Shin-ōtsuka Station

M24 Shin-ōtsuka Station 新大塚駅
Entrance for Shin-ōtsuka Station, Ogikubo-bound.
General information
Location	4-51-5 Otsuka, Bunkyō, Tokyo Japan
Operated by	Tokyo Metro
Line(s)	M Marunouchi Line
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	2
Construction
Structure type	Underground
Other information
Station code	M-24
History
Opened	20 January 1954; 70 years ago (20 January 1954)
Services
Preceding station Tokyo Metro Following station Myōgadani M23 towards Ogikubo or Hōnanchō Marunouchi Line Ikebukuro M25 Terminus
Location Shin-ōtsuka Station Location within Special wards of Tokyo Show map of Special wards of Tokyo Shin-ōtsuka Station Shin-ōtsuka Station (Tokyo Bay and Bōsō Peninsula) Show map of Tokyo Bay and Bōsō Peninsula Shin-ōtsuka Station Shin-ōtsuka Station (Tokyo) Show map of Tokyo Shin-ōtsuka Station Shin-ōtsuka Station (Japan) Show map of Japan

Shin-ōtsuka Station (新大塚駅, Shin-ōtsuka-eki) is a subway station in Bunkyō, Tokyo, Japan, operated by Tokyo Metro. Its station number is M-24. The station opened on 20 January 1954, and consists of two side platforms.

Lines

Shin-ōtsuka Station is served by the Tokyo Metro Marunouchi Line.

Station Layout

The station consists of two underground side platforms, with separate ticket gates for the corresponding platforms. In 2011, a connecting passage was completed to connect the two ticket gates together and the gates for platform 1 was renamed as the North gate and that for platform 2 as the South gate.

Platforms

1	M Marunouchi Line	for Tokyo, Shinjuku, and Ogikubo
2	M Marunouchi Line	for Ikebukuro

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  Platforms, 2017

Surroundings

• Ōtsuka Station
• Mukōhara Station
• Asahi Shinkin Bank
• Toho Junior College of Music

History

Shin-otsuka Station opened for revenue service on 20 January 1954.

The station facilities were inherited by Tokyo Metro after the privatization of the Teito Rapid Transit Authority (TRTA) in 2004.^[1]

In the 2015 data available from Japan’s Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism, Shin-ōtsuka → Myōgadani was one of the train segments among Tokyo's most crowded train lines during rush hour.^[2]

References

1. "「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.
2. "Most Crowded Rush Hour Train Lines in Tokyo". Blog. 4 May 2017. Retrieved 11 August 2024.

External links

This article incorporates information from the corresponding article on the Japanese Wikipedia.

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