Naka-Meguro Station Explained

Naka-meguro Station

Native Name:

中目黒駅

Native Name Lang:

Mlanguage:

Shinjitai:	中目黒駅
Kyujitai:	中目黑驛
Hiragana:	なかめぐろえき

Address:

3-4-1 Kami-meguro, Meguro-ku, Tokyo

Country:

Japan

Platforms:

2 island platforms

Tracks:

Structure:

Elevated

Code:

TY03

Map Type:

Japan Tokyo city#Japan Tokyo Bay and Boso Peninsula#Japan Tokyo#Japan

Passengers:

196,777 daily (Tokyu)^[1]
230,353 daily (Tokyo Metro)^[2]

Pass Year:

FY2019

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

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

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

History

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 and (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]

External links

35.6443°N 139.6992°W

Notes and References

Web site: 2020 . ja: 2019年度乗降人員 . Number of passengers in FY2019 . https://www.tokyu.co.jp/railway/data/passengers/ . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20210101140626/https://www.tokyu.co.jp/railway/data/passengers/ . 2021-01-01 . 2021-01-20 . TOKYU RAILWAYS Co., Ltd. . Japan . Japanese.
Web site: 2020 . ja: 各駅の乗降人員ランキング 2019年度 . Station usage ranking FY2019 . https://www.tokyometro.jp/corporate/enterprise/passenger_rail/transportation/passengers/index.html . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20210110123851/https://www.tokyometro.jp/corporate/enterprise/passenger_rail/transportation/passengers/index.html . 10 January 2021 . 2021-01-20 . Tokyo Metro . Japan . Japanese.
Web site: Naka-meguro Station/H01 Route/Station Information Tokyo Metro Line . 2023-10-24 . www.tokyometro.jp.
Web site: Lost in Translation Filming Locations: Daikanyama Air and Nakameguro . 30 August 2021 .
Web site: Detail｜Search List｜TOKYO LOCATION GUIDE｜TOKYO LOCATION BOX OFFICIAL SITE .
Web site: 16 March 2013 . 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 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20210512020419/https://railf.jp/news/2013/03/16/134800.html . 12 May 2021 . 25 July 2022 . Japan Railfan Magazine Online . Koyusha Co., Ltd. . Japan . ja.