Yoyogi-Uehara Station

Summary

Yoyogi-Uehara Station (代々木上原駅, Yoyogi-Uehara-eki) is a railway station on the Odakyū Odawara Line and Tokyo Metro Chiyoda Line in Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan.[1] The Tokyo Metro station number is C-01.

C01
Yoyogi-Uehara Station

代々木上原駅
South entrance
General information
Location3-8-5 Nishihara, Shibuya City, Tokyo
Japan
Coordinates35°40′8.63″N 139°40′46.84″E / 35.6690639°N 139.6796778°E / 35.6690639; 139.6796778
Operated by Odakyu Electric Railway (manager)
The logo of the Tokyo Metro. Tokyo Metro
Line(s) Odakyu Odawara Line
C Chiyoda Line
Platforms2 island platforms
Tracks4
Connections
  • Bus interchange Bus stop
Construction
Structure typeElevated
AccessibleYes
Other information
Station code
  • C-01 (Tokyo Metro)
  • OH-05 (Odakyu)
History
Opened1 April 1927; 96 years ago (1927-04-01)
Passengers
FY2015251,439 (Odakyu)
259,259 (Tokyo Metro) daily
Services
Preceding station Odakyu Following station
Shimo-Kitazawa
towards Odawara
Odawara Line
Rapid Express
Shinjuku
Terminus
Shimo-Kitazawa
towards Karakida
Odawara Line
Commuter Express
Shimo-Kitazawa
towards Odawara
Odawara Line
Express
through to Chiyoda Line
Shinjuku
Terminus
Shimo-Kitazawa
towards Hon-Atsugi
Odawara Line
Commuter Semi Express
through to Chiyoda Line
Shimo-Kitazawa
towards Isehara
Odawara Line
Semi Express
Higashi-Kitazawa
towards Odawara
Odawara Line
Local
Yoyogi-Hachiman
towards Shinjuku
through to Chiyoda Line
Preceding station The logo of the Tokyo Metro. Tokyo Metro Following station
through to Odawara Line Chiyoda Line Yoyogi-koen
C02
towards Kita-Ayase
Location
Yoyogi-Uehara Station is located in Special wards of Tokyo
Yoyogi-Uehara Station
Yoyogi-Uehara Station
Location within Special wards of Tokyo
Yoyogi-Uehara Station is located in Tokyo Bay and Bōsō Peninsula
Yoyogi-Uehara Station
Yoyogi-Uehara Station
Yoyogi-Uehara Station (Tokyo Bay and Bōsō Peninsula)
Yoyogi-Uehara Station is located in Tokyo
Yoyogi-Uehara Station
Yoyogi-Uehara Station
Yoyogi-Uehara Station (Tokyo)
Yoyogi-Uehara Station is located in Japan
Yoyogi-Uehara Station
Yoyogi-Uehara Station
Yoyogi-Uehara Station (Japan)

Both lines share platforms at this station, as each line has through operation onto the other.

Station layout edit

1   Odawara Line for Odawara, Hakone-Yumoto, Karakida, Katase-Enoshima
2   Odawara Line for Karakida, Hon-Atsugi (through from the Chiyoda Line)
C Chiyoda Line Terminating trains
3 C Chiyoda Line for Omotesandō, Kasumigaseki, Ōtemachi, Ayase, and Kita-ayase
JL Joban Line (Local) for Matsudo, Kashiwa, Abiko and Toride (via Ayase)
4   Odawara Line for Shinjuku

Services edit

Except for Romancecar limited express services, all Odakyu Odawara Line trains stop at Yoyogi-Uehara. From here trains either continue inbound on the Odawara Line to Shinjuku or the Chiyoda Line for Ayase; some trains from the Chiyoda Line terminate here, while others and all trains from Shinjuku continue along the Odawara Line.

Surrounding area edit

Tokyo Metropolitan Route 413 ("Inokashira-dōri") intersects the Odawara Line just west of the station. There are several music-related institutions including Koga Masao Museum of Music and JASRAC headquarters located nearby as well as the Tokyo Camii mosque.

A nearby bus stop served by Keio Dentetsu Bus provides local transit in the immediate vicinity.

History edit

The station was opened as a stop on the Odakyu Odawara Line on 1 April 1927.

TRTA (now Tokyo Metro) began service at the station on 31 March 1978.

Station numbering was introduced to the Odakyu Line in 2014 with Yoyogi-Uehara being assigned station number OH05.[2][3]

References edit

  1. ^ "千代田線建設史 | メトロアーカイブアルバム". metroarchive.jp. Retrieved 2022-05-15.
  2. ^ "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.
  3. ^ 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.