Ichigaya Station

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 JR platforms, 2015
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
Opened1895
Services
Preceding station JR East Following station
Yotsuya
JB14
toward Mitaka
 Chūō–Sōbu Line Iidabashi
JB16
toward Chiba
Preceding station Tokyo Metro Following station
Iidabashi
Y13
toward Wakoshi
 Yurakucho Line
Local
 Kojimachi
Y15
toward Shin-kiba
Yotsuya
N08
toward Meguro
 Namboku Line Iidabashi
N10
toward Akabane-iwabuchi
Preceding station Toei Subway Following station
Shinjuku
S01
Terminus
 Shinjuku Line
Express
 Jimbocho
S06
toward Motoyawata
Akebonobashi
S03
toward Shinjuku
 Shinjuku Line
Local
 Kudanshita
S05
toward Motoyawata

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
  • Chuo-Sobu Line platforms, 2017

Tokyo Metro
1 Y Yurakucho Line for Tsukishima, Toyosu and Shin-Kiba
2 Y Yurakucho Line for Iidabashi and Ikebukuro
Seibu Ikebukuro Line for Hannō
TJ Tobu Tojo Line for Shinrinkoen
3 N Tokyo Metro Namboku Line for Komagome, Akabane-Iwabuchi
SR Saitama Rapid Railway Line to Urawa-Misono
4 N Tokyo Metro Namboku Line for Nagatachō, Shirokane-Takanawa, Meguro
MG Tōkyū Meguro Line to Hiyoshi
  • Yurakucho Line platforms
  • Namboku Line platforms

Toei Subway
1 S Toei Shinjuku Line for Shinjuku
KO Keio Line for Hatsudai, Hatagaya, Meidaimae, Chōfu, and Hashimoto
2 S Toei Shinjuku Line for Kudanshita, Jimbocho, Ōjima, and Moto-Yawata
  • Shinjuku Line platforms before installation of platform screen doors, 2018

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]

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.

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