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JB15 Y14 N09 S04
Ichigaya Station

市ヶ谷駅

Ichigaya Station entrance, 2018

General information

Location

Chiyoda, Tokyo, Tokyo
Japan

Operated by

Line(s)

Other information

Station code

JB15 (Chūō-Sōbu Line)
Y-14 (Yurakucho Line)
N-09 (Namboku Line)
S-04 (Toei Shinjuku Line)

History

Opened

6 March 1895; 129 years ago

Services

Preceding station	JR East	Following station
Yotsuya JB14 towards Mitaka		Chūō–Sōbu Line	Iidabashi JB16 towards Chiba
Preceding station	Tokyo Metro	Following station
Iidabashi Y13 towards Wakoshi		Yūrakuchō Line	Kojimachi Y15 towards Shin-kiba
Yotsuya N08 towards Meguro		Namboku Line	Iidabashi N10 towards Akabane-iwabuchi
Preceding station	Toei Subway	Following station
Shinjuku S01 Terminus		Shinjuku Line Express	Jimbocho S06 towards Motoyawata
Akebonobashi S03 towards Shinjuku		Shinjuku Line Local	Kudanshita S05 towards Motoyawata

Location
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Ichigaya Station (市ヶ谷駅, Ichigaya-eki) is a railway station in Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan.

The Number of Passengers on Ichigaya as recorded by the East Japan Railway Company Trains in 2017-2022 was 15,274 (（単位　千人）).^[1]

The ground-level section of the station is managed by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East), and the underground sections are managed by Tokyo Metro and Tokyo Metropolitan Bureau of Transportation (Toei Subway). The station is served by the JR Chūō-Sōbu Line, Tokyo Metro Yūrakuchō Line, Tokyo Metro Namboku Line, and Toei Shinjuku Line. Chūō Line (Rapid) services pass the station.

Ichigaya Station is numbered Y-14 on the Yurakucho Line, N-09 on the Namboku Line, and S-04 on the Shinjuku Line.

Chuo-Sobu Line platforms, 2015
Chuo-Sobu Line platforms, 2021

1	Y Yūrakuchō Line	for Tsukishima, Toyosu and Shin-Kiba
2	for Iidabashi and Ikebukuro Seibu Ikebukuro Line for Hannō TJ Tobu Tojo Line for Shinrinkoen
3	N Namboku Line	for Komagome, Akabane-Iwabuchi SR Saitama Rapid Railway Line to Urawa-Misono
4	for Shirokane-takanawa and Meguro MG Meguro Line for Hiyoshi SH Tokyu Shin-Yokohama Line for Shin-Yokohama Station Sotetsu Main Line for Ebina via the Tokyu/Sotetsu Shin-Yokohama Line

Yurakucho Line platforms
Namboku Line platforms

Shinjuku Line platforms before installation of platform screen doors, 2017
Shinjuku Line platforms after installation of platform screen doors, 2019

The original JNR (now JR East) station opened on 6 March 1895.^[2] The Tokyo Metro Yurakucho Line station opened on 30 October 1974, and the Namboku Line station opened on 26 March 1996.^[3]

The station facilities of the Yurakucho and Namboku Lines were inherited by Tokyo Metro after the privatization of the Teito Rapid Transit Authority (TRTA) in 2004.^[4]

The headquarters of the Ministry of Defense of Japan and of the Japan Go Association are located in the vicinity of Ichigaya station. The headquarters of Creatures Inc. was also located.

^ "TOKYO STATISTICAL YEARBOOK TOKYO STATISTICAL YEARBOOK 2021 Transport｜Statistics of Tokyo". www.toukei.metro.tokyo.lg.jp. Retrieved 12 August 2024.
^ 日本国有鉄道停車場一覧 [JNR Station Directory]. Japan: Japanese National Railways. 1985. p. 52. ISBN 4-533-00503-9.
^ Terada, Hirokazu (19 January 2013). データブック日本の私鉄 [Databook: Japan's Private Railways]. Japan: Neko Publishing. p. 216. ISBN 978-4-7770-1336-4.
^ "「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.

Ichigaya Station information (JR East) (in Japanese)
Ichigaya Station information (Tokyo Metro) (in Japanese)
Ichigaya Station information (Toei Subway) (in Japanese)

35°41′28″N 139°44′08″E / 35.69111°N 139.73556°E