Naka-Meguro Station

TY03 H01
Naka-meguro Station

中目黒駅
Naka-meguro Station entrance
Japanese name
Shinjitai中目黒駅
Kyūjitai中目黑驛
Hiraganaなかめぐろえき
General information
Location3-4-1 Kami-meguro, Meguro-ku, Tokyo
Japan
Operated by
Line(s)
Platforms2 island platforms
Tracks4
Construction
Structure typeElevated
Other information
Station codeTY03
History
Opened28 August 1927; 97 years ago (28 August 1927)
Passengers
FY2019196,777 daily (Tokyu)[1]
230,353 daily (Tokyo Metro)[2]
Services
Preceding station Tōkyū Railways Following station
Jiyūgaoka
TY07
F Liner Shibuya
TY01
towards Hannō or Ogawamachi
Jiyūgaoka
TY07
towards Yokohama
Tōyoko Line
Limited Express
Commuter Express
Shibuya
TY01
Terminus
Gakugei-daigaku
TY05
towards Yokohama
Tōyoko Line
Express
Yūtenji
TY04
towards Yokohama
Tōyoko Line
Local
Daikan-yama
TY02
towards Shibuya
Preceding station The logo of the Tokyo Metro. Tokyo Metro Following station
Terminus Hibiya Line Ebisu
H02
towards Kita-Senju
Location
Naka-Meguro Station is located in Special wards of Tokyo
Naka-Meguro Station
Naka-Meguro Station
Location within Special wards of Tokyo
Naka-Meguro Station is located in Tokyo Bay and Bōsō Peninsula
Naka-Meguro Station
Naka-Meguro Station
Naka-Meguro Station (Tokyo Bay and Bōsō Peninsula)
Naka-Meguro Station is located in Tokyo
Naka-Meguro Station
Naka-Meguro Station
Naka-Meguro Station (Tokyo)
Naka-Meguro Station is located in Japan
Naka-Meguro Station
Naka-Meguro Station
Naka-Meguro Station (Japan)

Naka-meguro Station (中目黒駅, Naka-meguro-eki) is a railway station in Meguro, Tokyo, Japan, jointly operated by Tokyu Corporation and Tokyo Metro. Despite its name, the station is not located in Nakameguro, but in the neighboring Kamimeguro district.

Lines

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Naka-meguro Station is served by the following lines:

Naka-meguro Station serves as the transfer point between the Tōkyū Tōyoko Line and the Tokyo Metro Hibiya Line, connecting Yokohama with the districts of Roppongi, Akihabara, Ginza, and Tsukiji in Tokyo, and beyond. The Tōyoko Line continues towards Yokohama, to the districts of Minato Mirai 21, Chinatown, and Motomachi via the Minato Mirai Line.

Station layout

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The station is composed of two island platforms serving a total of four platforms. Tokyu and Tokyo Metro share the same station grounds and platforms. Trains bound for the Hibiya Line use the inner two platforms and tracks, while Tokyu Toyoko Line trains use the outside two platforms and tracks.[3]

Platforms

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1 TY Tōyoko Line
2 H Hibiya Line Terminating services only
3 H Hibiya Line for Ginza, Ueno and Kita-Senju
TS Tobu Skytree Line for Tōbu-Dōbutsu-Kōen
TN Tobu Nikko Line for Minami-Kurihashi
4 TY Tōyoko Line for Shibuya
F Fukutoshin Line for Shinjuku-Sanchōme, Ikebukuro, Kotake-Mukaihara and Wakoshi
TJ Tobu Tojo Line for Shinrinkōen and Shiki
Seibu Ikebukuro Line for Hannō

History

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A TRTA 3000 series EMU at Naka-meguro after arriving on a Hibiya Line through working, 1977. The train on the right is a Tokyu 7200 series.
  • The station opened on 28 August 1927. It has always been elevated.
  • On 22 July 1964, the Hibiya Line was extended to Naka-meguro Station as the terminus of the line at the time from Kasumigaseki.
  • Services between Hiyoshi and Kita-Koshigaya (on the Tobu Skytree Line) began on 29 August that year. At the same time, the station became an express stop.
  • On the morning of 20 March 1995, terrorist Toru Toyoda boarded the Hibiya Line train at Naka-meguro Station with two packets of sarin nerve agent, which were subsequently released at the next stop at Ebisu Station, as part of the wider Tokyo subway sarin attack.
  • The Naka-Meguro train disaster occurred on 8 March 2000.
  • The station became a limited express and commuter limited express stop on 19 March 2003.
  • Scenes of the 2003 film Lost in Translation were filmed around there.[4][5]
  • On 16 March 2013, the Tokyu Toyoko Line began through services with Tokyo Metro Fukutoshin Line. Consequently, Tokyu Toyoko Line's through service with Tokyo Metro Hibiya Line at this station was discontinued. All Hibiya Line trains now terminate at this station.[6]

References

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  1. ^ 2019年度乗降人員 [Number of passengers in FY2019] (in Japanese). Japan: TOKYU RAILWAYS Co., Ltd. 2020. Archived from the original on 2021-01-01. Retrieved 2021-01-20.
  2. ^ 各駅の乗降人員ランキング 2019年度 [Station usage ranking FY2019] (in Japanese). Japan: Tokyo Metro. 2020. Archived from the original on 10 January 2021. Retrieved 2021-01-20.
  3. ^ "Naka-meguro Station/H01 | Route/Station Information | Tokyo Metro Line". www.tokyometro.jp. Retrieved 2023-10-24.
  4. ^ "Lost in Translation Filming Locations: Daikanyama Air and Nakameguro". 30 August 2021.
  5. ^ "Detail|Search List|TOKYO LOCATION GUIDE|TOKYO LOCATION BOX OFFICIAL SITE".
  6. ^ "東急東横線・東京メトロ日比谷線の相互直通運転が終了" [Through operation between the Tokyu Toyoko Line and Tokyo Metro Hibiya Line ends]. Japan Railfan Magazine Online (in Japanese). Japan: Koyusha Co., Ltd. 16 March 2013. Archived from the original on 12 May 2021. Retrieved 25 July 2022.
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