Tokyo Metro Ginza Line platform 銀座線渋谷駅
Visiting Tokyo Metro Ginza Line platform today
- What it is: The Ginza Line terminus at Shibuya, an elevated station on the third floor of the station building. It is topped by an M-shaped roof designed by architect Hiroshi Naito, which needs no internal pillars.
- Then and now: The old terminus, opened in December 1938 inside the Tokyu Toyoko department store, had narrow 6 m side platforms. Trains moved to the new station east of it on 3 January 2020, with a single 12 m wide island platform.
- Getting there: The entrance is next to Shibuya Hikarie.
- Tip: The Hanzomon Line platforms at Shibuya are far away, so to change to that line it is easier to transfer at Omotesando.
- Then and now: The wider Shibuya Station redevelopment is expected to be largely complete around 2030.
Best timeGood any time of year
Checked against: Shibuya station shift sorted (Railway Gazette) · Tokyo Metro Ginza Line: The New Shibuya Gateway (Japaholic) · Shibuya Station (Wikipedia). Check opening times and prices before you go.
Tokyo Metro Ginza Line platform on Shibuya246
Photos and stories from our visits, as they were written at the time.
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