Meguro 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).

Not to be confused with Naka-Meguro Station.
JY22 N01 I01 MG01
Meguro Station

目黒駅
The main entrance in January 2018
LocationShinagawa, Tokyo
Japan
Coordinates35°38′02″N 139°42′58″E
Operated byYamanote Line:
JR East
Meguro, Mita and Namboku Lines:
Tokyo Metro
Tokyu Corporation (manager)
Toei
Line(s)
Platforms2 island platforms
Tracks4
Other information
Station codeMG01, I-01, N-01
History
Opened16 March 1885
Services
Preceding station   JR East   Following station
EBSJY21
next clockwise
Yamanote Line
JY23
next counterclockwise
Tokyu Corporation
MG03
toward Hiyoshi
Meguro Line
Express
through to Tokyo Subway
MG02
toward Hiyoshi
Meguro Line
Local
Tokyo Metro
through to Meguro Line
Namboku Line
N02
Toei Subway
through to Meguro Line
Mita Line
I02
Location
Meguro Station
Location within Special wards of Tokyo
Meguro Station
Meguro Station (Tokyo)
Meguro Station
Meguro Station (Japan)

Lines

Meguro Station is served by the following lines:

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
1 JY Yamanote Line for Shinagawa and Tokyo
2 JY Yamanote Line for Shibuya, Shinjuku, and Ikebukuro
  • JR East ticket gates, 2019
  • The Yamanote Line platforms in May 2016

Tokyu/Toei/Tokyo Metro platforms
1 MG Tokyu Meguro Line for Musashi-Kosugi and Hiyoshi
2 I Toei Mita Line for Otemachi, Suidobashi, Nishi-Takashimadaira
N Tokyo Metro Namboku Line for Iidabashi, Akabane-Iwabuchi
SR Saitama Rapid Railway Line for Urawa-Misono
  • Tokyu ticket gates, 2016
  • Tokyu Platforms, 2018

History

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]

Half-height platform edge doors were installed on the two Yamanote Line platforms from 28 August 2010.[3]

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.[4] 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.[5] In fiscal 2013, the Toei station was used by an average of 42,647 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[6] 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.[7]

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

Fiscal yearJR EastTokyuTokyo Metro
1999110,348[8]
2000106,820[9]
200598,344[10]195,425[11]
2010102,310[12]235,597[13]
2011101,998[14]236,572[15]94,530[16]
2012103,033[17]241,718[18]98,495[19]
2013106,538[4]248,074[5]102,998[7]
  • Note that JR East figures are for boarding passengers only.

See also

References
  1. JR East Meguro Station information Retrieved 4 March 2010. (in Japanese)
  2. Terada, Hirokazu (July 2002). データブック日本の私鉄 [Databook: Japan's Private Railways]. Japan: Neko Publishing. ISBN 4-87366-874-3.
  3. 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. (in Japanese)
  4. 各駅の乗車人員　（2013年度） [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2013)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. Archived from the original on 6 May 2001. Retrieved 7 September 2014.
  5. 2013年度乗降人員 [2013 Station passenger figures] (in Japanese). Japan: Tokyū Corporation. 4 June 2014. Retrieved 7 September 2014.
  6. 各駅乗降人員一覧 [Station usage figures] (in Japanese). Tokyo Metropolitan Bureau of Transportation. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 7 September 2014.
  7. 各駅の乗降人員ランキング [Station usage ranking] (in Japanese). Tokyo Metro. Retrieved 7 September 2014.
  8. 各駅の乗車人員　（1999年度） [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 1999)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. Retrieved 7 September 2014.
  9. 各駅の乗車人員　（2000年度） [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2000)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. Archived from the original on 9 October 2014. Retrieved 7 September 2014.
  10. 各駅の乗車人員　（2005年度） [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2005)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. Archived from the original on 9 October 2014. Retrieved 7 September 2014.
  11. 2005年度乗降人員 [2005 Station passenger figures] (in Japanese). Japan: Tokyū Corporation. 19 May 2006. Retrieved 7 September 2014.
  12. 各駅の乗車人員 (2010年度) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2010)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. Archived from the original on 6 October 2014. Retrieved 7 September 2014.
  13. 2010年度乗降人員 [2010 Station passenger figures] (in Japanese). Japan: Tokyū Corporation. 19 May 2011. Retrieved 7 September 2014.
  14. 各駅の乗車人員　（2011年度） [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2011)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. Archived from the original on 8 October 2014. Retrieved 7 September 2014.
  15. 2011年度乗降人員 [2011 Station passenger figures] (in Japanese). Japan: Tokyū Corporation. 15 May 2012. Retrieved 7 September 2014.
  16. 駅別乗降人員順位表（2011年度1日平均） [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2011)] (in Japanese). Japan: Tokyo Metro. Retrieved 7 September 2014.
  17. 各駅の乗車人員　（2012年度） [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2012)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. Archived from the original on 7 October 2014. Retrieved 7 September 2014.
  18. 2012年度乗降人員 [2012 Station passenger figures] (in Japanese). Japan: Tokyū Corporation. 29 May 2013. Retrieved 7 September 2014.
  19. 各駅の乗降人員ランキング (2012年) [Station usage ranking (2012)] (in Japanese). Tokyo Metro. Retrieved 7 September 2014.

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