Ebisu Station (Tokyo) Explained

Ebisu Station
Native Name:恵比寿駅
Native Name Lang:ja
Mlanguage:
Shinjitai:恵比寿駅
Kyujitai:惠比壽驛
Hiragana:えびすえき
Address:1-chome Ebisu-Minami, Shibuya City, Tokyo
Country:Japan
Coordinates:35.6466°N 139.71°W
Map Type:Japan Tokyo city#Japan Tokyo Bay and Boso Peninsula#Japan Tokyo#Japan

is a railway station in the Ebisu neighborhood of Tokyo's Shibuya ward, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East) and the Tokyo subway operator Tokyo Metro. The station is named after Yebisu Beer, which was once brewed in an adjacent brewery, and which is itself named for the Japanese deity Ebisu.

Lines

Ebisu is served by the following lines:

JR East station


Ebisu Station
Style:JR East
Native Name:恵比寿駅
Native Name Lang:ja
Type:JR East station
Address:1 Ebisu Minami, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo
Country:Japan
Platforms:2 island platforms
Tracks:4
Structure:Elevated
Passengers:145,805 daily
Pass Year:FY2019

Platforms

The JR East station consists of two island platforms serving four tracks.

Station melody

The melody known as "The Third Man Theme" (or as the "Ebisu Theme" in Japan) is played at the platforms just prior to train departures.[1] This melody was used in Ebisu beer TV commercials. Most of the many of thousands of people who pass through the station each day probably do not realize that the song was made famous by the 1949 Orson Welles film noir, The Third Man, written by Graham Greene and featuring a very dark subject matter, the sale of fake penicillin in post-World War Vienna. The song, played on the zither by the previously unknown Austrian musician, Anton Karas, was a huge international hit in 1949 and 1950.

Tokyo Metro station


Ebisu Station
Native Name:恵比寿駅
Native Name Lang:ja
Type:Tokyo Metro station
Address:1-5-5 Ebisu Minami, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo
Country:Japan
Platforms:2 side platforms
Tracks:2
Structure:Underground
Code:H-02
Passengers:117,796 daily
Pass Year:FY2019

Platforms

The subway station has two side platforms serving two tracks.

History

The station first opened in 1901 as a freight terminal for the neighboring Yebisu Beer factory. Passenger trains began to stop at the station on 30 September 1906.[2] The Tokyo Tamagawa tram line was extended to the station in 1927. In May 1945, the station building burned to the ground amid the bombing of Tokyo. The subway station opened on 25 March 1964[3] and the tram service was discontinued in 1967.

The Sapporo Brewery at Ebisu and its accompanying rail freight terminal were closed in 1982. The space was used for a "car train" service for several years before being redeveloped as the Ebisu Garden Place high-rise complex.

The Saikyo Line was extended to Ebisu in 1996. Through service to the Shonan-Shinjuku Line began in 2001, and to the Rinkai Line in 2002. Between 1996 and 2002, Ebisu served as the southern passenger terminus of the Saikyo Line, with Osaki Station being used as a turnaround point but not having passenger platforms connected to the line.

The station facilities of the Hibiya Line were inherited by Tokyo Metro after the privatization of the Teito Rapid Transit Authority (TRTA) in 2004.[4]

Chest-height platform edge doors were introduced on the two Yamanote Line platforms from 26 June 2010, the first time that such doors were installed on a JR line other than the Shinkansen.[5] [6]

Station numbering was introduced to the JR East platforms in 2016 with Ebisu being assigned station numbers JA09 for the Saikyo Line, JS18 for the Shonan-Shinjuku line, JY21 for the Yamanote Line. At the same time, JR East assigned the station a 3-letter code; Ebisu was assigned the code "EBS".[7] [8]

Morning TH Liner services terminating at this station commenced on 6 June 2020.[9]

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2019, the JR East station was used by 145,805 passengers daily (boarding passengers only), making it the 20th-busiest station operated by JR East.[10] In fiscal 2019, the Tokyo Metro station was used by an average of 117,796 passengers per day (exiting and entering passengers), making it the 30th-busiest station operated by Tokyo Metro.[11]

The daily passenger figures for each operator in previous years are as shown below.

Fiscal year JR East Tokyo Metro
1999 129,081[12]
2000 127,967[13]
2005 131,507[14]
2010 130,245[15]
2011 128,555[16]
2012 130,241[17] 98,217[18]
2013 133,553[19] 104,738[20]
2014 135,493[21] 107,471 [22]
2015 139,882[23] 111,149[24]
2016 143,898[25] 115,726[26]
2017 145,319[27] 118,260[28]
2018 147,699[29] 119,939[30]
2019 145,805 117,796

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 恵比寿駅発車メロディー Ebisu station Departure melody. https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211221/xzHlp7t_-KY . 2021-12-21 . live. YouTube - Daichi Shimizu.
  2. http://www.jreast.co.jp/estation/station JR East /info.aspx?StationCd=290 JR East Ebisu Station information
  3. Book: Terada, Hirokazu . データブック日本の私鉄 . Databook: Japan's Private Railways . Neko Publishing . July 2002. Japan . 4-87366-874-3.
  4. Web site: 2006-07-08 . 「営団地下鉄」から「東京メトロ」へ . From "Teito Rapid Transit Authority" to "Tokyo Metro" . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120516041232/http://www.tokyometro.jp/news/s2004/2004-06.html . 16 May 2012 . 29 May 2022 . Tokyo Metro Online . ja.
  5. 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.
  6. Web site: 山手線恵比寿駅でホーム可動柵の使用を開始 (Platform doors enter operation at Yamanote Line Ebisu Station) . . Koyusha Co., Ltd. . 27 June 2010 . ja . 28 June 2010 .
  7. Web site: 6 April 2016 . ⾸都圏エリアへ 「駅ナンバリング」を導⼊します . Introduce “station numbering” to the Tokyo metropolitan area . https://web.archive.org/web/20221207004741/https://www.jreast.co.jp/press/2016/20160402.pdf . 7 December 2022 . 7 January 2023 . jreast.co.jp . ja.
  8. Web site: Kusamachi . Yoshikazu . 7 April 2016 . JA・JK・JT・AKB…JR東日本、首都圏で駅ナンバリングなど導入へ . JA, JK, JT, AKB … JR East to introduce station numbering in the Tokyo metropolitan area . https://web.archive.org/web/20220806133507/https://response.jp/article/2016/04/07/273025.html . 6 August 2022 . 7 January 2023 . Response Automotive Media . ja.
  9. 2020年6月6日（土）東武鉄道・東京メトロダイヤ改正 東武線・日比谷線相互直通列車に初の座席指定制列車「THライナー」が誕生! . ja . 東武鉄道／東京地下鉄 . 19 December 2019 . 25 January 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20191219084312/https://www.tobu.co.jp/file/pdf/4353a1a050835f139e2e94adf9cd5dc0/191219_2.pdf?date=20191219123402 . 19 December 2019 . June 6, 2020 (Saturday) Tobu Railway / Tokyo Metro Timetable Revision Tobu Line / Hibiya Line Mutual direct train, the first reserved seat train "TH Liner" is born!.
  10. Web site: ja:各駅の乗車人員（2019年度） . Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2019) . http://www.jreast.co.jp/passenger/index.html . https://web.archive.org/web/20210114152059/https://www.jreast.co.jp/passenger/index.html . 2021-01-14 . 2021-01-14 . East Japan Railway Company . Japan . ja.
  11. Web site: ja:各駅の乗降人員ランキング . Station usage ranking . http://www.tokyometro.jp/corporate/enterprise/passenger_rail/transportation/passengers/index.html . https://web.archive.org/web/20210110123851/https://www.tokyometro.jp/corporate/enterprise/passenger_rail/transportation/passengers/index.html . 2021-01-10 . 2021-01-14 . Tokyo Metro . ja.
  12. Web site: http://www.jreast.co.jp/passenger/1999.html. ja:各駅の乗車人員（1999年度）. Station passenger figures (Fiscal 1999). East Japan Railway Company. Japan. ja. 6 September 2014.
  13. Web site: http://www.jreast.co.jp/passenger/2000.html . ja:各駅の乗車人員（2000年度） . Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2000) . East Japan Railway Company . Japan . ja . https://web.archive.org/web/20141009023233/http://www.jreast.co.jp/passenger/2000.html . 2014-10-09 . 6 September 2014 . dead .
  14. Web site: http://www.jreast.co.jp/passenger/2005.html . ja:各駅の乗車人員（2005年度） . Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2005) . East Japan Railway Company . Japan . ja . https://web.archive.org/web/20141009222358/http://www.jreast.co.jp/passenger/2005.html . 2014-10-09 . 6 September 2014 . dead .
  15. Web site: http://www.jreast.co.jp/passenger/2010.html . ja:各駅の乗車人員 (2010年度) . Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2010) . East Japan Railway Company . Japan . ja . https://web.archive.org/web/20141006175258/http://www.jreast.co.jp/passenger/2010.html . 2014-10-06 . 6 September 2014 . dead .
  16. Web site: http://www.jreast.co.jp/passenger/2011.html . ja:各駅の乗車人員（2011年度） . Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2011) . East Japan Railway Company . Japan . ja . https://web.archive.org/web/20141008165126/http://www.jreast.co.jp/passenger/2011.html . 2014-10-08 . 6 September 2014 . dead .
  17. Web site: http://www.jreast.co.jp/passenger/2012.html . ja:各駅の乗車人員（2012年度） . Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2012) . East Japan Railway Company . Japan . ja . https://web.archive.org/web/20141007220750/http://www.jreast.co.jp/passenger/2012.html . 2014-10-07 . 6 September 2014 . dead .
  18. Web site: ja:各駅の乗降人員ランキング (2012年) . Station usage ranking (2012) . https://www.tokyometro.jp/corporate/enterprise/passenger_rail/transportation/passengers/2012.html . https://web.archive.org/web/20210114152930/https://www.tokyometro.jp/corporate/enterprise/passenger_rail/transportation/passengers/2012.html . 2021-01-14 . 2021-01-14 . Tokyo Metro . ja.
  19. Web site: ja:各駅の乗車人員（2013年度） . Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2013) . http://www.jreast.co.jp/passenger/2013.html . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20210114151719/http://www.jreast.co.jp/passenger/2013.html . 2021-01-14 . 2021-01-14 . East Japan Railway Company . Japan . ja.
  20. Web site: ja:各駅の乗降人員ランキング (2013年) . Station usage ranking (2013) . https://www.tokyometro.jp/corporate/enterprise/passenger_rail/transportation/passengers/2013.html . https://web.archive.org/web/20210114160657/https://www.tokyometro.jp/corporate/enterprise/passenger_rail/transportation/passengers/2013.html . 2021-01-14 . 2021-01-14 . Tokyo Metro . ja.
  21. Web site: ja:各駅の乗車人員（2014年度） . Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2014) . http://www.jreast.co.jp/passenger/2014.html . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20210101133316/https://www.jreast.co.jp/passenger/2014.html . 2021-01-01 . 2021-01-14 . East Japan Railway Company . Japan . ja.
  22. Web site: ja:各駅の乗降人員ランキング (2014年) . Station usage ranking (2014) . https://www.tokyometro.jp/corporate/enterprise/passenger_rail/transportation/passengers/2014.html . https://web.archive.org/web/20210114160713/https://www.tokyometro.jp/corporate/enterprise/passenger_rail/transportation/passengers/2014.html . 2021-01-14 . 2021-01-14 . Tokyo Metro . ja.
  23. Web site: ja:各駅の乗車人員（2015年度） . Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2015) . http://www.jreast.co.jp/passenger/2015.html . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20210111211632/https://www.jreast.co.jp/passenger/2015.html . 2021-01-11 . 2021-01-14 . East Japan Railway Company . Japan . ja.
  24. Web site: ja:各駅の乗降人員ランキング (2015年) . Station usage ranking (2015) . https://www.tokyometro.jp/corporate/enterprise/passenger_rail/transportation/passengers/2015.html . https://web.archive.org/web/20201028032801/https://www.tokyometro.jp/corporate/enterprise/passenger_rail/transportation/passengers/2015.html . 2020-10-28 . 2021-01-14 . Tokyo Metro . ja.
  25. Web site: ja:各駅の乗車人員（2016年度） . Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2016) . http://www.jreast.co.jp/passenger/2016.html . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20210112045443/https://www.jreast.co.jp/passenger/2016.html . 2021-01-12 . 2021-01-14 . East Japan Railway Company . Japan . ja.
  26. Web site: ja:各駅の乗降人員ランキング (2016年) . Station usage ranking (2016) . https://www.tokyometro.jp/corporate/enterprise/passenger_rail/transportation/passengers/2016.html . https://web.archive.org/web/20210114093427/https://www.tokyometro.jp/corporate/enterprise/passenger_rail/transportation/passengers/2016.html . 2021-01-14 . 2021-01-14 . Tokyo Metro . ja.
  27. Web site: ja:各駅の乗車人員（2017年度） . Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2017) . http://www.jreast.co.jp/passenger/2017.html . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20210101135021/https://www.jreast.co.jp/passenger/2017.html . 2021-01-01 . 2021-01-14 . East Japan Railway Company . Japan . ja.
  28. Web site: ja:各駅の乗降人員ランキング (2017年) . Station usage ranking (2017) . https://www.tokyometro.jp/corporate/enterprise/passenger_rail/transportation/passengers/2017.html . https://web.archive.org/web/20210114093954/https://www.tokyometro.jp/corporate/enterprise/passenger_rail/transportation/passengers/2017.html . 2021-01-14 . 2021-01-14 . Tokyo Metro . ja.
  29. Web site: ja:各駅の乗車人員（2018年度） . Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2018) . http://www.jreast.co.jp/passenger/2018.html . https://web.archive.org/web/20210101133413/https://www.jreast.co.jp/passenger/2018.html . 2021-01-01 . 2021-01-14 . East Japan Railway Company . Japan . ja.
  30. Web site: ja:各駅の乗降人員ランキング (2018年) . Station usage ranking (2018) . https://www.tokyometro.jp/corporate/enterprise/passenger_rail/transportation/passengers/2018.html . https://web.archive.org/web/20210114093944/https://www.tokyometro.jp/corporate/enterprise/passenger_rail/transportation/passengers/2018.html . 2021-01-14 . 2021-01-14 . Tokyo Metro . ja.

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