Daikan-yama Station

Summary

Daikan-yama Station (代官山駅, Daikan-yama-eki) is a railway station on the Tokyu Toyoko Line in Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan, operated by the private railway operator Tokyu Corporation.

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Daikan-yama Station

代官山駅
The station entrance in August 2022
General information
Location19-4 Daikanyamachō, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo 150-0034
Japan
Operated by Tōkyū Railways
Line(s)TY Tōyoko Line
Platforms2 side platforms
Tracks2
ConnectionsBus interchange Bus stop
Construction
Structure typeAt grade
Other information
Station codeTY02
History
Opened28 August 1927; 96 years ago (28 August 1927)
Passengers
FY201329,483 daily
Services
Preceding station Tōkyū Railways Following station
Naka-meguro
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towards Yokohama
Tōyoko Line
Local
Shibuya
TY01
Terminus
Location
Daikan-yama Station is located in Special wards of Tokyo
Daikan-yama Station
Daikan-yama Station
Location within Special wards of Tokyo
Daikan-yama Station is located in Tokyo Bay and Bōsō Peninsula
Daikan-yama Station
Daikan-yama Station
Daikan-yama Station (Tokyo Bay and Bōsō Peninsula)
Daikan-yama Station is located in Tokyo
Daikan-yama Station
Daikan-yama Station
Daikan-yama Station (Tokyo)
Daikan-yama Station is located in Japan
Daikan-yama Station
Daikan-yama Station
Daikan-yama Station (Japan)

Station layout edit

This station consists of two opposed side platforms serving two tracks. This station can only accommodate eight-car-length trains.

Platforms edit

1 TY Tōyoko Line for Naka-meguro, Jiyūgaoka, Musashi-Kosugi, Kikuna and Yokohama
  Minatomirai Line for Minatomirai and Motomachi-Chūkagai
2 TY Tōyoko Line for Shibuya
F Tokyo Metro Fukutoshin Line for Ikebukuro
TJ Tobu Tojo Line for Kawagoeshi and Shinrinkōen
  Seibu Ikebukuro Line for Hannō

History edit

Daikan-yama Station opened on 28 August 1927, 18 months after the Tokyu Toyoko line opened. On March 15, 2013, the Shibuya Station above-ground train platforms closed down to serve the new underground platforms at the same station to serve the through service from the Tokyo Metro Fukutoshin Line through services. As a result, the line between Daikan-yama and Shibuya Stations had to be replaced with a new section of underground track. On the morning of 16 March 2013, Tokyu Corporation started construction on converting the upwards slope at Daikan-yama station downwards. This included doing the same to the tracks and platforms to accommodate the new underground section. A total of 1,200 engineers worked 3 hours and 25 minutes throughout the night to lower the slope downwards.[1]

Surrounding area edit

The station serves an area where many foreign embassies are located. The area is also famous for its stylish neighborhoods with many sidewalk cafes, patisseries, restaurants, and from high fashion boutiques to vintage clothing shops. Between Shibuya and Ebisu stations, it is located on the western plateau of Shibuya on the Tōyoko Line nestled between the Meguro and Shibuya Rivers.

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ Archived at Ghostarchive and the Wayback Machine: 1200 people x 3.5hours = above-ground train became subway line 〜さよなら地上駅舎 東横線渋谷駅-2013.3.15−3.16 〜. YouTube.

External links edit

  • Tokyu station information Archived 2015-12-08 at the Wayback Machine (in Japanese)

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