Shibuya Station (渋谷駅) is operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East) and other companies, including Tokyo Metro, Keio and Tokyu Railways. It serves the Fukutoshin Line, Ginza Line, Hanzōmon Line, Saikyō Line, Yamanote Line, Shōnan–Shinjuku Line, DT Tokyu Den-en-toshi Line, TY Tokyu Toyoko Line and Narita Express (N'EX). The station opened on 1 March 1885.
History
Shibuya Station (渋谷駅) opened on 1 March 1885 as a Nippon Railway station, at the same time as the Akabane to Shinbashi section opened. It was a single-track, at-grade station, near a Saikyō Line platform that was used in the past. The track was doubled between Shinjuku and this station in October 1905, and between this station and Ōsaki in October 1906. The station became a government railway station when Nippon Railway was nationalized on 1 November 1906. On 12 October 1909 the line became part of the Yamanote Line. In 1920 the station was elevated and the Yamanote Line passenger station moved to its current position. The freight station stayed where it was. On 15 July 1922 the section between here and Ebisu was quadrupled. The section toward Harajuku was also quadrupled, which separated the Yamanote Line from the Yamanote freight line. On 28 August 1927 the Tokyo-Yokohama Electric Railway, now Tokyu, opened its Toyoko Line here as an elevated station. On 1 August 1933 the Teito Electric Railway Shibuya Line opened. It is now the Keio Inokashira Line.
On 20 December 1938 the Tokyo Rapid Railway opened. It is now the Ginza Line. The Gyokusai Building, later the Tokyu Department Store West Building, was completed, and its third and fourth floors were used as Shibuya Station on the Ginza Line. In September 1941 the Tokyo High-Speed Rail stations became stations of the Teito Rapid Transit Authority (Eidan Subway), under the Land Transport Business Adjustment Law. On 21 April 1944 the first statue of Hachiko, the loyal dog, was installed in front of the station. On 1 November 1944 the Tokyu Department Store opened at Shibuya Station on the Toyoko Line. On 25 May 1945 an air raid destroyed the Toyoko Line platform canopies and the Tokyu Department Store by fire.
On 15 August 1948 a second statue of Hachiko was installed in front of the station. On 1 August 1950 the Toyoko Line platform was rebuilt to have three platforms and three tracks. On 27 October 1953 the Tōyoko Noren Street opened on the first floor of the Tokyu Department Store East Building. It was Japan's first shopping arcade. On 17 November 1954 the Tamaden Building was expanded, and the 11-story Tokyu Kaikan was completed. The building was renamed from the Tamaden Building to Tokyu Kaikan at the same time. On 27 December 1955 the Toei trolley bus entered Shibuya Station. On 16 April 1964 the Toyoko Line platform was rebuilt to have four platforms and four tracks. On 31 March 1968 the Toei trolley bus service to Shibuya Station was abolished. On 29 September 1968 the Toden (Tokyo streetcar) Aoyama Line was abolished. On 10 May 1969 the Tokyu Tamagawa Line was abolished. On 26 October 1969 the Toden Tenjinbashi Line was abolished, and streetcar lines passing through Shibuya Station ended completely. Its stops were turned into the East Exit Bus Terminal.
On 7 April 1977 the Tokyu Shin-tamagawa Line, now the Den-en-toshi Line, opened. Most of its platforms were built by the Teito Rapid Transit Authority, but Tokyu ran station operations. On 1 August 1978 a section of the Hanzōmon Line opened, and through running with the Tokyu Shin-tamagawa Line began. Automatic ticket gates were installed at Shibuya Station between 1989 and 1992. The Tokyu Toyoko Line south exit got its gates on 25 October 1989. JR East added gates at its Tamagawa exit on 1 December 1990, its south exit on 28 December 1991, its central entrance on 12 March 1992 and its Hachiko exit on 7 August 1992. On 16 March 1996 the Saikyō Line platform was built on the former freight platform site of the Yamanote Freight Line. On 7 April 2000 the Shibuya Mark City complex opened, directly connected to the station. On 6 August 2000 the Shin-tamagawa Line was merged into the Den-en-toshi Line. On 1 April 2001 JR East opened its new south exit. On 18 November 2001 Suica became usable on JR East. On 1 December 2001 the Shōnan–Shinjuku Line began stopping here. On 1 April 2004 the Ginza and Hanzōmon line stations were inherited by Tokyo Metro, with the privatization of the Teito Rapid Transit Authority. On 14 June 2008 the Fukutoshin Line station opened. From the start it was under Tokyu's control, and Tokyu Railways Service ran the operations.
On 26 April 2012 the Shibuya Hikarie complex opened, directly connected to the station. On 16 March 2013 the Tokyu Toyoko Line station moved underground and began through running with the Fukutoshin Line. The station then came under direct Tokyu operation, and the commission to Tokyu Railways Service ended. On 31 March 2013 the east building of the Tokyu Department Store Toyoko branch closed. In 2019 the area around the station was divided into four areas, A to D. Area A is the Dōgenzaka side, B the Miyamasuzaka side, C the Shibuya Police Station side and D the Sakuragaoka side. Each exit number combines an area letter with a number. On 1 November 2019 the east building of Shibuya Scramble Square opened, directly connected to the station. On 3 January 2020 the new station building of the Ginza Line began operating. From 27 May to 3 June 2020 the Saikyō Line and Shōnan–Shinjuku Line were suspended between Shinjuku and Ōsaki for relocation work. On 1 June 2020 the Saikyō Line platform was moved about 350 m north, parallel to the Yamanote Line platform. On 9 January 2023 the inner and outer loop platforms of the Yamanote Line were combined into one platform. On 21 July 2024 JR East began using part of its new station building and moved the new south ticket gate.
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