Takanawa Gateway Station
Takanawa Gateway Station is a railway station in Minato, Tokyo, Japan. The station is operated by the East Japan Railway Company.
The station is also accessible by the Toei Asakusa Line and the Keikyu Line via the nearby Sengakuji Station.
Lines
The station is served by the Yamanote Line, which circles around central Tokyo, and the Keihin-Tōhoku Line, which runs from Saitama through Tokyo to Yokohama. Formally, the station lies on the Tokaido Main Line. The station is within the Yamanote Line fare zone, and the Tokyo Metropolitan District fare zone.Station layout
The station has two island platforms, serving the two lines stopping there. Above platform level, there will be an event space overlooking the platforms, with shopping and dining facilities inside the station.The station was designed by Kengo Kuma.
Platforms
Takanawa Gateway Station has 4 tracks and 2 island platforms. Each platform equipped 3 escalators, 1 24-person elevator and 1 18-person elevator to the paid area of the concourse on the second floor.Surrounding area
of area in the Tamachi Depot will be repurposed and redeveloped, for an estimated cost of 500 billion Japanese yen. The Yamanote and Keihin-Tōhoku Line tracks were moved east by, such that office buildings, hotels, commercial buildings and high-rise skyscrapers could be built around the area, originally scheduled to open in 2024. JR East and the Urban Renaissance Agency are cooperating in this project. The project was later known as Takanawa Gateway City. The first segment of Takanawa Gateway City, The Linkpillar 1, was inaugurated on 27 March 2025. The entire complex is slated for full completion by spring 2026.History
On 3 June 2014, JR East announced that a new station would be built between Tamachi and Shinagawa stations, at south from Tamachi Station, north from Shinagawa Station, and about southeast of Sengakuji Station. The station was built above the existing Tamachi Depot, with of the Depot's space being repurposed and redeveloped. The station was planned to open in 2020, to meet with the Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics and is the newest station to be built since Nishi-Nippori Station for the Yamanote Line, and Saitama-Shintoshin Station for the Keihin-Tōhoku Line.On 6 September 2016, JR East announced the outline of this station and it was positioned as the core facility of Shinagawa Development Project "Global Gateway Shinagawa".
On 10 February 2017, construction on the station began.
From 5 to 30 June 2018, JR East publicly invited citizens to submit ideas of names for the new station, via mail or online submission. They announced that the finalized name of the station would be announced during winter 2018, while on 4 December 2018, the name was announced to be "Takanawa Gateway".
The Yamanote and Keihin-Tōhoku Lines between Shinagawa and Tamachi were rerouted via the new station on 16 November 2019 during construction that suspended train service on the lines from the early morning until around 4:00 PM.
The station opened on 14 March 2020, ten days before the summer Olympics were postponed to 2021 as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. However, it was believed that the shopping and dining facilities inside will not be fully completed until 2024.
The second Exit opened on 27 March 2025, with the opening to the public of the Takanawa Gateway City complex.
Naming
During the public naming campaign conducted by JR East in June 2018, the following names were suggested for the station :- Higashi-Sengakuji Station – the station is east of Sengakuji Station
- JR Sengakuji Station – to distinguish it from the existing station of the same name on Toei Asakusa Line
- Kōnan Station – the station is located in the Kōnan district, southern Minato ward
- Kōnan-Takanawa Station
- Minami-Minato/Nankō Station
- Minami-Kōnan Station
- Nishi-Kōnan Station
- Nishi-Shibaura Station
- Olympics 2020 Station
- Shibaura Station – the Shibaura district is north of Kōnan
- Shin-Kita-Shinagawa Station – the new station is north of Shinagawa Station
- Shin-Shinagawa Station
- Takanawa Station – the Takanawa district is located west of Kōnan
- Takanawa Ōkido Station – Takanawa Ōkido is a historical relic located next to Sengakuji Station