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55-698: The railway was recorded to cater an average of 2.4 million passengers on a weekday in 2004. It was considered as the fourth-busiest commuter rail station in Japan and the world (after Shinjuku , Ikebukuro , and Ōsaka / Umeda ). It handles a large population of commuter traffic between the city center and suburbs to the south and west. Note that while the Tokyo Metro Hanzōmon Line and Fukutoshin Line are directly connected to each other (and passengers can switch from one to another without passing through ticket gates ),

110-609: A buffer stop at one end for safety. Bay and island platforms are so named because they resemble the eponymous geographic features. Examples of stations with bay platforms include Carlisle railway station , Ryde Pier Head railway station , Nottingham railway station (pictured), which has a bay platform inset into one of its platform islands; and the San Francisco International Airport BART Station which has three bay platforms, two of which are in use. Chicago's CTA O'Hare Airport Station features

165-542: A "liberated zone" and a "community of encounter." In July, riot police cleared the plaza with tear gas and changed signs in the station to read "West Exit Concourse" instead of "West Exit Plaza." The incident represented a significant defeat for public activism in Tokyo. There have been plans at various points in history to connect Shinjuku to the Shinkansen network, and the 1973 Shinkansen Basic Plan, still in force, specifies that

220-727: A bay platform with one track on the bay and a track on each side of the platform. Millennium Station in Chicago has several bay platforms for the South Shore Line and Metra . The Hoboken Terminal and 33rd Street Station on the PATH train line have bay platforms. Ferry Avenue on the PATCO Speedline also has a bay platform. In the New York City Subway , however, such platforms are thought of as side or island platforms connected at

275-587: A human figure being hit by an atomic bomb, was unveiled in its new permanent location at the station, in the connecting passage to the Keio Inokashira Line entrance. There are two island platforms with a total of four tracks. One of the platforms serves the Yamanote Line and the other serves the Saikyō Line and Shōnan–Shinjuku Line . The station was opened in 1885 with one island platform serving what

330-596: A result, Yamanote Line service was suspended between Ikebukuro and Osaki. To accommodate for delays, an additional special train service was run between Shinagawa and Shinjuku by way of the Yamanote Freight Line. Effective the timetable revision on 18 March 2023, through services onto the Sagami Railway commenced courtesy of the Tokyu and Sotetsu Shin-yokohama Line . Most southbound services routing through Hiyoshi on

385-459: A toilet in the underground concourse, barely a month after the gas attack on the Tokyo subway which killed 13, left 6,252 people with non-fatal injuries, severely injured 50 people, and caused 984 cases of temporary vision problems. This time the attack was thwarted by staff who extinguished the burning device. The station facilities on the Marunouchi Line were inherited by Tokyo Metro after

440-687: Is a major commuter route stretching southwest through the suburbs and out towards the coastal city of Odawara and the mountains of Hakone . The ten platforms are built on two levels beneath the Odakyu department store; three express service tracks (six platforms) on the ground level and two tracks (four platforms) on the level below. Each track has platforms on both sides in order to completely separate boarding and alighting passengers . Chest-high platform screen doors were added to platforms 4 and 5 in September 2012. Keio operates two sections of Shinjuku Station,

495-660: Is connected by underground passageways and shopping malls to Nearby non-connected stations (within 500 meters of an underground passageway or station) include There is a bus terminal at the west exit servicing both local and long-distance buses and a JR Highway Bus terminal at the New South Gates. On April 4, 2016, the new bus terminal and commercial facilities nearby the south exit, named Busta Shinjuku  [ ja ] ( Shinjuku Expressway Bus Terminal ), opened for service. Considerable numbers of coaches and airport buses depart from this new terminal. The figures below are

550-532: Is connected to the east gate of the station and several other department stores are within walking distance. The Shibuya River flows directly under the station, to the east and parallel to the JR tracks. Unlike most other Japanese department stores, the east block of Tokyu Department Store closed in 2013, and due for demolition as a part of the Shibuya Station redevelopment plan, did not have basement retail space due to

605-604: Is in the process of rebuilding the station, with reconstruction work starting in earnest in fiscal year 2015. On the platform of the Toyoko Line, which was moved to the east side of the station, Tokyu Corporation constructed a 230-meter (754 ft 7 in) high, 47-story commercial building " Shibuya Scramble Square ", which became the tallest building in Shibuya when it opened in November 2019. Several commercial buildings connected to

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660-560: Is now the Yamanote Line. To alleviate congestion, a second side platform was opened to the west in July 1940 and the original platform was converted to a side platform. In March 1996, the first Saikyō Line platform was opened. It was located to the south of the Yamanote Line platforms, approximately 350 m (1,148 ft 4 in) away. This platform was relocated to its current location during 30-31 May 2020. The original Yamanote Line platform

715-525: The Chūō Main Line and to Nikkō and Kinugawa Onsen via joint operations with the private Tōbu Railway also begin and end at this station, including Narita Express services to and from Narita International Airport . The JR section alone handles an average of 1.5 million passengers a day. The terminus for the private Odakyu Odawara Line is parallel to the JR platforms on the west side and handles an average of 490,000 passengers daily. This

770-633: The Keiō New Line . Keiō Line trains bypass these stations. Hōnanchō Branch Line 35°41′22″N 139°42′02″E  /  35.68944°N 139.70056°E  / 35.68944; 139.70056 Bay platform In the United Kingdom and in Australia , a bay platform is a dead-end railway platform at a railway station that has through lines. It is normal for bay platforms to be shorter than their associated through platforms. They must have

825-642: The Toei Shinjuku subway line and the Keiō New Line are distinctively called Keiō New Line Shinjuku Station ( 新線新宿駅 , Shinsen Shinjuku-eki ) and consist of two platforms stretching east–west five floors beneath the Kōshū Kaidō avenue to the southwest of the JR section. The concourse is managed by Keio Corporation but is in a separate location from the main Keio platforms. Further south (and deeper underground) are

880-463: The Tokyu Group , opened in 2012 and contains department store retail, restaurants, and offices. The Tokyo Metro Ginza Line , originally built and operated by a Tokyu keiretsu company, continues to use platforms on the third floor of the station building. The JR lines are on the second floor in a north-south orientation. The Tokyu Toyoko Line originally used parallel platforms on the second floor of

935-584: The Tokyu Toyoko Line to a new underground terminal on the west side of the station and constructing an east–west underground line that would be served by the Seibu Railway and the Tokyo Kosoku Railway (forerunner of Tokyo Metro ), while the Keio and Odakyu lines would use above-ground terminals to the west of the JR station. These plans were suspended upon the onset of World War II but influenced

990-510: The Yamanote Line ). Shinjuku was still a quiet community at the time and the station was not heavily trafficked at first. The opening of the Chūō Line (1889), Keiō Line (1915) and Odakyū Line (1923) led to increased traffic through the station. Japanese government urban planner Kensaburo Kondo designed a major revamp of the station in 1933, which included a large public square on the west side completed in 1941. Kondo's plan also called for extending

1045-712: The Chūō-Sobu line, JS20 for the Shonan-Shinjuku line, JA11 for the Saikyō line, JC05 for the Chuo line rapid, and JY17 for the Yamanote line. At the same time, JR East assigned the station a 3-letter code to its major transfer stations; Shinjuku was assigned the code "SJK". In 2020, the east–west free passageway was opened, shortening the time required for pedestrians to pass between the east and west exits by 10 minutes. A major redevelopment of

1100-516: The Den-en-toshi Line station was used by an average of 665,645 passengers daily. The daily passenger figures for each operator in previous years are as shown below. Found in online news in the middle of 2024, Shibuya is one of the 50 busiest train stations in the world with an average number of 3 million people using the station everyday, second to Shinjuku . Surrounding the station is the commercial center of Shibuya. The Tokyu Department Store

1155-510: The Ginza Line platforms were shifted about 50 meters (164 ft 1 in) east of the old platforms. On 1 June 2020, the Saikyo Line platforms were shifted about 350 meters (1,148 ft 4 in) north of the old platforms, and now sits right next to the Yamanote Line platforms. Major widening work took place on the Yamanote Line inner circle platform (Platform 2) on 23–24 October 2021. As

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1210-626: The Ginza Line station is a standalone terminal. Transfers to the Fukutoshin/Tōyoko Line are given 60 min to do so outside the fare control area, but those needing to transfer to Hanzōmon/Den-en-toshi Line should transfer at the Omotesando station instead. In 2013 and 2014, Shibuya station underwent major renovations as a part of a long-term site redevelopment plan. While all rail and subway lines continued to operate, some station exits and entrances were changed for improvement. As of March 2013,

1265-702: The JR East station (2001–present) The station and other parts of the Toei Ōedo Line are referenced in the Digimon Adventure franchise. Contemporary British painter Carl Randall (who spent ten years living in Tokyo as an artist) depicted the station area in his large oil painting Shinjuku , exhibited at the National Portrait Gallery in London in 2013. Note : Stations in italics (Hatsudai and Hatagaya) are on

1320-561: The Keio department store. It consists of three platforms stretching north to south. An additional thin platform between Platforms 2 and 3 is used for alighting only. This suburban commuter line links Shinjuku to the city of Hachiōji to the west. Chest-high platform edge doors were introduced on the Keio Line platforms in March 2014. The doors are different colours for each platform; the doors on Platform 2 are green. The shared facilities for

1375-614: The Metro Promenade underground mall. Many department stores and shopping malls are built directly into the station. These include In addition to the above, the Metro Promenade, which is an underground mall owned by Tokyo Metro, extends eastwards from the station beneath Shinjuku-dori avenue, all the way to the adjacent Shinjuku-sanchōme station with 60 exits along the way. The Metro Promenade in turn connects to Shinjuku Subnade, another underground shopping mall, which leads onto Seibu Railway 's Seibu-Shinjuku station. Shinjuku Station

1430-642: The Tokyu Shin-yokohama Line continue as far south as Shōnandai Station on the Sōtetsu Izumino Line . The former above-ground Tokyu Toyoko Line terminal station platforms were taken out of use after the last train service on 15 March 2013. From the start of the revised timetable on 16 March 2013, Toyoko Line services used the underground platforms 3-4 shared with Tokyo Metro Fukutoshin Line services. The station had four 8-car long bay platforms numbered 1 to 4, serving four tracks. JR East

1485-611: The Toyoko Line (1927), and the Teito Shibuya Line (1 August 1933; now the Inokashira Line). Between 1925 and 1935, the legendary Akita dog named Hachikō waited for his deceased owner, appearing at the station right when his train was due for nine years. In 1938, the station added platforms for the Tōkyō Rapid Railway, which began through service with the Ginza Line in 1939 and formally merged with it in 1941. In 1946,

1540-542: The Yamanote Line and the Chūō Line in front of the south entrance of Shinjuku Station by a bridge. The Keiō Line had a station for access to Shinjuku Station, named Teishajō-mae Station ( 停車場前駅 ) and renamed in 1937 Shōsen Shinjuku Ekimae Station ( 省線新宿駅前駅 ) . In July 1945, the terminal of the Keiō Line was relocated to the present location, though on the ground level, on the west side of Shinjuku Station. Keiō Shinjuku Station and Shōsen Shinjuku Ekimae Station were closed. This

1595-668: The boundary between the Shinjuku and Shibuya special wards. In Shinjuku, it is in the Nishi-Shinjuku and Shinjuku districts; in Shibuya, it is in the Yoyogi and Sendagaya districts. The station was used by an average of 3.59 million people per day in 2018, making it the world's busiest railway station by far (and registered as such with Guinness World Records ). The main East Japan Railway Company (JR East) station and

1650-465: The building due to a lack of space for trains longer than six cars; the building is now known as Lumine Est and retains some design features originally intended to accommodate the Seibu terminal (in particular, a very high ceiling on the first floor and a very low ceiling on the second floor). In the late 1980s, Seibu planned to build an underground terminal on the east side of Shinjuku but indefinitely postponed

1705-442: The current layout of the station area. Subway service ultimately began in 1959. The Seibu Shinjuku Line was extended from Takadanobaba Station to Seibu Shinjuku Station in 1952. Seibu Shinjuku was built as a temporary station pending a planned redevelopment of the east side of Shinjuku Station, which was to feature a large station building that would house a new Seibu terminal on its second floor. Seibu abandoned its plan to use

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1760-432: The directly adjacent private railways have a total of 35 platforms, an underground arcade, above-ground arcade and numerous hallways with another 17 platforms (53 total) that can be accessed through hallways to five directly connected stations without surfacing outside. The entire above/underground complex has well over 200 exits. Shinjuku Station opened in 1885 as a stop on Japan Railway's Akabane-Shinagawa line (now part of

1815-544: The distance between Ginza and Hanzomon Line platforms, the transfer announcements was announced at Omote-sando station instead. The Keio station consists of two bay platforms serving two tracks. On 1 March 1885, Shibuya Station first opened as a stop on the Shinagawa Line, a predecessor of the present-day Yamanote Line . The station was later expanded to accommodate the Tamagawa Railway (1907; closed 1969),

1870-544: The east side of the main station was transformed due to the provision of through train services between the Tokyu Toyoko Line and the Tokyo Metro Fukutoshin Line . While much of the main station building, previously housing the Tokyu department store, had been closed and was set for demolition, the west building of the Tokyu department store continued to operate as before. The Shibuya Hikarie building, also owned by

1925-415: The following railway systems: The station is centered around facilities servicing the East Japan Railway Company (JR East) lines. These consist of eight ground-level island platforms (16 tracks) on a north–south axis, connected by two overhead and two underground concourses. Most JR services here are urban and suburban mass transit lines, although many limited express services to Kōfu and Matsumoto on

1980-519: The height of civil unrest in postwar Japan. On 21 October 1968, 290,000 marchers participated in International Anti-War Day, taking over Shinjuku station and forcing trains to stop. In May and June 1969, members of the antiwar group Beheiren carrying guitars and calling themselves "folk guerrillas" led weekly singalongs in the underground plaza outside the west exit of the station, attracting crowds of thousands. Participants described it as

2035-512: The infamous Shibuya incident , a gang fight involving hundreds of people, occurred in front of the station. More recently, the Den-en-toshi Line (1977), the Hanzōmon Line (1978), and the Fukutoshin Line (2008) began serving the station. Between December 2008 and March 2009, piezoelectric mats were installed at Shibuya Station as a small scale test. From 22 February 2013, station numbering

2090-478: The nearby statue of the dog Hachikō and located next to Shibuya's famous scramble crossing , is a particularly popular meeting spot. The Tamagawa Exit ( 玉川口 , Tamagawa-guchi ) on the west side leads to the Keiō Inokashira Line Shibuya Station platforms. On 17 November 2008 (16 years ago)  ( 2008-11-17 ) , a mural by Tarō Okamoto , "The Myth of Tomorrow", depicting

2145-418: The official number of passengers entering and exiting (except for JR East) each day released by each train operator. The figure for JR East only includes entering passengers. Average number of passengers per day by fiscal year for the JR East station (1913–1935) Average number of passengers per day by fiscal year for the JR East station (1953–2000) Average number of passengers per day by fiscal year for

2200-518: The plan in 1995 due to costs and declining passenger growth. On 8 August 1967, a freight train carrying jet fuel bound for the U.S. air bases at Tachikawa and Yokota collided with another freight train and caught fire on the Chūō Rapid tracks. The incident stoked ongoing political controversy in Japan regarding the Vietnam War . The station was a major site for student protests in 1968 and 1969 ,

2255-599: The privatization of the Teito Rapid Transit Authority (TRTA) in 2004. Station numbering was introduced to the Odakyu terminal in 2014 with Shinjuku being assigned station number OH01. A major expansion of the JR terminal was completed in April 2016, adding a 32-story office tower, bus terminal, taxi terminal, and numerous shops and restaurants. Station numbering was introduced to the JR East platforms in 2016 with Shinjuku being assigned station numbers JB10 for

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2310-435: The river passing directly underneath. An escalator in the east block of the store was constructed over the river stops a few steps above floor level to make space for machinery underneath without the need for further excavation. Rivers are deemed public space under Japanese law, so building over one is normally illegal. It is not clear why this was allowed when the store buildings were first constructed in 1933. Various parts of

2365-657: The same building, but effective on 16 March 2013, the Toyoko Line moved underground to provide rail service with the Tokyo Metro Fukutoshin Line . The Tokyo Metro Hanzomon Line and Tokyu Den-en-Toshi Line share platforms underground in another part of the station. The Keio Inokashira Line uses platforms on the second floor of the Shibuya Mark City building to the west of the main station complex. The main JR/Tokyu/Tokyo Metro complex has six exits. The northwest Hachikō Exit ( ハチ公口 , Hachikō-guchi ) , named for

2420-586: The station also feature in the manga / anime television series Jujutsu Kaisen as the setting for what is dubbed the Shibuya Incident. Shinjuku Station Shinjuku Station ( 新宿駅 , Shinjuku-eki ) is a major railway station in Tokyo , Japan, that serves as the main connecting hub for rail traffic between central/eastern Tokyo (the special wards ) and Western Tokyo on the inter-city rail , commuter rail , and subway lines. The station straddles

2475-451: The station and the surrounding area began in July 2021 with the aim of improving pedestrian flow and making it easier and faster to cut through the east and west sides of the station. Construction is expected to continue until 2047. When the Keio Line extended to Shinjuku in 1915, its terminal was located several blocks east of the government railway (presently JR) station. The terminal was first named Shinjuku-Oiwake Station ( 新宿追分駅 ) and

2530-638: The station should be the southern terminus of the Jōetsu Shinkansen line to Niigata . While construction of the Ōmiya -Shinjuku link never started and the Jōetsu line presently terminates in Tokyo Station , the right of way, including an area underneath the station, remains reserved. On 5 May 1995, the Aum Shinrikyo doomsday cult attempted a chemical terrorist attack by setting off a cyanide gas device in

2585-406: The station since the opening of the Fukutoshin Line in 2008, and the Toyoko Line uses platforms 3 and 4 since the start of through services with the two lines on 16 March 2013. As of January 2020, one island platform serves two tracks. Until December 2019, two side platforms each served one track, with one platform for terminating services and one for services departing towards Asakusa. Due to

2640-541: The station will be constructed by 2027. In fiscal year 2013, the JR East station was used by 378,539 passengers daily (boarding passengers only), making it the fifth-busiest JR East station. Over the same fiscal year, the Keio station was used by an average of 336,957 passengers daily (exiting and entering passengers), making it the busiest station on the Inokashira Line. In fiscal 2013, the Tokyo Metro Ginza station

2695-523: The traditional Keio Line stub terminal and a separate through station connecting the Keio New Line with the Toei Shinjuku Line. In 2019, 788,567 passengers used the Keio complex daily (Keio and Keio New Lines), which makes it among the busiest among the non- JR Group railways of Japan. The Keio Line concourse is located to the west of the Odakyu line concourse, two floors below ground level under

2750-490: The two north-to-south Toei Ōedo subway line platforms. Toei Ōedo Line 's two underground platforms stretch north–south to the south of the Toei Shinjuku Line and Keio New Line facilities. This is on the 7th basement floor of Tokyo prefectural road 414(Yotsuya-Tsunohazu Ave.). Tokyo Metro 's two Marunouchi Line underground platforms stretch east–west to the north of the JR and Odakyu facilities, directly below

2805-402: Was because the trains faced difficulty in climbing up the slopes of the bridge over the governmental railway after one of the nearby transformer substations was destroyed by an air raid . The site of Keiō Shinjuku Station near Shinjuku-Sanchōme subway station is now occupied by two buildings owned by Keiō: Keiō Shinjuku Sanchōme Building and Keiō Shinjuku Oiwake Building. Shinjuku is served by

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2860-465: Was introduced on Keio lines, with Shibuya Station becoming "IN01". Station numbering was later introduced to the JR East platforms in 2016 with Shibuya being assigned station numbers JS19 for the Shonan-Shinjuku line, JA10 for the Saikyo line, and JY20 for the Yamanote Line. At the same time, JR East assigned its major transfer stations a 3-letter code; Shibuya was assigned the code "SBY". On 3 January 2020,

2915-521: Was on the street near the Isetan department store. In 1927, the station was moved from the street to a newly built terminal adjacent to the original station. The station building housed a department store. The station name was changed to Yotsuya-Shinjuku Station ( 四谷新宿駅 ) in 1930 and again to Keiō Shinjuku Station ( 京王新宿駅 ) in 1937. The tracks from the terminal were on the Kōshū Kaidō highway, which crosses

2970-447: Was then widened during 23-24 October 2021. It was widened further during 7-8 January 2023, when the west side platform was removed from service and both directions of the Yamanote Line were recombined into a single island platform. On the third basement (B3F) level, a single underground island platform serves two tracks. Two underground island platforms on the fifth basement (B5F) level serve four tracks. Tokyu has been managing

3025-560: Was used by an average of 212,136 passengers daily and the Tokyo Metro Hanzōmon and Fukutoshin stations were used by an average of 731,184 passengers daily. Note that the latter statistics consider passengers who travel through Shibuya station on a through service as users of the station, even if they did not disembark at the station. In fiscal 2013, the Tokyu Toyoko Line station was used by an average of 441,266 passengers daily and

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