Shinagawa Station
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is the first major station south ofTokyo Station and is a major interchange between the Tōkaidō Shinkansen, several JR commuter and regional lines as well as the Keikyu Main Line of the Keihin Electric Express Railway Company.
Despite its name it is not located in Shinagawa Ward but just to the north in Minato Ward.
The station is located at . This station is just south of one of the largest passenger train switch yards in Japan.
Lines
Shinagawa is served by the following lines:Station Layout
The Keikyu line platforms are on the western side of the station at a higher level than the JR platforms. Some Keikyu line trains terminate at Shinagawa while others continue on to join the Toei Asakusa line at Sengakuji.
Keikyu Platforms
| 1 | ■Keikyu Main Line | Keikyu Kawasaski ・ Yokohama ・ Kami-o-oka ・ Kanazawa-Bunko ・ Yokosuka-Chuo ・ Horinouchi ・ Uraga ・ (Kurihama Line) Misakiguchi
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| ■Keikyu Airport Line | Otorii ・ Haneda Airport
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| 2 | ■Keikyu Main Line | Sengakuji ・ (Toei Asakusa Line) Shimbashi ・ Nihombashi ・ Asakusa ・ (Keisei Main Line) Narita International Airport ・ (Kokuso Railway) Chiba New Town
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| 3 | ■Keikyu Main Line ・ Keikyu Wing | Kami-o-oka・ Yokosuka-Chuo ・ Keikyu Kurihama ・ Misakiguchi ・ (Morning Rush Hour stops include) Kita-Shinagawa ・ Samezu
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The main JR station concourse is situated above the platfoms running east-west across the breadth of the station. A freely traversable walkway, providing a valuable pedestrian link between divides the restricted station areas into two sections. The southerly section contains a number of shops and market-style stalls.
JR Platforms
| 1 | ■Yamanote Line | Tokyo ・ Ueno ・Tabata
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| 2 | ■Yamanote Line | Shibuya ・ Shinjuku ・ Ikebukuro
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| 3 | ■Keihin-Tohoku Line | Tokyo ・ Ueno ・ Akabane ・ Omiya
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| 4 | ■Keihin-Tohoku Line | Kamata ・ Tsurumi ・ Sakuragicho ・ Isogo ・ Ofuna
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| 5・6 | ■Tokaido Line | Shimbashi ・ Tokyo
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| 7~10 | ■Special Platform | This platform is reserved for special trains and services
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| 11・12 | ■Tokaido Line | Kawasaki ・ Yokohama ・ Ofuna ・ Odawara ・ Atami ・ Ito Line
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| 13 | ■Yokosuka Line ・ Sobu Line Rapid | Kinshichō ・ Funabashi ・ Chiba ・ Narita International Airport
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| ■Limited Express 「Narita Express」 | Narita International Airport
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| 14 | ■Yokosuka Line | Nishi-oi ・ Shin Kawasaski ・ Kamakura ・ Yokosuka ・Kurihama
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Note that cross-platform interchange between the Yamanote and Keihin-Tōhoku lines is only available from the next station, Tamachi.
The Shinkansen platforms were opened on October 1, 2003, to relieve congestion at the Tokyo terminus. Platforms are on the east side of the station and are raised somewhat above the other platforms.
Shinkansen Platforms
| 21・22 | ■Tokaido Shinkansen | Tokyo
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| 23・24 | ■Tokaido Shinkansen | Shizuoka・Nagoya・Shin Osaka・Hakata
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History
Shinagawa is one of Japan's oldest stations, opened in June 1872, four months before Shinbashi Station. Nothing remains of the original structure. Recently, in connection with the construction of the Shinkansen platforms, and also to improve access to the new commercial development "Shinagawa Intercity" (品川インターシティ, [Link]) on the eastern side of the station the station concourse (located above the platforms) has been extensively redeveloped.Adjacent stations
{| class="wikitable" !«||||Service||||»
| Stations of the JR Tōkaidō Shinkansen Line |
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| Tokyo - Shinagawa - Shin-Yokohama - Odawara - Atami - Mishima - Shin-Fuji - Shizuoka - Kakegawa - Hamamatsu - Toyohashi - Mikawa-Anjo - Nagoya - Gifu-Hashima - Maibara - Kyoto - Shin-Osaka |
| Komagome | - | Tabata | - | Nishi-Nippori | - | Nippori | - | Uguisudani | - | Ueno | ||
| Sugamo | Stations of the JR Yamanote Line | Okachimachi | ||||||||||
| Ōtsuka | Akihabara | |||||||||||
| Ikebukuro | Kanda | |||||||||||
| Mejiro | Tokyo | |||||||||||
| Takadanobaba | Yūrakuchō | |||||||||||
| Shin-Ōkubo | Shinbashi | |||||||||||
| Shinjuku | Hamamatsuchō | |||||||||||
| Yoyogi | Tamachi | |||||||||||
| Harajuku | - | Shibuya | - | Ebisu | - | Meguro | - | Gotanda | - | Ōsaki | - | Shinagawa |
| Stations of the JR Keihin-Tōhoku Line |
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| Omiya - Saitama-Shintohin - Yono - Kita-Urawa - Urawa - Minami-Urawa - Warabi - Nishi-Kawaguchi - Kawaguchi - Akabane - Higashi-Jūjō - Ōji - Kami-Nakazato - Tabata - Nishi Nippori - Nippori - Uguisudani - Ueno - Okachimachi - Akihabara - Kanda - Tokyo - Yurakucho - Shimbashi - Hamamatsucho - Tamachi - Shinagawa - Oimachi - Omori - Kamata - Kawasaki - Tsurumi - Shin-Koyasu - Higashi-Kanagawa - Yokohama - Sakuragicho - Kannai - Ishikawacho - Yamate - Negishi - Isogo - Shin-Sugita - Yōkōdai - Kōnandai - Hongōdai - Ōfuna |
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