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Ichigaya Station

Ichigaya Station

Railway and metro station in Tokyo, Japan


Ichigaya Station (市ヶ谷駅, Ichigaya-eki) is a railway station in Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan.

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Lines

The ground-level section of the station is managed by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East), and the underground sections are managed by Tokyo Metro and Tokyo Metropolitan Bureau of Transportation (Toei Subway). The station is served by the JR Chūō-Sōbu Line, Tokyo Metro Yūrakuchō Line, Tokyo Metro Namboku Line, and Toei Shinjuku Line. Chūō Line (Rapid) services pass the station.

Ichigaya Station is numbered Y-14 on the Yurakucho Line, N-09 on the Namboku Line, and S-04 on the Shinjuku Line.

Platforms

JR East

1 JB Chūō-Sōbu Line for Shinjuku, Nakano, and Mitaka
2 JB Chūō-Sōbu Line Ochanomizu, Kinshichō, Tsudanuma, Chiba

Tokyo Metro

1 Y Yūrakuchō Line for Tsukishima, Toyosu and Shin-Kiba
2 for Iidabashi and Ikebukuro
Seibu Ikebukuro Line for Hannō
TJ Tobu Tojo Line for Shinrinkoen
3 N Namboku Line for Komagome, Akabane-Iwabuchi
SR Saitama Rapid Railway Line to Urawa-Misono
4

Toei Subway

1 S Shinjuku Line for Shinjuku
KO Keio Line for Hatsudai, Hatagaya, Meidaimae, Chōfu, and Hashimoto
2 for Kudanshita, Jimbocho, Ōjima, and Moto-Yawata

History

The original JNR (now JR East) station opened on 6 March 1895.[1] The Tokyo Metro Yurakucho Line station opened on 30 October 1974, and the Namboku Line station opened on 26 March 1996.[2]

The station facilities of the Yurakucho and Namboku Lines were inherited by Tokyo Metro after the privatization of the Teito Rapid Transit Authority (TRTA) in 2004.[3]

Surrounding area

The headquarters of the Ministry of Defense of Japan and of the Japan Go Association are located in the vicinity of Ichigaya station. The headquarters of Creatures Inc. was also located.


References

  1. 日本国有鉄道停車場一覧 [JNR Station Directory]. Japan: Japanese National Railways. 1985. p. 52. ISBN 4-533-00503-9.
  2. Terada, Hirokazu (19 January 2013). データブック日本の私鉄 [Databook: Japan's Private Railways]. Japan: Neko Publishing. p. 216. ISBN 978-4-7770-1336-4.
  3. "「営団地下鉄」から「東京メトロ」へ" [From "Teito Rapid Transit Authority" to "Tokyo Metro"]. Tokyo Metro Online. 8 July 2006. Archived from the original on 16 May 2012. Retrieved 29 May 2022.

35°41′28″N 139°44′08″E


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