Shibuya Station

(Hachikō Front Square)

In 2013 and 2014, Shibuya station underwent major renovations as a part of a long-term site redevelopment plan.[2] While all rail and subway lines continued to operate, some station exits and entrances were subject to change. As of March 2013, the east side of the main station was transformed due to the provision of through train services between the Tokyu Toyoko Line and the Tokyo Metro Fukutoshin Line. While much of the main station building, previously housing the Tokyu department store, had been closed and was set for demolition, the west building of the Tokyu department store continued to operate as before. The Shibuya Hikarie building, also owned by the Tokyu Group, opened in 2012 and has featured department store retail, restaurants, and offices.

The Tokyo Metro Ginza Line, originally built and operated by a Tokyu keiretsu company, continues to use platforms on the third floor of the station building. The JR lines are on the second floor in a north-south orientation. The Tokyu Toyoko Line originally used parallel platforms on the second floor of the same building, but effective on 16 March 2013, the Toyoko Line moved underground to provide through service with the Tokyo Metro Fukutoshin Line. The Tokyo Metro Hanzomon Line and Tokyu Den-en-Toshi Line share platforms underground in a different part of the station. The Keio Inokashira Line uses platforms on the second floor of the Shibuya Mark City building to the west of the main station complex.

The main JR/Tokyu/Tokyo Metro complex has six exits. The Hachikō Exit (ハチ公口, Hachikō-guchi) on the west side, named for the nearby statue of the dog Hachikō, and adjacent to Shibuya's famous scramble crossing, is a particularly popular meeting spot. The Tamagawa Exit (玉川口, Tamagawa-guchi) on the west side leads to the Keiō Inokashira Line station.

On 17 November 2008 (2008-11-17), a mural by Tarō Okamoto, "The Myth of Tomorrow", depicting a human figure being hit by an atomic bomb, was unveiled in its new permanent location at the station, in the connecting passage to the Keio Inokashira Line entrance.

JR East

SBYJY20JA10JS19 Shibuya Station 渋谷駅
JR East station
Yamanote Line platform, March 2010
Location	1-1 Dogenzaka Itchōme, Shibuya, Tokyo Japan
Operated by	JR East
Line(s)	JY Yamanote Line JA Saikyo Line JS Shonan-Shinjuku Line
History
Opened	1885
Passengers
FY2013	378,539 daily
Services Preceding station   JR East   Following station Harajuku JY18 next clockwise Yamanote Line Ebisu EBSJY21 next counterclockwise Shinjuku SJKJS20 toward Takao or Ōmiya Narita Express Shinagawa SGWJO17 (limited service) toward Narita Terminal 1 Musashi-Kosugi MKGJS15 toward Izukyu-Shimoda Saphir Odoriko Shinjuku SJKJS20 Terminus Fujisawa One-way operation Ohayō Liner Shinjuku Shinjuku SBYJS20 Terminus Fujisawa JT08 toward Odawara Home Liner Odawara Ōsaki OSKJS17 toward Odawara Shōnan-Shinjuku Line   Special Rapid Shinjuku SJKJS20 toward Maebashi Ebisu EBSJS18 toward Odawara Shōnan-Shinjuku Line   Rapid (Tōkaidō & Takasaki Lines) Ebisu EBSJS18 toward Zushi Shōnan-Shinjuku Line   Rapid (Yokosuka & Utsunomiya Lines)   Local Shinjuku SJKJS20 toward Utsunomiya Ebisu EBSJA09 toward Ōsaki Saikyō Line   Commuter Rapid   Rapid   Local Rapid Shinjuku SJKJA11 toward Ōmiya

Platforms

The Yamanote Line is served by two side platforms with two tracks. The Saikyo Line and Shonan-Shinjuku Line is served by one island platform with two tracks. Until 30 May 2020, the Saikyo Line platform was located to the south of the Yamanote Line platforms, approximately 350 m away.[3]

1	JY Yamanote Line	for Shinjuku, and Ikebukuro
2	JY Yamanote Line	for Shinagawa and Tokyo
3	JA Saikyō Line	for Shinjuku, Ōmiya, and Kawagoe
	JS Shōnan-Shinjuku Line	for Shinjuku and Ōmiya (via the JU Takasaki Line) for Kumagaya, Takasaki, Maebashi (via the JU Utsunomiya Line) for Oyama, Utsunomiya
4	JA Saikyō Line	for Ōsaki R Rinkai Line for Shin-Kiba Sotetsu Line for Hazawa yokohama-kokudai and Ebina
	JS Shōnan-Shinjuku Line	for Yokohama and Ōfuna (via the JT Tōkaidō Line) for Odawara (via the JO Yokosuka Line) for Zushi
	■ Ltd. Express Narita Express	for Tokyo and Narita Airport

Tokyu Den-en-toshi Line and Tokyo Metro Hanzomon Line

DT01 Z01 Shibuya Station 渋谷駅
Tokyu (Den-en-toshi Line) Tokyo Metro (Hanzomon Line) station
Hanzomon Line-Den-en-Toshi Line Platforms
Location	1-1 Dogenzaka Nichōme, Shibuya, Tokyo Japan
Operated by	Tokyu Corporation (manager) Tokyo Metro
Line(s)	DT Tokyu Den-en-toshi Line Z Tokyo Metro Hanzomon Line
Platforms	1 island platform
Tracks	2
Other information
Station code	DT01, Z-01
History
Opened	1977

Tokyu Toyoko Line and Tokyo Metro Fukutoshin Line

TY01 F16 Shibuya Station 渋谷駅
Tokyu (Toyoko Line) Tokyo Metro (Fukutoshin Line) station
Platforms 4 and 5 in 2018
Location	1-1 Dogenzaka Nichōme, Shibuya, Tokyo Japan
Operated by	Tokyu Corporation (manager) Tokyo Metro
Line(s)	TY Tokyu Toyoko Line F Tokyo Metro Fukutoshin Line
Platforms	2 island platforms
Tracks	4
Other information
Station code	TY01, F-16
History
Opened	2008

Platforms

Two underground island platforms on the fifth basement (B5F) level serve four tracks.[4]

3-4	TY Tokyu Toyoko Line	for Jiyūgaoka, Yokohama Minatomirai Line for Motomachi-Chukagai
5-6	F Tokyo Metro Fukutoshin Line	for Shinjuku-sanchome, Ikebukuro, and Wakoshi TJ Tobu Tojo Line for Shinrinkōen and Shiki Seibu Ikebukuro Line for Hannō

Tokyo Metro Ginza Line

G01 Shibuya Station 渋谷駅
Tokyo Metro station
The new Ginza Line platforms that opened in January 2020
Location	1-1 Dogenzaka Itchōme, Shibuya, Tokyo Japan
Operated by	Tokyo Metro
Line(s)	G Tokyo Metro Ginza Line
Platforms	1 island platform
Tracks	2
Connections	Bus terminal
Other information
Station code	G-01
History
Opened	1938
Rebuilt	2018–2019
Passengers
FY2013	212,136 daily
Services
Preceding station   Tokyo Metro   Following station Terminus Ginza Line Omote-sando G02 toward Asakusa

Keio Inokashira Line

Shibuya Station 渋谷駅
Keio station
The Keio Inokashira Line platforms in November 2011
Location	4-1 Dogenzaka Itchōme, Shibuya, Tokyo Japan
Operated by	Keio Corporation
Line(s)	Keio Inokashira Line
Tracks	2
Other information
Station code	IN01
History
Opened	1933
Passengers
FY2013	730,849 daily

Platforms

The Keio station consists of two bay platforms serving two tracks.[5]

1, 2

Keio Inokashira Line

for Shimo-Kitazawa, Meidaimae, Eifukuchō, and Kichijōji

On 1 March 1885 (1885-03-01), Shibuya Station first opened as a stop on the Shinagawa Line, a predecessor of the present-day Yamanote Line.

The station was later expanded to accommodate the Tamagawa Railway (1907; closed 1969), the Toyoko Line (1927), and the Teito Shibuya Line (1 August 1933; now the Inokashira Line).[6]

Between 1925 and 1935, an Akita dog named Hachiko waited for his deceased owner, appearing at the station right when his train was due.

In 1938, the station added the Tōkyō Rapid Railway, which began through service with the Ginza Line in 1939 and formally merged in 1941.

In 1946, the infamous Shibuya incident, a gang fight involving hundreds of people, occurred in front of the station.

• 
  In the early 1920s
• 
  In 1951
• 
  Circa 1960

More recently, the station began servicing the Den-en-toshi Line (1977), the Hanzōmon Line (1978), and the Fukutoshin Line (2008).

Between December 2008 and March 2009, piezoelectric mats were installed at Shibuya Station as a small scale test.[7][8][9][10]

From 22 February 2013, station numbering was introduced on Keio lines, with Shibuya Station becoming "IN01".[11]

On 3 January 2020, the Ginza Line platforms were shifted about 50 meters east of the old platforms.

On 1 June 2020, the Saikyo Line platforms were shifted about 350 meters north of the old platforms and now sits right next to the Yamanote Line platforms.

Former Toyoko Line station

Shibuya Station 渋谷駅
Tokyu (Toyoko Line) station
Former Tokyu Toyoko Line platforms in February 2009
Location	2-24-1 Shibuya, Shibuya, Tokyo Japan
Operated by	Tokyu Corporation
Line(s)	Tokyu Toyoko Line
Tracks	4
Other information
Station code	TY-01
History
Opened	1927
Closed	15 March 2013

The former above-ground Tokyu Toyoko Line terminal station platforms were taken out of use after the last train service on 15 March 2013. From the start of the revised timetable on 16 March 2013, Toyoko Line services used the underground platforms 3-4 shared with Tokyo Metro Fukutoshin Line services.

JR East is in the process of rebuilding the station, with reconstruction work starting in earnest in fiscal 2015.[3]

On the platform of the Toyoko Line, which was moved to the east side of the station, Tokyu Corporation constructed a 230 meter high, 47-story commercial building "Shibuya Scramble Square", which became the tallest building in Shibuya when it opened in November 2019. Several commercial buildings connected to the station will be constructed by 2027.[12]

In fiscal 2013, the JR East station was used by 378,539 passengers daily (boarding passengers only), making it the fifth-busiest JR East station.[13] Over the same fiscal year, the Keio station was used by an average of 336,957 passengers daily (exiting and entering passengers), making it the busiest station on the Inokashira Line.[14] In fiscal 2013, the Tokyo Metro Ginza station was used by an average of 212,136 passengers daily and the Tokyo Metro Hanzōmon and Fukutoshin stations were used by an average of 731,184 passengers daily. Note that the latter statistics consider passengers who travel through Shibuya station on a through service as users of the station, even if they did not disembark at the station.[15] In fiscal 2013, the Tokyu Toyoko Line station was used by an average of 441,266 passengers daily and the Den-en-toshi Line station was used by an average of 665,645 passengers daily.[16] The daily passenger figures for each operator in previous years are as shown below.

• Note that JR East figures are for boarding passengers only.
• Note that the Tokyo Metro figures are for the Ginza Line station only.

The sectioned body of a former Tokyu 5000 series "Green frog" carriage on static display in front of the west side of the station

Bus terminal on the west side of Shibuya Station

Around the station is the commercial center of Shibuya. The Tokyu Department Store is connected to the east gate of the station and several other department stores are within walking distance.

• Shibuya Ward Office
• NHK Broadcasting Center
• NHK Hall
• Shibuya Mark City
• Shibuya 109
• Shibuya Hikarie
• Yoyogi Park
• Miyashita Park

The Shibuya River flows directly under the station, to the east and parallel to the JR tracks. Unlike most other Japanese department stores, the east block of Tokyu Department Store closed in 2013 and due for demolition as a part of the Shibuya Station redevelopment plan did not have basement retail space due to the river passing directly underneath. An escalator in the east block of the store was constructed over the river stops a few steps above floor level to make space for machinery underneath without the need for further excavation. Rivers are deemed public space under Japanese law, so building over one is normally illegal. It is not clear why this was allowed when the store buildings were first constructed in 1933.

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• Shibuya Station information (JR East) (in Japanese)
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• Shibuya Station information (Tokyu) (in Japanese)
• Shibuya Station information (Keio) (in Japanese)