Takanawa gate way
Surrounding area
13 hectares 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 will be moved east by 120 meters, such that office buildings, hotels, commercial buildings and high-rise skyscrapers can be built around the area, which is scheduled to open in 2024. JR East and the Urban Renaissance Agency are cooperating in this project.[9]
History
On 3 June 2014, JR East announced that a new station will be built in between Tamachi and Shinagawa stations, at 1.3 km south from Tamachi Station, 0.9 km north from Shinagawa Station, and about 300 meters southeast of Sengakuji Station.[10] The station was built above the existing Tamachi Depot, with 13 hectares 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 (opened in 1971) for the Yamanote Line, and Saitama-Shintoshin Station (opened in 2000) for the Keihin-Tōhoku Line.[11][12]
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”.[13]
On 10 February 2017, construction on the station began.[14]
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,[15] 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.[16]
The station opened on 14 March 2020, in time for the summer Olympics. However, it is believed that the shopping and dining facilities inside will not be fully completed until 2024.