Meguro Station

is a railway station in the Kamiōsaki district of Shinagawa, Tokyo, close to the boundary with Meguro ward.

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 ("B4F") level.

JR East platforms

Tokyu/Toei/Tokyo Metro platforms

History

The JR East station (originally Nippon Railway station) opened on 16 March 1885.JR East Meguro Station information Retrieved 4 March 2010. The Tokyo Metro Namboku and Toei Mita Lines subway station opened on 26 September 2000.

The station facilities of the Namboku Line were inherited by Tokyo Metro after the privatization of the Teito Rapid Transit Authority (TRTA) in 2004.

Half-height platform edge doors were installed on the two Yamanote Line platforms from 28 August 2010.JR East press release: "山手線恵比寿駅、目黒駅のホームドア使用開始日について" (Introduction of platform doors at Yamanote Line Ebisu and Meguro Stations) (4 March 2010) . Retrieved 4 March 2010.

Station numbering was introduced to the JR East platforms in 2016 with Meguro being assigned station number "JY22".

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.

Fiscal year JR East Tokyu Tokyo Metro 1999 110,348 2000 106,820 2005 98,344 195,425 2010 102,310 235,597 2011 101,998 236,572 94,530 2012 103,033 241,718 98,495 2013 106,538 248,074 102,998

Note that JR East figures are for boarding passengers only.

Meguro Station

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