Awajichō Station
Awajicho Station (淡路町駅, Awajichō-eki) is a subway station on the Tokyo Metro Marunouchi Line in Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan. Tokyo Metro runs this station.
Lines
Awajicho Station is served by the Tokyo Metro Marunouchi Line, and is 7.2 km from northern end of the line at Ikebukuro.[1] The station is numbered as "M-19".
The station gives underground passenger connections to Ogawamachi Station on the Toei Shinjuku Line and Shin-Ochanomizu Station on the Tokyo Metro Chiyoda Line.
Station design
This station has two side platforms that is on the basement ("B1F") level. It has two tracks. Platform 1 is accessed from entrances A1 to A3, and platform 2 can be accessed from entrances A4 to A5. Access for passengers between the two platforms is also provided from an underpass at the south end of the station.
Platforms
The west side ticket barriers next to the ticket barriers to Ogawamachi Station in May 2007
The Sudacho ticket barriers in May 2016
The platforms in May 2016
History
This station opened on 20 March 1956.[1]
Station information
In 2014, the station was used by around 55,155 people everyday.
Areas near the station
- Akihabara
- Holy Resurrection Cathedral
- Kanda River
Schools
- Meiji University
- Nihon University
- Chiyoda Elementary School
Other stations
- Ogawamachi Station (S Toei Shinjuku Line)
- Shin-Ochanomizu Station (C Tokyo Metro Chiyoda Line)
- Kanda Station
- Manseibashi Station (closed)
References
- Terada, Hirokazu (19 January 2013). データブック日本の私鉄 [Databook: Japan's Private Railways] (in Japanese). Japan: Neko Publishing. p. 214. ISBN 978-4-7770-1336-4.
Other websites
- Tokyo Metro station information (in Japanese)