Mejiro Station

is a railway station on the Yamanote Line in Toshima, Tokyo, Japan, operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East).

Lines Mejiro Station is served by the circular Yamanote Line. It is one of only two stations on the Yamanote Line that does not provide a direct connection to any other line, the other being .

Station layout Mejiro Station has one island platform serving two tracks. The station building is located above the tracks, and accessibility to and from the platforms is provided by escalators as well as lifts. There are several small shops and a bakery/cafe within the station.

Platform edge doors were installed and brought into use from 9 November 2013.

Platforms

History The station opened on 16 March 1885.

Station numbering was introduced in 2016 with Mejiro being assigned station number JY14.

Passenger statistics In fiscal 2012, the station was used by an average of 37,684 passengers daily (boarding passengers only). The passenger figures for previous years are as shown below.

Fiscal year Daily average 2000 39,505 2005 39,065 2010 37,568 2011 37,355 2012 37,684

Surrounding area Mejiro is one of the Yamanote Line's smaller stations, situated between the bustling Ikebukuro and the relatively quiet Takadanobaba.

Mejiro Station has only one exit. The ticket gate emerges onto Mejiro-dori with the co-ed campus of Gakushuin University and the Mejiro Elementary School to the right, and a row of shops and restaurants to the left. Just off Mejiro-dori, a wealthy area becomes residential and quiet. The streets to the west, away from the Yamanote loop, feature a mix of typical apartment buildings built in various decades, as well as some designer houses.

By looking straight ahead from Mejiro Station's main exit, one can see well into the distance toward Ikebukuro's monument-like garbage processing center and the towering Sunshine 60 building.

When inside Mejiro Station, if you stand at the southernmost part, you can see Takadanobaba Station.

Mejiro Station

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