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Shiodome Station (JNR)
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was a freight train
station
of the Japanese National Railways
in Minato
, Tokyo
, Japan
. The freight terminal was originally named and served as the first railway terminal of Tokyo between 1872 and 1914.
, which inaugurated on October 14, 1872 (public service started on the following day). Freight service started on September 15, 1873.
The station was the main terminal of Tokyo until December 20, 1914 when the new Tokyo Station
began its operation and Shimbashi Station was converted to the freight terminal named Shiodome. The name of Shimbashi Station was moved to the former Karasumori Station which is still now called Shimbashi Station
.
The service as a freight terminal continued until November 1, 1986. After the closing of the freight station, the site was transferred to JNR Settlement Corporation
, but the sale of the land was not allowed for years due to political consideration of the impact to the real estate market in Tokyo. The redevelopment of the land was finally started in 1995. After the excavation work which found the original platform of the passenger station and many railway-related items, the Shiodome
area was opened for public as a business zone called Sio-site in 2002. In 2003, a building faithfully modeled in the original building of the Shimbashi Station was built in the original site of the station.
Freight train
A freight train or goods train is a group of freight cars or goods wagons hauled by one or more locomotives on a railway, ultimately transporting cargo between two points as part of the logistics chain...
station
Train station
A train station, also called a railroad station or railway station and often shortened to just station,"Station" is commonly understood to mean "train station" unless otherwise qualified. This is evident from dictionary entries e.g...
of the Japanese National Railways
Japanese National Railways
, abbreviated or "JNR", was the national railway network of Japan from 1949 to 1987.-History:The term Kokuyū Tetsudō "state-owned railway" originally referred to a network of railway lines operated by nationalized companies under the control of the Railway Institute following the nationalization...
in Minato
Minato, Tokyo
is one of the 23 special wards of Tokyo, Japan. As of 1 March 2008, it had an official population of 217,335 and a population density of 10,865 persons per km². The total area is 20.34 km².Minato hosts 49 embassies...
, Tokyo
Tokyo
, ; officially , is one of the 47 prefectures of Japan. Tokyo is the capital of Japan, the center of the Greater Tokyo Area, and the largest metropolitan area of Japan. It is the seat of the Japanese government and the Imperial Palace, and the home of the Japanese Imperial Family...
, Japan
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
. The freight terminal was originally named and served as the first railway terminal of Tokyo between 1872 and 1914.
History
Shimbashi Station was built as the Tokyo terminal of Japan's first railway between Tokyo and YokohamaYokohama
is the capital city of Kanagawa Prefecture and the second largest city in Japan by population after Tokyo and most populous municipality of Japan. It lies on Tokyo Bay, south of Tokyo, in the Kantō region of the main island of Honshu...
, which inaugurated on October 14, 1872 (public service started on the following day). Freight service started on September 15, 1873.
The station was the main terminal of Tokyo until December 20, 1914 when the new Tokyo Station
Tokyo Station
is a train station located in the Marunouchi business district of Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan, near the Imperial Palace grounds and the Ginza commercial district....
began its operation and Shimbashi Station was converted to the freight terminal named Shiodome. The name of Shimbashi Station was moved to the former Karasumori Station which is still now called Shimbashi Station
Shimbashi Station
is a major interchange station in Tokyo's Minato Ward. Located centrally and a 10-minute walk from the Ginza shopping district, directly south of Tokyo station.-History:...
.
The service as a freight terminal continued until November 1, 1986. After the closing of the freight station, the site was transferred to JNR Settlement Corporation
JNR Settlement Corporation
was a corporation formed to handle long-term debts and redundancies following the privatization and breakup of Japanese National Railways on April 1, 1987....
, but the sale of the land was not allowed for years due to political consideration of the impact to the real estate market in Tokyo. The redevelopment of the land was finally started in 1995. After the excavation work which found the original platform of the passenger station and many railway-related items, the Shiodome
Shiodome
Shiodome is an area in Minato, Tokyo, Japan, located adjacent to Shinbashi and Ginza, near Tokyo Bay and the Hamarikyu Gardens. Formerly a railway terminal, Shiodome has been transformed into one of Tokyo's most modern areas...
area was opened for public as a business zone called Sio-site in 2002. In 2003, a building faithfully modeled in the original building of the Shimbashi Station was built in the original site of the station.