Meguro Station

Meguro Station 目黒駅
Ticket gates for Tokyu and subway lines inside the station
Location
Prefecture	Tokyo (See other stations in Tokyo)
Ward	Shinagawa
Coordinates	35°38′02″N 139°42′58″E / 35.633983°N 139.71600°E / 35.633983; 139.71600Coordinates: 35°38′02″N 139°42′58″E / 35.633983°N 139.71600°E / 35.633983; 139.71600
History
Year opened	1885
Rail services
Station number(s)	I-01, N-01
Operator(s)	JR East Tokyo Metro Toei Tōkyū
Line(s)	Yamanote Line Tokyo Metro Namboku Line Toei Mita Line Tōkyū Meguro Line

Meguro Station (目黒駅, Meguro-eki^?) is a railway station located in Tokyo's Shinagawa ward close to the boundary with Meguro ward. The station is just south of Meguro Dori (Meguro Street).

Lines

Meguro Station is served by the following lines:

• East Japan Railway Company (JR East) Yamanote Line
• Tokyo Metro Namboku Line - through service with Tōkyū Meguro Line
• Toei Mita Line - through service with Tōkyū Meguro Line
• Tōkyū Meguro Line - through service with Tokyo Metro Namboku Line and Toei Mita Line

History

The JR station (originally Nippon Railway station) opened on 16 March 1885.^[1]

The Namboku Line and Mita Line subway station opened on 26 September 2000.^[2]

Half-height platform edge doors are scheduled to be installed on the two Yamanote Line platforms from 28 August 2010.^[3]

Adjacent stations

«		Service		»
Yamanote Line
Ebisu		-	Gotanda
Tōkyū Meguro Line
Tokyo Metro Namboku Line (N-01)
Toei Mita Line(I-01)
Fudōmae (Meguro Line)		Local		Shirokanedai (N-02, I-02)
Musashi-Koyama (Meguro Line)		Express		Shirokanedai (N-02, I-02)

See also

• Media related to Meguro Station at Wikimedia Commons

References

1. ^ JR East Meguro Station information Retrieved 4 March 2010. (Japanese)
2. ^ Terada, Hirokazu (July 2002). データブック日本の私鉄 (Databook: Japan's Private Railways). Japan: Neko Publishing. ISBN 4-87366-874-3. 
3. ^ 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. (Japanese)

External links

• JR East Meguro Station information (Japanese)
• Tōkyū Meguro Station information (Japanese)
• Tokyo Metro Meguro Station information (Japanese)
• Toei Metro Meguro Station information (Japanese)