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Meguro Station

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Location
  
Shinagawa, Tokyo Japan

Opened
  
1885

Station code
  
MG01, I-01, N-01

Meguro Station

Operated by
  
JR East Tokyo Metro Toei Tokyu

Line(s)
  
Yamanote Line Tokyo Metro Namboku Line Toei Mita Line Tokyu Meguro Line

Address
  
4 Chome-2-1 Kamiosaki, Shinagawa, Tokyo 141-0021, Japan

Similar
  
Gotanda Station, Fudō‑mae Station, Ōsaki Station, Musashi‑Koyama Station, Ebisu Station

Meguro Station (目黒駅, Meguro-eki) is a railway station in Tokyo's Shinagawa ward close to the boundary with Meguro ward. The station is just south of Meguro Dori (Meguro Street).

Contents

Commuters at the meguro station


Lines

Meguro Station is served by the following lines:

  • East Japan Railway Company (JR East) Yamanote Line
  • Tokyo Metro Namboku Line - through service with Tokyu Meguro Line
  • Toei Mita Line - through service with Tokyu Meguro Line
  • Tokyu Meguro Line - through service with Tokyo Metro Namboku Line and Toei Mita Line
  • Station layout

    The JR East part of the station consists of one island platform serving two tracks. It also has a "Midori no Madoguchi" staffed ticket office and a View Plaza travel agency. The combined Tokyu, Tokyo Metro, and Toei part of the station consists of an island platform located on the 4th basement ("4BF") level.

    History

    The JR East station (originally Nippon Railway station) opened on 16 March 1885. The Namboku Line and Mita Line subway station opened on 26 September 2000.

    Half-height platform edge doors were installed on the two Yamanote Line platforms from 28 August 2010.

    Passenger statistics

    In fiscal 2013, the JR East station was used by an average of 106,538 passengers daily (boarding passengers only), making it the 31st-busiest JR East station. Over the same fiscal year, the Tokyu station was used by an average of 248,074 passengers daily, making it the busiest station on the Meguro Line. In fiscal 2013, the Toei station was used by an average of 42,647 passengers daily (boarding passengers only). In fiscal 2013, the Tokyo Metro station was used by an average of 102,998 passengers daily. Note that the statistics consider passengers who travel through Meguro station on a through service as users of the station, even if they did not disembark at the station.

    The daily passenger figures for JR East, Tokyu and Tokyo Metro in previous years are as shown below.

  • Note that JR East figures are for boarding passengers only.
  • References

    Meguro Station Wikipedia