Gotanda Station

Location
	Gotanda Station Location within Tokyo Yamanote Loop Gotanda Station Location within Tokyo wards area Gotanda Station Location within Japan

JY23
Gotanda Station

五反田駅
JY23 ; Gotanda Station; 五反田駅
	Gotanda Station, east exit, 2025
General information
Location	Higashigotanda; Shinagawa, Tokyo; Japan
Operator	JR East; Tōkyū Railways; Toei Subway;
Lines	Yamanote Line; Ikegami Line; Asakusa Line;
History
Opened	15 October 1911; 114 years ago
Passengers
FY2024	220,642 daily (JR East)
FY2024	95,723 daily (Tokyu)
FY2024	59,177 daily (Toei Subway)
Services
Location
Location
	Gotanda Station Location within Tokyo Yamanote Loop Gotanda Station Location within Tokyo wards area Gotanda Station Location within Japan

Gotanda Station (Japanese: 五反田駅, Hepburn: Gotanda-eki) 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.

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.

1	Yamanote Line	for Shinagawa, Tokyo, and Ueno
2	Yamanote Line	for Shibuya, Shinjuku, and Ikebukuro

Chest-height platform edge doors were installed on the Yamanote Line platforms in February 2015, with operation commencing in March.^[2]

JR platforms, 2021

Tokyu

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

1-2

Ikegami Line

for Hatanodai, Yukigaya-Ōtsuka, and Kamata

Tokyu platforms, 2016

Toei

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

1	Asakusa Line	for Nishi-magome
2	Asakusa Line	for Sengakuji, Nihombashi, and Oshiage Keisei Main Line for Aoto, Keisei Takasago, Keisei Sakura, Keisei Narita, and Narita Airport (Terminal 2·3 and Terminal 1) Hokusō Line for Imba Nihon-idai Narita Sky Access Line for Narita Airport Shibayama Railway Line for Shibayama-Chiyoda

Toei platform in August 2023

History

The JR station first opened on 15 October 1911.^[3] The Tokyu Ikegami Line station opened on 17 June 1928.^[4] The Toei Asakusa Line station opened on 15 November 1968.^[4]

Station numbering was introduced to the JR East platforms in 2016 with Gotanda being assigned JY23.^[5]^[6]

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.^[7] 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.^[8]

The daily passenger figures for each operator in previous years are as shown below.

Fiscal year	JR East	Tokyu
1999	133,202^[9]
2000	132,411^[10]
2005	126,137^[11]	101,969^[12]
2010	129,154^[13]	102,101^[14]
2011	127,996^[15]	101,904^[16]
2012	130,633^[17]	105,167^[18]
2013	132,524^[7]	108,025^[8]

Note that JR East figures are for boarding passengers only.

Surrounding area

Seisen University
Rissho University
Tokyo Health Care University
NTT Medical Center Tokyo
Ikedayama Park

References

1 2 3 "駅別乗降客数　2024年度（令和6年度）版". 国土数値情報ダウンロードサイト (Number of passengers boarding and disembarking by station 2024 (Reiwa 6) version) (in Japanese). Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism (Japan). Retrieved 27 April 2026.
↑ 山手線五反田駅に可動式ホーム柵が設置される [Platform edge doors installed at Yamanote Line Gotanda Station]. Japan Railfan Magazine Online (in Japanese). Japan: Koyusha Co., Ltd. 25 February 2015. Retrieved 25 February 2015.
↑ 各駅情報（五反田駅） [Station information (Gotanda Station)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. Retrieved 26 December 2011.
1 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.
↑ "⾸都圏エリアへ「駅ナンバリング」を導⼊します" [Introduce “station numbering” to the Tokyo metropolitan area] (PDF). jreast.co.jp (in Japanese). 6 April 2016. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 December 2022. Retrieved 7 January 2023.
↑ Kusamachi, Yoshikazu (7 April 2016). "JA・JK・JT・AKB…JR東日本、首都圏で駅ナンバリングなど導入へ" [JA, JK, JT, AKB … JR East to introduce station numbering in the Tokyo metropolitan area]. Response Automotive Media (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 6 August 2022. Retrieved 7 January 2023.
1 2 各駅の乗車人員（2013年度） [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2013)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. Archived from the original on 6 May 2001. Retrieved 6 September 2014.
1 2 2013年度乗降人員 [2013 Station passenger figures] (in Japanese). Japan: Tokyū Corporation. 4 June 2014. Retrieved 6 September 2014.
↑ 各駅の乗車人員（1999年度） [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 1999)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. Retrieved 6 September 2014.
↑ 各駅の乗車人員（2000年度） [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2000)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. Archived from the original on 9 October 2014. Retrieved 6 September 2014.
↑ 各駅の乗車人員（2005年度） [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2005)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. Archived from the original on 9 October 2014. Retrieved 6 September 2014.
↑ 2005年度乗降人員 [2005 Station passenger figures] (in Japanese). Japan: Tokyū Corporation. 19 May 2006. Archived from the original on 14 August 2014. Retrieved 6 September 2014.
↑ 各駅の乗車人員 (2010年度) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2010)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. Archived from the original on 6 October 2014. Retrieved 6 September 2014.
↑ 2010年度乗降人員 [2010 Station passenger figures] (in Japanese). Japan: Tokyū Corporation. 19 May 2011. Archived from the original on 22 August 2021. Retrieved 6 September 2014.
↑ 各駅の乗車人員（2011年度） [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2011)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. Archived from the original on 8 October 2014. Retrieved 6 September 2014.
↑ 2011年度乗降人員 [2011 Station passenger figures] (in Japanese). Japan: Tokyū Corporation. 15 May 2012. Archived from the original on 22 August 2021. Retrieved 6 September 2014.
↑ 各駅の乗車人員（2012年度） [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2012)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. Archived from the original on 7 October 2014. Retrieved 6 September 2014.
↑ 2012年度乗降人員 [2012 Station passenger figures] (in Japanese). Japan: Tokyū Corporation. 29 May 2013. Archived from the original on 22 August 2021. Retrieved 6 September 2014.