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18-585: Shinagawa Station ( 品川駅 , Shinagawa-eki ) is a major railway station in the Takanawa and Konan districts of Minato, Tokyo , Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East), Central Japan Railway Company (JR Central), and the private railway operator Keikyu . The Tokaido Shinkansen and other trains to the Miura Peninsula , Izu Peninsula , and the Tōkai region pass through here. Though

36-525: A historic building that had been renovated. Takamatsu Junior High is a junior high school . Takamatsunomiya contributed some of its own mansions for Minato and a junior high school was built there. The Takanawa Public Library occupies the 3rd and 4th floors on the Takanawa Branch office, Minato City. It periodically holds film shows for adult users as well as children's programs involving toddlers to elementary pupils. There are gallery walls where

54-649: A large fiber-optic cable network in the city, as well as several electric power generators. Tokyo City purchased the Tokyo Railway Company, a streetcar operator, in 1911, and placed its lines under the authority of the Tokyo Municipal Electric Bureau ( 東京市電気局 , Tokyo-shi Denki Kyoku ) . The TMEB began bus service in 1924 as an emergency measure after the Great Kantō earthquake knocked out streetcar service in

72-704: A major station in Tokyo, Shinagawa is not served by the Tokyo subway network. However, it is connected to the Toei Asakusa Line via Keikyu through services. Despite its name, the station is not located in Shinagawa ward. Shinagawa is also commonly used to refer to the business district around the station, which is in Takanawa and Konan neighborhoods of Minato, directly north of Shinagawa ward. This station

90-692: Is a bureau of the Tokyo Metropolitan Government which operates public transport services in Tokyo . Among its services, the Toei Subway is one of two rapid transit systems which make up the Tokyo subway system, the other being Tokyo Metro . In addition to the subways, Toei also operates the Toden Arakawa Line streetcar and the Nippori-Toneri Liner automated guideway transit. It also operated

108-567: Is a suburban route from Shibuya Station . Some routes replace the initial character with Latin letters, one prominent example being the RH01 service between Roppongi Hills and Shibuya. Others use a special character derived from the route, such as 虹01 ( Niji [Rainbow] 01) which crosses the Rainbow Bridge . Some cross-town routes begin with the character 都 ( to "metropolitan"). Tokyo Metropolitan Bureau of Transportation also maintains

126-508: Is just south of a large yard complex consisting of Shinagawa Carriage Sidings, Shinagawa Locomotive Depot, and Tamachi Depot. Shinagawa is served by the following lines: JR Central announced in 2011 that Shinagawa will be the terminal for the Chūō Shinkansen , a maglev line under construction and scheduled to begin service to Nagoya in 2027. The main JR station concourse is situated above

144-559: The Ueno Zoo Monorail until its operation was suspended on October 31, 2019. Toei operates local bus service in central Tokyo, generally to fill in the gaps unserved by the Tokyo Metro and Toei Subway networks. Most routes are designated by a kanji character followed by a two-digit route number. The initial character usually indicates the main railway station where the line terminates: for instance, 渋66 ( Shibu 66)

162-1508: The JR train station. Each of them are served with municipal and public bus services. For bus services, the City of Minato operates community bus system called "Chii Bus", serving Takanawa area with Takanawa Route. Tokyo Metropolitan Government runs buses nicknamed Toei Bus, or To-Bus in short, and services are available in Takanawa neighborhood, too. Tokyu Bus operates lines in Takanawa area as well. Takanawa has bus access from Shinagawa station east gate to Tokyo International Airport in Narita, Chiba prefecture as well as from Grand Prince Hotel New Takanawa to Haneda Airport. Subway Toei Asakusa Line and Keikyū Main Line serve Sengakuji station. JR East serves Shinagawa with Tokaido Shinkansen , Yamanote Line , Keihin-Tōhoku Line , Tōkaidō Main Line and Yokosuka Line , along with Keikyū Main Line by Keikyū. Two subway systems, or Tokyo Metro Namboku Line and Toei Mita Line serve Shirokane-Takanawa Station. Routes connecting transportation hubs are: Subway Toei Asakusa Line serves Takanawadai Station. 35°38′28″N 139°44′03″E  /  35.641137°N 139.734195°E  / 35.641137; 139.734195 Tokyo Metropolitan Bureau of Transportation The Tokyo Metropolitan Bureau of Transportation ( 東京都交通局 , Tōkyō-to Kōtsū-kyoku ) , also known as Toei ( 都営 ) ,

180-606: The Keihin-Tohoku Line, and JY25 for the Yamanote Line. At the same time, JR East assigned the station a 3-letter code; Shinagawa was assigned the code "SGW". In fiscal 2017, the JR East station was used by an average of 378,566 passengers daily (boarding passengers only), making it the fifth-busiest station operated by JR East. The passenger figures for previous years are as shown below. Found in online news in

198-524: The Yamanote Line started operation. Takanawa station of the Keikyu Line (then Keihin Railway Line) opened on 11 March 1924 across the street from Shinagawa station. Takanawa station was renamed Shinagawa station and moved to the current site on 1 April 1933. The station concourse on the eastern side of the station (located above the platforms) was extensively redeveloped in 2003 in connection with

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216-753: The city. (The TMEB was also responsible for providing electric power to Tokyo, but this service was privatized in 1942 as Tokyo Electric ). In 1942, the Japanese government forced a number of private transit businesses in Tokyo to merge into the TMEB. These included the bus lines of the Tokyo Underground Railway (whose Ginza Line remained independent), the Keio Electric Railway and the Tokyu Corporation , as well as

234-609: The construction of the Shinkansen platforms and also to improve access to the new commercial development "Shinagawa Intercity". Keikyu introduced station numbering to its stations on 21 October 2010; Shinagawa was assigned station number KK01. Station numbering was introduced to the JR East platforms in 2016 with Shinagawa being assigned station numbers JT03 for the Tokaido Line, JO17 for the Yokosuka Line, JK20 for

252-479: The east side of the station. Shinagawa is one of Japan's oldest stations, opened on 12 June 1872, 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 14 October 1872. This line is a part of the Tōkaidō Main Line. Nothing remains of the original structure. Later on 1 March 1885,

270-660: The local public elementary school holds art shows. The Minato City Office has a district general branch, "Takanawa Sogo shisho" ( 高輪総合支所 ) at 16-25, Takanawa 1-chome, and provides services and duties for the citizens and visitors in the area of 4 and 5-chome Mita, Takanawa, Shirokane and Shirokanedai.( 三田4/5丁目 , 高輪 , 白金 , and 白金台 ) Charity Embassies Facilities for fine arts and entertainment Historical sites and monuments Hotels Police stations and fire stations Religious institutions Schools Shopping streets In Takanawa area, there are three subway stations, one each by two operating companies and

288-1016: The middle of 2024, Shinagawa is one of the 50 busiest train stations in the world with an average number of 1 million people using the station everyday. Services are provided by Toei Bus , Tokyu Bus , Keikyu Bus, Airport Transport Service , and others. Takanawa Takanawa ( 高輪 ) is a neighborhood in Minato, Tokyo , Japan . Sony and Hondurentas (a privately-held rental company from Honduras ) operates in Takanawa. Minato City Board of Education operates public elementary and junior high schools. Tanakawa 1-chōme 6-27 ban and 2-4-chōme are zoned to Takanawadai Elementary School ( 高輪台小学校 ) and Takamatsu Junior High School ( 高松中学校 , Takamatsu Chūgakkō ) . Takanawa 1- chōme 1-3-ban are zoned to Shirogane-no-oka Gakuen ( 白金の丘学園 ) for elementary and junior high school. Takanawa 1-chōme 4-5-ban are zoned to Mita Elementary School ( 御田小学校 ) and Mita Junior High School ( 田中学校 ). Takanawadai Elementary School occupies

306-508: 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. Cross-platform interchange between the Yamanote and Keihin-Tohoku lines is only available for Yamanote Line trains to Shibuya and Keihin-Tōhoku Line trains to Tokyo. The Keikyu platforms are on

324-607: The western side of the station at a higher level than the JR platforms. Some Keikyu trains terminate at Shinagawa while others continue on to join the Toei Asakusa Line at Sengakuji . New ground level Keikyu platforms are currently undergoing construction and are expected to be completed around 2030 as part of the Keikyu's Continuous Grade Separation project. The Shinkansen platforms were opened on October 1, 2003, to relieve congestion at Tokyo Station . Platforms are on

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