
    • Tōkaidō Main Line
  • JR East
    • Keihin-Tōhoku Line
    • Yamanote Line
    • Yokosuka Line

[edit] 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

The main JR station concourse is situated above the platfoms running east-west across the breadth of the station. A freely traversable walkway, providing a valuable pedestrian link between divides the restricted station areas into two sections. The southerly section contains a number of shops and market-style stalls.

JR Platforms

Note that 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 the Tokyo terminus. Platforms are on the east side of the station and are raised somewhat above the other platforms.

Shinkansen Platforms

[edit] Bus services

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

[edit] West Entrance (Takanawa Entrance)

[edit] East Entrance (Minato Minami Entrance)

[edit] History

Shinagawa is one of Japan's oldest stations, opened in June 1872, four months before Shinbashi Station. Nothing remains of the original structure. Recently, in connection with the construction of the Shinkansen platforms, and also to improve access to the new commercial development "Shinagawa Intercity" (品川インターシティ, Link) on the eastern side of the station the station concourse (located above the platforms) has been extensively redeveloped.

[edit] Adjacent stations

[edit] External links

• Central Japan Railway Company (JR Central) (English) (Japanese)
• East Japan Railway Company (JR East) (English) (Japanese)
  • JR station map (Japanese)
• Keihin Electric Express Railway Company, Limited (English) (Japanese)
  • Keihin station map (Japanese)
• Keikyū Bus (Japanese)
  • Bus network map index (Japanese)
• Shinagawa Intercity (Japanese)
• Toei Bus (English) (Japanese)
  • Bus network map index (Japanese)
• Tokyo Limousine Bus (English) (Japanese)
• Tōkyū Bus (Japanese)
  • Bus network map index (Japanese)de:Bahnhof Shinagawa

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