Shibuya Station

Shibuya Station (渋谷駅, Shibuya-eki) is a major railway station in Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East), Keio Corporation, Tokyu Corporation, and Tokyo Metro. It serves as a terminal for six railway lines, five of which are operated by Tokyo Metro and Tokyu Corporation.

As of 2025, the station is visited by approximately 3 million people per day, making it the second-busiest railway station in the world. The station handles a large population of commuter traffic between the city center and suburbs to the south and west.^[1]

On 1 March 1885, Shibuya Station was opened by the Nippon Railway as a stop on the Shinagawa Line, a predecessor of the present-day Yamanote Line. The station in its first years saw little usage by passengers, with an average of 16 to 17 people per day. The Shinagawa Line itself was initially single-tracked, and the station was serviced by two-car formations making three return trips. Usage increased from 1887, when local residents began to recognize the convenience of rail travel.^[2] The Nippon Railway was later nationalized in 1906 under the Railway Nationalization Act.^[3] The station was later expanded to accommodate the Tamagawa Line, now a section of the Setagaya Line, in August 1907. The Tokyo Toden extended to the station in August 1911. The station building was rebuilt with a new structure featuring a clock tower.

In 1922, Tamagawa Electric Railway opened the Tenngennji Line which terminates at the station.

The station continued to service additional lines, beginning with the Toyoko Line operated by the predecessor of Tokyu Corporation from 1927, and the current Inokashira Line in 1933.^[4] The Tokyo Rapid Railway (later the Tokyo Metro Ginza Line) opened and began serving the station in 1938. Developments in the area around Shibuya Station paused during World War II.^[2]

Following the end of the war, 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-generating mats were installed at Shibuya Station as a small-scale test.^[5][6][7][8]

From 22 February 2013, station numbering was introduced on Keio lines, with Shibuya Station denoted "IN01".^[9] Station numbering was later introduced to the JR East platforms in 2016 with Shibuya 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 three-letter codes to its major transfer stations; Shibuya was assigned the code "SBY".^[10][11]

يستخدم خط طوكيو مترو غينزا ، الذي بنته وأدارته في الأصل شركة تابعة لمجموعة توكيو كيريتسو ، أرصفة في الطابق الثالث من مبنى المحطة. أما خطوط JR فتقع في الطابق الثاني باتجاه شمال-جنوب. وكان خط توكيو تويوكو يستخدم في الأصل أرصفة متوازية في الطابق الثاني من المبنى نفسه، ولكن اعتبارًا من 16 مارس 2013، انتقل خط تويوكو إلى الأنفاق لتوفير خدمة السكك الحديدية مع خط طوكيو مترو فوكوتوشين . ويتشارك خط طوكيو مترو هانزومون وخط توكيو دين-إن-توشي أرصفة تحت الأرض في جزء آخر من المحطة. ويستخدم خط كيو إينوكاشيرا أرصفة في الطابق الثاني من مبنى شيبويا مارك سيتي غرب مجمع المحطة الرئيسي. ^{[ 22 ]}

يحتوي مجمع JR/Tokyu/Tokyo Metro الرئيسي على ستة مخارج. يعد مخرج هاتشيكو الشمالي الغربي (ハチ公口، Hachikō-guchi ) ، الذي سمي على اسم التمثال القريب للكلب هاتشيكو ويقع بجوار معبر التدافع الشهير في شيبويا ، مكانًا شهيرًا للاجتماع بشكل خاص. يؤدي مخرج تاماجاوا (玉川口، Tamagawa-guchi ) الموجود على الجانب الغربي إلى أرصفة محطة شيبويا على خط كيو إينوكاشيرا. ^{[ 22 ]}

في 17 نوفمبر 2008 ( 2008-11-17 ) ، تم الكشف عن جدارية للفنان تارو أوكاموتو بعنوان "أسطورة الغد"، والتي تصور شخصية بشرية تتعرض لضربة قنبلة ذرية، في موقعها الدائم الجديد في المحطة، في الممر المؤدي إلى مدخل خط كيو إينوكاشيرا. ^{[ 23 ]}  

جيه آر إيست

المنصات

يوجد رصيفان جزيريان بإجمالي أربعة مسارات. يخدم أحد الرصيفين خط يامانوتي ، بينما يخدم الآخر خط سايكيو وخط شونان-شينجوكو .

The station opened in 1885 with one island platform serving what 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.^[15][24] The original Yamanote Line platform was then widened during 23–24 October 2021.^[25] Further widened 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.^[26]

1	Yamanote Line	for Shinjuku, and Ikebukuro
2	Yamanote Line	for Shinagawa and Tokyo
3	Saikyō Line	for Shinjuku, Ōmiya, and Kawagoe
	Shōnan-Shinjuku Line	for Shinjuku and Ōmiya(via the Takasaki Line) for Kumagaya, Takasaki, Maebashi(via the Utsunomiya Line) for Oyama, Utsunomiya
4	Saikyō Line	for ŌsakiRinkai Line for Shin-KibaSotetsu Line for Hazawa yokohama-kokudai and Ebina
	Shōnan-Shinjuku Line	for Yokohama and Ōfuna(via the Tōkaidō Line) for Odawara(via the Yokosuka Line) for Zushi
	■ Ltd. Express Narita Express	for Tokyo and Narita Airport

Tokyo Metro/Tokyu

Station layout
3FGinza Line platforms	Platform 2	→Ginza Line towards Asakusa(Omotesandō) →
	Island platform, doors will open on the right
	Platform 1	→Ginza Line towards Asakusa(Omotesandō) →
	Ginza Line concourse	Ginza Line ticket barriers, ticket officePassageways to JR platforms
2F	Upper mezzanine	Ginza Line ticket barriers, ticket machines, station agent Passageways to JR and Keio Inokashira Line platforms
1F	Street Level	Exit/Entrance Transfer between Ginza Line and Hanzomon Line/Fukutoshin Line/Tokyu stations
B1F	Transfer mezzanine	Staircases and elevators to lower mezzanine
B2F	Lower mezzanine	Hanzomon Line/Fukutoshin Line/Tokyu ticket barriers, ticket machines, station agent
B3F Hanzōmon LineDen-en-toshi Line platform	Platform 2	→Hanzōmon Line towards Oshiage(Omotesandō) →
	Island platform, doors will open on the right
	Platform 1	← Tōkyū Den-en-toshi Line towards Chūō-rinkan(Ikejiri-ōhashi) ← Hanzōmon Line termination track
B4F	Transfer mezzanine	Transfer between Hanzōmon Line/Den-en-toshi Line and Fukutoshin Line/Tōyoko Line platforms
B5F Fukutoshin LineTōyoko Line platforms	Platform 6	→Fukutoshin Line towards Wakōshi(Meiji-Jingūmae) →
	Island platform, doors will open on the left/right
	Platform 5	→Fukutoshin Line towards Wakōshi(Meiji-Jingūmae) →
	Platform 4	← Tokyu Toyoko Line towards Yokohama(Daikan-yama)
	Island platform, doors will open on the left/right
	Platform 3	← Tōkyū Tōyoko Line towards Yokohama(Daikan-yama)

Tokyu Den-en-toshi Line and Tokyo Metro Hanzomon Line

Platforms

On the third basement (B3F) level, a single underground island platform serves two tracks.^[27]

1	Den-en-toshi Line	for Futako-tamagawa, Nagatsuta, and Chūō-rinkan
2	Hanzōmon Line	for Otemachi and OshiageTobu Skytree Line for Tōbu-Dōbutsu-KōenTobu Isesaki Line for KukiTobu Nikko Line for Minami-kurihashi

Tokyu Toyoko Line and Tokyo Metro Fukutoshin Line

Platforms

Two underground island platforms on the fifth basement (B5F) level serve four tracks.^[28] Tokyu has been managing 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.

3-4	Tōyoko Line	for Jiyūgaoka, Yokohama, and Shin-Yokohama Minatomirai Line for Motomachi-Chukagai Sotetsu Izumino Line for Shōnandai via the Tōkyū/Sōtetsu Shin-yokohama Line
5-6	Fukutoshin Line	for Shinjuku-sanchome, Ikebukuro, and Wakoshi Tobu Tojo Line for Shinrinkōen and Ogawamachi Seibu Ikebukuro Line for Hannō

Tokyo Metro Ginza Line

Platforms

As of January 2020, one island platform serves two tracks.^[28] 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 the distance between the Ginza and Hanzomon Line platforms, transfer information is announced at Omote-sando Station instead.

1-2

Ginza Line

for Akasaka-mitsuke, Ginza, Ueno, and Asakusa

• 
  The Ginza Line platforms in 1977
• 
  The same platforms in 2010

Keio Inokashira Line

Platforms

The Keio station consists of two bay platforms serving two tracks.^[29] It began operations on 1 August 1933.^[30]

1, 2

Keio Inokashira Line

for Shimo-Kitazawa, Meidaimae, Eifukuchō, and Kichijōji

Surrounding the station is the commercial center of Shibuya. The Tokyu Department Store is connected to the east gate of the station and several other department stores are within walking distance.

• Shibuya Ward Office
• NHK Broadcasting Center
• NHK Hall
• Shibuya Mark City
• Shibuya 109
• Shibuya Hikarie
• Yoyogi Park
• Miyashita Park

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 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.

The station and its surrounding area serves as the setting for the manga/animeJujutsu Kaisen from Chapters 79-136 (Episodes 32-47), the arc aptly named the “Shibuya Incident”. The show takes a particular interest in floor B5F in Episode 33 “Shibuya Incident - Gate, Open”.

• List of railway stations in Japan
• Transport in Greater Tokyo

• Shibuya Station information (JR East) (in Japanese)
• Shibuya Station information (Tokyo Metro) (in Japanese)
• Shibuya Station information (Tokyu) (in Japanese)
• Shibuya Station information (Keio) (in Japanese)