Meguro Station

Template:Short description Template:Distinguish Template:Infobox station Template:Nihongo 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 ("4BF") level.

JR East platforms

• JR Yamanote-Line Meguro Station Central Gates.jpg

  JR East ticket gates, 2019

• JR Yamanote-Line Meguro Station Platform (20210410).jpg

  The Yamanote Line platforms in April 2021

Tokyu/Toei/Tokyo Metro platforms

• Meguro Station ticket barriers 20160907.jpg

  Tokyu/Tokyo Metro/Toei ticket gates, 2016

• Meguro Station Namboku Line Platform 2018.jpg

  Tokyu/Tokyo Metro/Toei Platforms, 2018

History

The JR East station (originally Nippon Railway station) opened on 16 March 1885.<ref>JR East Meguro Station information Template:Webarchive Retrieved 4 March 2010. Template:In lang</ref> The Namboku Line and Mita Line subway station opened on 26 September 2000.<ref name="terada2002">Template:Cite book</ref>

The station facilities of the Namboku Line were inherited by Tokyo Metro after the privatization of the Teito Rapid Transit Authority (TRTA) in 2004.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Half-height platform edge doors were installed on the two Yamanote Line platforms from 28 August 2010.<ref>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) Template:Webarchive. Retrieved 4 March 2010. Template:In lang</ref>

Station numbering was introduced to the JR East platforms in 2016 with Meguro being assigned station number "JY22".<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

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.<ref name="jreast2013stats">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> 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.<ref name="tokyu2013stats">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> In fiscal 2013, the Toei station was used by an average of 42,647 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).<ref name="toeistats2013">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> 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.<ref name="tokyometrostats2013">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

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	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>|| ||
2000	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>|| ||
2005	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>|| 195,425<ref name="tokyu2005stats">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref> ||
2010	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>|| 235,597<ref name="tokyu2010stats">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref> ||
2011	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>|| 236,572<ref name="tokyu2011stats">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref> || 94,530<ref name="metro2011stats">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
2012	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref> || 241,718<ref name="tokyu2012stats">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref> || 98,495<ref name="tokyometrostats2012">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
2013	106,538<ref name="jreast2013stats"/>	248,074<ref name="tokyu2013stats"/>	102,998<ref name="tokyometrostats2013"/>

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

See also

• List of railway stations in Japan

External links

• JR East Meguro Station information Template:In lang
• Tokyu Meguro Station information Template:In lang
• Tokyo Metro Meguro Station information Template:In lang
• Toei Metro Meguro Station information Template:In lang