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

JB15 Y14 N09 S04
Ichigaya Station

市ヶ谷駅
Ichigaya Station entrance, 2018
General information
LocationChiyoda, Tokyo, Tokyo
Japan
Operated by
Line(s)
Other information
Station code
  • JB15 (Chūō-Sōbu Line)
  • Y-14 (Yurakucho Line)
  • N-09 (Namboku Line)
  • S-04 (Toei Shinjuku Line)
History
Opened6 March 1895; 129 years ago (6 March 1895)
Services
Preceding station Logo of the East Japan Railway Company (JR East) JR East Following station
Yotsuya
JB14
towards Mitaka
Chūō–Sōbu Line Iidabashi
JB16
towards Chiba
Preceding station The logo of the Tokyo Metro. Tokyo Metro Following station
Iidabashi
Y13
towards Wakoshi
Yūrakuchō Line Kojimachi
Y15
towards Shin-kiba
Yotsuya
N08
towards Meguro
Namboku Line Iidabashi
N10
Preceding station Toei Subway Following station
Shinjuku
S01
Terminus
Shinjuku Line
Express
Jimbocho
S06
towards Motoyawata
Akebonobashi
S03
towards Shinjuku
Shinjuku Line
Local
Kudanshita
S05
towards Motoyawata
Location
Ichigaya Station is located in Special wards of Tokyo
Ichigaya Station
Ichigaya Station
Location within Special wards of Tokyo
Ichigaya Station is located in Tokyo Bay and Bōsō Peninsula
Ichigaya Station
Ichigaya Station
Ichigaya Station (Tokyo Bay and Bōsō Peninsula)
Ichigaya Station is located in Tokyo
Ichigaya Station
Ichigaya Station
Ichigaya Station (Tokyo)
Ichigaya Station is located in Japan
Ichigaya Station
Ichigaya Station
Ichigaya Station (Japan)

The Number of Passengers on Ichigaya as recorded by the East Japan Railway Company Trains in 2017-2022 was 15,274 ((単位 千人)).[1]

Lines

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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

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JR East

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

Tokyo Metro

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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

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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

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The original JNR (now JR East) station opened on 6 March 1895.[2] The Tokyo Metro Yurakucho Line station opened on 30 October 1974, and the Namboku Line station opened on 26 March 1996.[3]

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.[4]

Surrounding area

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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

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  1. ^ "TOKYO STATISTICAL YEARBOOK TOKYO STATISTICAL YEARBOOK 2021 Transport|Statistics of Tokyo". www.toukei.metro.tokyo.lg.jp. Retrieved 12 August 2024.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ "「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.
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35°41′28″N 139°44′08″E / 35.69111°N 139.73556°E / 35.69111; 139.73556