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
Location	Chiyoda, Tokyo, Tokyo Japan
Operated by	JR East Tokyo Metro Toei Subway
Line(s)	JB Chūō-Sōbu Line Y Tokyo Metro Yurakucho Line N Tokyo Metro Namboku Line S Toei Shinjuku Line
Other information
Station code	JB15 (Chūō-Sōbu Line) Y-14 (Yurakucho Line) N-09 (Namboku Line) S-04 (Toei Shinjuku Line)
History
Opened	1895
Services
Preceding station   JR East   Following station Yotsuya JB14 toward Mitaka Chūō-Sōbu Line Iidabashi JB16 toward Chiba Tokyo Metro Iidabashi Y13 toward Wakoshi Yurakucho Line Local Kojimachi Y15 toward Shin-kiba Yotsuya N08 toward Meguro Namboku Line Iidabashi N10 toward Akabane-iwabuchi Toei Subway 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

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  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

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  Yurakucho Line platforms
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  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

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  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.

External links

• Ichigaya Station information (JR East) (in Japanese)
• Ichigaya Station information (Tokyo Metro) (in Japanese)
• Ichigaya Station information (Toei Subway) (in Japanese)