Gotanda Station is a railway station in Shinagawa, Tokyo, Japan, operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East), the private railway operator Tokyu Corporation, and the Tokyo subway operator Toei.

Lines

Gotanda Station is served by the following lines:

Station layout

JR East

The JR East station consists of an elevated island platform serving two tracks. The station has a "Midori no Madoguchi" staffed ticket office. Chest-height platform edge doors were installed on the Yamanote Line platforms in February 2015, with operation commencing in March.

Tokyu

The Tokyu station consists of one elevated island platform serving two tracks, located above the JR platforms.

Toei

The Toei subway station consists of one underground island platform serving two tracks.

History

The JR station first opened on 15 October 1911. The Tokyu Ikegami Line station opened on 17 June 1928. The Toei Asakusa Line station opened on 15 November 1968. Station numbering was introduced to the JR East platforms in 2016 with Gotanda being assigned JY23.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2013, the JR East station was used by 132,524 passengers daily (boarding passengers only), making it the 24th-busiest station operated by JR East. Over the same fiscal year, the Tokyu station was used by an average of 108,025 passengers daily (entering and exiting passengers), making it the busiest station on the Ikegami Line. The daily passenger figures for each operator in previous years are as shown below.

Surrounding area