Seijōgakuen-Mae Station

Seijogakuen-mae Station (成城学園前駅, Seijōgakuen-mae-eki) is a railway station on the Odakyu Odawara Line in Setagaya, Tokyo, Japan, operated by the private railway operator Odakyu Electric Railway. The station is named after the nearby Seijo University.

Seijogakuen-mae 成城学園前
West Entrance of Seijōgakuen-mae Station
Location	Setagaya, Tokyo Japan
Operated by	Odakyu Electric Railway
Line(s)	Odakyu Odawara Line
Distance	11.6 km from Shinjuku
Platforms	2 island platforms
Tracks	4
History
Opened	1 April 1927
Services
Preceding station   Odakyu   Following station Shin-Yurigaoka toward Hakone-Yumoto, Gotemba, or Katase-Enoshima Romancecar Shinjuku Terminus Omotesandō C04 toward Kita-Senju Mukogaoka-Yuen toward Karakida Odawara Line Commuter Express Shimo-Kitazawa toward Shinjuku Noborito toward Odawara Odawara Line Express Kyodo toward Shinjuku or Ayase Noborito toward Hon-Atsugi Odawara Line Commuter Semi Express Kyodo toward Ayase Komae toward Isehara Odawara Line Semi Express Soshigaya-Okura toward Ayase Kitami toward Hakone-Yumoto Odawara Line Local Soshigaya-Okura toward Shinjuku or Ayase
Location
Seijogakuen-mae Location within Japan

Lines

Seijogakuen-mae Station is served by the Odakyu Odawara Line, and lies 11.6 km from Shinjuku Station.

Layout

The station has two island platforms serving four tracks. They are in the basement level.

Platforms

1	■ Odakyu Odawara Line	Hon-Atsugi, (Enoshima Line) Fujisawa, Katase-Enoshima, (Tama Line) Karakida (Local)
2	■ Odakyu Odawara Line	Odawara, (Enoshima Line) Fujisawa, Katase-Enoshima, (Tama Line) Karakida (Semi-Express, Express, Tama Express, Rapid Express, Romance Car "Metro Sagami", Romance Car "Metro Homeway", Romance Car "Bay Resort")
3	■ Odakyu Odawara Line	Shinjuku, (Tokyo Metro Chiyoda Line) Ayase (Semi-Express, Express, Tama Express, Rapid Express, Romance Car "Metro Sagami", Romance Car "Metro Homeway", Romance Car "Bay Resort")
4	■ Odakyu Odawara Line	Shinjuku

The entrances (North, South and West gates), ticket machines, ticket gates and the station office are on the ground level.

The commercial facilities (Seijo Corty) also start on ground level. Level one and two consist of a supermarket and various shops, level three of community services such as a nursery, cookery and language schools and a gym, and a restaurant and an outdoor balcony on level four.

History

Seijogakuen-mae Station opened on April 1, 1927.

Between 1996 and 2004 it was extensively redeveloped and partially　moved underground as part of the Odakyu Line's track doubling project.

September 2006 saw the opening of Seijo Corty, a four-storey commercial building.

Surrounding area

A neighbourhood shopping district surrounds the station, especially outside the North Exit. The film production studios and sound stages of Toho Corporation are located alongside the Senkawa, a tributary of the Tama River that flows South from main station area.

The Sophia Soshigaya International House|Soshigaya Ryugakusei Kaikan (祖師谷留学生会館), a large residential facility for foreign students, is about 15 minutes walk north of the station.

See also

• List of railway stations in Japan