Meguro Station (目黒駅, Meguro-eki) is a railway station in the Kamiōsaki district of Shinagawa, Tokyo, close to the boundary with Meguro ward.
JY22 MG01 N01 I01 Meguro Station 目黒駅 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Shinjitai | 目黒駅 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Kyūjitai | 目黑驛 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hiragana | めぐろえき | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Location | Kamiōsaki, Shinagawa, Tokyo Japan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 35°38′02″N 139°42′58″E / 35.633983°N 139.71600°E | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Operated by | Yamanote Line: JR East Meguro, Mita and Namboku Lines: Tokyo Metro Tōkyū Railways (manager) Toei Subway | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Platforms | 2 island platforms | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Tracks | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Opened | 16 March 1885 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Meguro Station Location within Special wards of Tokyo Meguro Station Meguro Station (Tokyo Bay and Bōsō Peninsula) Meguro Station Meguro Station (Tokyo) Meguro Station Meguro Station (Japan) |
Meguro Station is served by the following lines:
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.
1 | JY Yamanote Line | for Shinagawa and Tokyo |
2 | JY Yamanote Line | for Shibuya, Shinjuku, and Ikebukuro |
1 | MG Meguro Line | for Musashi-Kosugi, Hiyoshi, and Shin-Yokohama
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2 | I Mita Line | for Otemachi, Suidobashi, Nishi-Takashimadaira |
N Namboku Line | for Iidabashi, Akabane-Iwabuchi SR Saitama Rapid Railway Line for Urawa-Misono |
The JR East station (originally Nippon Railway station) opened on 16 March 1885.[1] The Namboku Line and Mita Line subway station opened on 26 September 2000.[2]
The station facilities of the Namboku Line were inherited by Tokyo Metro after the privatization of the Teito Rapid Transit Authority (TRTA) in 2004.[3]
Half-height platform edge doors were installed on the two Yamanote Line platforms from 28 August 2010.[4]
Station numbering was introduced to the JR East platforms in 2016 with Meguro being assigned station number "JY22".[5][6]
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.[7] 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.[8] In fiscal 2013, the Toei station was used by an average of 42,647 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[9] 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.[10]
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 |
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1999 | 110,348[11] | ||
2000 | 106,820[12] | ||
2005 | 98,344[13] | 195,425[14] | |
2010 | 102,310[15] | 235,597[16] | |
2011 | 101,998[17] | 236,572[18] | 94,530[19] |
2012 | 103,033[20] | 241,718[21] | 98,495[22] |
2013 | 106,538[7] | 248,074[8] | 102,998[10] |