Shimbashi Station

3 photos · 2023

3 photographs tagged Shimbashi Station, 2023.

Related: Japan Tokyo Train Station Ginza Line Subway Tokyo Metro
Shimbashi Station's brick facade displays green bilingual signage in Tokyo.
Shimbashi Station opened in 1872 as the terminus of Japan's first railway line, connecting Tokyo to Yokohama. The original station building stood near the current site until it was rebuilt following the 1923 Great Kanto Earthquake and further changes after World War II. Today's Shimbashi Station serves as a major interchange for JR East's Yamanote, Keihin-Tohoku, and Tokaido lines, along with the Tokyo Metro Ginza Line and the Yurikamome automated transit line to Odaiba. The station sits in Tokyo's Minato ward, an area long associated with business offices and, in recent decades, izakaya-lined streets popular with salarymen after work hours.

Shimbashi Station Signage, Tokyo

Yurikamome automated train terminal at Shimbashi Station in Tokyo, an elevated guideway station with white modernist architecture.
Shimbashi Station's Yurikamome terminal marks the starting point of the automated line that opened in 1995 to link central Tokyo with the reclaimed land of Odaiba. The elevated guideway runs on rubber tires rather than steel rails, a design chosen to navigate the tight curves and steep grades of the waterfront route. Trains operate without drivers, guided by automatic train control from a operations center rather than onboard staff. The line covers about 14.7 kilometers between Shimbashi and Toyosu, stopping at 16 stations along the way, including Odaiba Kaihinkoen and the artificial island of Daiba.

Elevated Guideway at Shimbashi Station’s Yurikamome Terminal

Passengers queue at ticket gates on the Ginza Line platform at Shimbashi Station in Tokyo.
Shimbashi Station's Ginza Line platform serves trains toward Toranomon, Akasaka-mitsuke, Omote-sando, and Shibuya. The Ginza Line opened in stages between 1927 and 1939, making it the first subway line built in Asia. Tokyo Metro operates the line today, connecting Shibuya and Asakusa across 19 stations. Shimbashi itself is a transfer point serving the Yurikamome line as well, linking the Ginza Line network to Tokyo Bay's waterfront districts.

Commuters Queue at Ginza Line Ticket Gates, Shimbashi Station

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