Shirokane-takanawa Station

Template:Short description Template:Use dmy datesTemplate:Template other is a subway station in Takanawa 1-chōme, Minato, Tokyo, Japan, jointly operated by the two Tokyo subway operators, Tokyo Metro and Toei Subway.

Lines

• Tokyo Metro Namboku Line (N-03)
• Toei Mita Line (I-03)

Namboku Line and Mita Line shares their lines between this station and Meguro station, the two lines' terminal. The trains from Shirokane-takanawa station either run onto the Template:Lnl toward Template:STN, or run onto the Template:Lnl toward Template:STN, or be terminated at this station.

Station layout

File:Rail Tracks map Shirokane-Takanawa Station.svg

Track diagram of the station

Tokyo Metro and Toei

The station consists of two island platforms serving four tracks. Mita Line uses the outer two tracks and Namboku Line uses the inner two tracks. Trains going northward uses platforms 1 and 2, ones going southward uses platforms 3 and 4, so that passengers can change their trains smoothly. The ticket gates are on the first basement floor and the platforms are on the third basement floor. The ticket gates are also shared with both Tokyo Metro and Toei. Passengers don't need to go through ticket gates to change their trains.

• Ticket gates
  Ticket gates
• Platforms 1 and 2
  Platforms 1 and 2
• Platforms 3 and 4
  Platforms 3 and 4

History

Shirokane-takanawa Station opened on September 26, 2000.

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

On August 25, 2021, an acid attack took place at the station where a 22-year-old businessman sustained burns to his face, while a 34-year-old woman had burns on her legs.

External links

• Tokyo Metro Shirokane-takanawa Station Template:In lang
• Toei Mita Line Shirokane-takanawa Station Template:In lang