title: Shirokane-takanawa Station
text: # Shirokane-takanawa Station
  
  Shirokane-takanawa Station (白金高輪駅, Shirokane-takanawa-eki) is a subway station in Takanawa 1-chōme, Minato, Tokyo, Japan, jointly operated by the two Tokyo subway operators, Tokyo Metro and Toei Subway.
  
  ## Lines
  
  * Tokyo Metro Namboku Line (N-03)
  * Toei Mita Line (I-03)
  
  Namboku Line and Mita Line shares their lines between this station and Meguro station, the two lines' terminal. The trains from Shirokane-takanawa station either run onto the Namboku Line toward Azabu-juban, or run onto the Mita Line toward Mita, or be terminated at this station.
  
  ## Station layout
  
  ### Tokyo Metro and Toei
  
  The station consists of two island platforms serving four tracks. Mita Line uses the outer two tracks and Namboku Line uses the inner two tracks. Trains going northward uses platforms 1 and 2, ones going southward uses platforms 3 and 4, so that passengers can change their trains smoothly. The ticket gates are on the first basement floor and the platforms are on the third basement floor. The ticket gates are also shared with both Tokyo Metro and Toei. Passengers don't need to go through ticket gates to change their trains.
  
  | 1 | I Mita Line | for Nishi-Takashimadaira |
  | - | - | - |
  | 2 | N Namboku Line | for Akabane-Iwabuchi SR Saitama Rapid Railway Line for Urawa-Misono |
  | 3 | N Namboku Line | for Meguro MG Meguro Line for Musashi-Kosugi and Hiyoshi Sotetsu Main Line for Ebina via the Tokyu/Sotetsu Shin-Yokohama Line Sotetsu Izumino Line for Shōnandai via the Tokyu/Sotetsu Shin-Yokohama Line |
  | 4 | I Mita Line | for Meguro MG Meguro Line for Musashi-Kosugi and Hiyoshi Sotetsu Main Line for Ebina via the Tokyu/Sotetsu Shin-Yokohama Line Sotetsu Izumino Line for Shōnandai via the Tokyu/Sotetsu Shin-Yokohama Line |
  
  * Ticket gates
  * Platforms 1 and 2
  * Platforms 3 and 4
  
  ## History
  
  Shirokane-takanawa Station opened on September 26, 2000.
  
  The station facilities of the Namboku Line were inherited by Tokyo Metro after the privatization of the Teito Rapid Transit Authority (TRTA) in 2004.
  
  On August 25, 2021, an acid attack took place at the station where a 22-year-old businessman sustained burns to his face, while a 34-year-old woman had burns on her legs.
  
  