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SMBJK24JT02JY29JO18 G08A10U01 Shimbashi Station 新橋駅
East side of JR Shimbashi Station West Exit
General information
Location	Minato City,Tokyo Japan
Operated by	JR East Tokyo Metro Toei Subway
Lines	JYYamanote Line JTTōkaidō Main Line JOYokosuka Line JKKeihin-Tōhoku Line GGinza Line (G-08) AAsakusa Line (A-10) UYurikamome (U-01)
History
Opened	16 December 1909; 115 years ago (16 December 1909)
Previous names	Karasumori (until 1914)
Passengers
FY2023	JR East - 438,226 (daily)[1] Tokyo Metro - 194,374 (daily)[1] Toei Subway - 83,515 (daily)[1] Yurikamome - 56,027 (daily)[1]
Services
Preceding station JR East Following station Hamamatsuchō HMCJY28 next clockwise Yamanote Line Yūrakuchō JY30 next counter-clockwise Hamamatsuchō HMCJK23 towardsYokohama Keihin–Tōhoku Line Local Yūrakuchō JK25 towardsŌmiya Shinagawa One-way operation Shōnan Tokyo TYOJT01 Terminus Shinagawa SGWJT03 towardsAtami Tōkaidō Line Shinagawa SGWJT03 Terminus Jōban Line Special Rapid Tokyo TYOJT01 towardsTsuchiura Jōban Line Rapid Tokyo TYOJT01 towardsToride Jōban Line Local-Futsuu Tokyo TYOJT01 towardsSendai Shinagawa SGWJO17 towardsKurihama Yokosuka Line Tokyo TYOJO19 Terminus Preceding station Tokyo Metro Following station Toranomon G07 towardsShibuya Ginza Line Ginza G09 towardsAsakusa Preceding station Toei Subway Following station Daimon A09 towardsSengakuji Asakusa Line Airport Limited Express Nihombashi A13 towardsOshiage Daimon A09 towardsNishi-magome Asakusa Line Higashi-ginza A11 towardsOshiage Preceding station Yurikamome Following station Terminus New Transit Yurikamome Shiodome U02 towardsToyosu
Location Shimbashi Station Location within Tokyo Yamanote Loop Show map of Tokyo Yamanote Loop Shimbashi Station Shimbashi Station (Tokyo wards area) Show map of Tokyo wards area Shimbashi Station Shimbashi Station (Japan) Show map of Japan

Shimbashi Station (新橋駅,Shinbashi-eki) is a major interchange railway station inTokyo'sMinato Ward, located centrally and a 10-minute walk from theGinza shopping district, directly south of Tokyo station.

Many train services such aslimited express trains (except theShōnan (train) service) and the JR EastKeihin-Tōhoku Line rapid trains do not stop at this station. It is also served byToei Subway'sAsakusa Line andTokyo Metro'sGinza Line. It is also relatively close toUchisaiwaicho Station on theToei Mita Line (located 230 meters to the northwest), although it is not officially recognized as a transfer station and there is no transfer corridor between the two stations.

The JR East station consists of three surface platforms serving the Tōkaidō, Yamanote, and Keihin-Tōhoku lines, and an underground platform serving the Yokosuka Line.

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  Platforms 1 and 2
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  Platforms 3 and 4
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  Platforms 5 and 6

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  Yokosuka Line platforms

Tokyo Metro operates in an underground station with twoside platforms serving theTokyo Metro Ginza Line.

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  Ticket gates
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  Platform 2

Toei operates in an underground station with two side platforms serving theToei Asakusa Line.

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  Platforms

The terminus for theYurikamome is an elevated station next to the JR station.

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Yurikamome

forDaiba,Tokyo Big Sight,Shijō-mae, andToyosu

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  Yurikamome Shimbashi Station entrance, 2019
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  Platforms, January 2020

Shimbashi is the original terminus of Japan's first stretch of railway, theTōkaidō Main Line, and is one of Japan's oldest stations (the oldest station beingShinagawa, a few kilometres down the line). Theoriginal Shimbashi Station, opened on October 10, 1872, was built some way to the east of the modern-day structure and was known asShimbashi Teishajō (新橋停車場).

The present-day structure opened on 16 December 1909 as Karasumori Station (烏森駅) on theYamanote Line.^[2] With the extension of theTōkaidō Main Line along its modern-day route to the new terminus atTokyo Station in 1914, the original station was demolished to make way for a freight yard,Shiodome Station (汐留駅), and Karasumori Station was renamed Shimbashi Station.

Japan's first subway line, operated by the Tokyo Underground Railroad Company, was extended to Shimbashi in 1934. In January 1939, the Tokyo Rapid Railway Company built a second subway station at Shimbashi for its line fromShibuya. After several months, the lines were merged to allow through service, and the TRR station was closed. In 1941 the two companies merged forming today'sTokyo Metro Ginza Line. The Ginza Line operated from a single platform until 1980, when a second parallel platform was opened to relieve congestion.

TheToei Asakusa Line began service to Shimbashi in 1968, and the elevatedYurikamome station opened in 1995.^[3]

Shiodome Station closed in 1986. The site was declared a national monument in 1996 and the area was archeologically investigated while being redeveloped as a commercial district ("Shiosite") with a number of large office blocks. In 2003 a reconstruction of the original Shimbashi Station building and part of the platforms was completed. It currently houses a railway history exhibit and a restaurant.

The station facilities of the Ginza Line were inherited byTokyo Metro after the privatization of theTeito Rapid Transit Authority (TRTA) in 2004.^[4]

PASMOsmart card coverage at this station began on 18 March 2007.^[5]

In fiscal 2013, the JR East station was used by an average of 254,945 passengers daily (boarding passengers only), making it the seventh busiest station operated by JR East.^[6]

The JR East passenger figures for previous years are as shown below.

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