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Seijōgakuen-mae Station

Coordinates: 35°38′24″N 139°35′56″E / 35.6399991°N 139.5988083°E / 35.6399991; 139.5988083
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Seijogakuen-mae Station

成城学園前駅
West Entrance of Seijōgakuen-mae Station
General information
LocationSetagaya, Tokyo
Japan
Operated byOdakyu Electric Railway
Line(s)Odakyu Odawara Line
Distance11.6 km from Shinjuku
Platforms2 island platforms
Tracks4
History
Opened1 April 1927
Passengers
88,692 (2019)
Services
Preceding station Odakyu Following station
Shin-Yurigaoka
Romancecar Shinjuku
Terminus
Omotesandō
C04
towards Kita-Senju
Mukogaoka-Yuen
towards Karakida
Odawara Line
Commuter Express
Shimo-Kitazawa
towards Shinjuku
Noborito
towards Odawara
Odawara Line
Express
Kyodo
Noborito
towards Hon-Atsugi
Odawara Line
Commuter Semi Express
Kyodo
Komae
towards Isehara
Odawara Line
Semi Express
Soshigaya-Okura
Kitami
towards Odawara
Odawara Line
Local
Soshigaya-Okura
Location
Seijogakuen-mae Station is located in Japan
Seijogakuen-mae Station

Seijogakuen-mae Station
Location within Japan

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 Gakuen and Seijo University.

Lines

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

Layout

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

Platforms

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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 restaurants and an outdoor balcony on level four.

History

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Seijogakuen-mae Station opened on 1 April 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.[citation needed]

Station numbering was introduced in January 2014 with Seijogakuen-mae being assigned station number OH14.[1][2]

Surrounding area

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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(祖師谷留学生会館, Soshigaya Ryugakusei Kaikan), a large residential facility for foreign students affiliated with the Sophia University, is about 20 minutes walk north of the station.[3]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "2014年1月から駅ナンバリングを順次導入します!" [From January 2014, station numbering will be introduced sequentially!] (PDF). odakyu.jp (in Japanese). 24 December 2013. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 October 2022. Retrieved 9 January 2023.
  2. ^ Kusamichi, Yoshikazu (28 December 2013). "小田急グループ、鉄道から海賊船まで通しの駅番号…2014年1月から順次導入" [Odakyu Group, station numbers from railways to pirate ships, Introduced sequentially from January 2014]. Response Automotive Media (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 22 June 2020. Retrieved 10 January 2023.
  3. ^ "祖師谷国際交流会館|上智大学 ウェブピロティ". piloti.sophia.ac.jp (in Japanese). Retrieved 11 December 2023.

35°38′24″N 139°35′56″E / 35.6399991°N 139.5988083°E / 35.6399991; 139.5988083