Gotanda Station
A05 · Asakusa Line · Shinagawa
Gotanda Station (五反田)
Three railways are stacked on top of one another at Gotanda, and the subway is the youngest and the deepest. JR’s platforms opened on 15 October 1911; Tokyu put the Ikegami Line terminus on an elevated island platform above them on 17 June 1928; and Toei’s Asakusa Line island platform, A05, opened underground on 15 November 1968. The Tokyu station handles more passengers than any other on the Ikegami Line, so a good deal of the movement here is people coming down from one of the upper levels to reach the subway.
Toei counted 59,177 entries and exits a day at the subway station in 2024 – a fraction of the traffic passing through the complex as a whole. Trains from the platform run through beyond the subway onto Keisei, Keikyu, Hokuso and Shibayama tracks, which puts a sizeable slice of the southern suburbs and both airport railways within a single ride; airport access explains how that works. Togoshi and Takanawadai are the neighbouring stops.
Finding Gotanda on the signs
Every line gives the station its own letter-and-number code. You never have to read the Japanese name to find the right platform.
Station numbers at Gotanda
Tokyo signposts every platform, exit and train door with a letter and a two-digit number. Matching the number is faster than reading the name — and it is what you will see on the map, in announcements and on the platform edge.
First and last trains at Gotanda
| Line and direction | Weekdays first – last | Saturdays, Sundays & holidays first – last |
|---|---|---|
| AAsakusaA05 towards Oshiage (Skytree) | 05:08 – 23:57 to Sengakuji | 05:08 to Oshiage (Skytree) – 23:57 to Oshiage (Skytree) |
| AAsakusaA05 towards Nishi-magome | 05:29 – 00:24 | 05:29 – 00:24 |
Departure times come from the operators’ own GTFS timetables (ODPT GTFS Toei-Train-GTFS (version 20261009, valid 2026-03-14..2027-03-12) + TokyoMetro-Train-GTFS (version 20261008, valid 2026-09-19..2027-03-12)). Japan publishes two subway timetables: 平日 weekdays and 土休日 Saturdays, Sundays and national holidays. There is no separate Sunday timetable, and the December 30 – January 3 period runs the holiday timetable.
How often do trains run?
| Line | Weekdays, busiest hour | Sat / Sun / holidays, busiest hour |
|---|---|---|
| AAsakusa | 14 trains/hour (about one every 4.3 min) | 12 trains/hour |
Departures in one direction during the hour with the most trains at this station, counted in the operators’ timetable.
Next stations from Gotanda
Scheduled running time between Gotanda and the stations either side of it.
| Line | Next station | Running time |
|---|---|---|
| AAsakusa | A06Takanawadai | 1 min |
| AAsakusa | A04Togoshi | 2 min |
Transfers and connections
- JR: Yamanote Line (JR East). These are separate railways with their own fares.
- Private railways: Ikegami Line (Tokyu Railways). These are separate railways with their own fares.
Accessibility
| Line | Step-free by elevator | Accessible toilet | Escalator | Exits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AAsakusa | Yes | Yes | Yes | 7 |
- Asakusa Line: Toei: step-free “1-route” secured; 2 elevator(s) on this line. Elevator exit(s): A3. Operator page (checked Oct 20, 2026).
Taken from the operators’ own accessibility pages and nothing else. Toei: every station has elevators and a street-gate-platform “1-route” is secured.
What is near Gotanda Station?
Shops and offices press against the station on both sides of the Meguro river: Atre Gotanda 2 is about 80 m from an exit and Gotanda Tokyu Plaza roughly 150 m, with Gotanda Park a similar distance away and Gotanda Minami Park around 280 m. The station serves Seisen University, whose library stands about 390 m off, along with Rissho University, Tokyo Health Care University and the NTT Medical Center Tokyo, and Ikedayama Park sits on the higher ground beyond.
| Place | Distance (straight line) | On foot, estimated |
|---|---|---|
| 薬師寺東京別院 | 220 m | about 4 min |
| 宝塔寺 | 330 m | about 5 min |
| 雉子神社 | 350 m | about 6 min |
| Gotanda Minami Park 五反田南公園 | 280 m | about 5 min |
| アトレ五反田2 | 80 m | about 1 min |
| 五反田公園 | 100 m | about 2 min |
| 大崎橋広場 | 240 m | about 4 min |
| 五反田ふれあい水辺広場 | 360 m | about 6 min |
Places from OpenStreetMap within 400 m of the station. The walking time is an estimate (straight line plus 30 %, 80 m a minute), not a measured route. © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.