is a railway station in

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, Japan, operated by the private railway operator

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Lines

Den-en-chōfu Station is served by the

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and

Tokyu Meguro Line Tokyu may refer to: * Tokyu Group, a group of companies centered on Tokyu Corporation ** Tokyu Corporation, a Japanese railway company, the largest member and parent company of the group ** Tokyu Car Corporation, a former Japanese railway vehicle m ...

. It is roughly a 15-minute train journey from

Shibuya Station is a railway station in Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan, operated jointly by East Japan Railway Company (JR East), Keio Corporation, Tokyu Corporation, and Tokyo Metro. With 2.4 million passengers on an average weekday in 2004, it is the fourth-busiest c ...

Station layout

This station consists of two island platforms serving four tracks.

Platforms

File:Platform_4%2C_Den-en-ch%C5%8Dfu_Station_20180505.jpg, Platform and train, 2018 File:Denenchofu-station-ticketgates-nov17-2015.jpg, Ticket gates, 2015

History

The station opened on 28 August 1927.

Surrounding area

The station is situated in Den-en-chōfu, within the Ōta ward of suburban Tokyo. This was one of the original

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s of Tokyo, running along the

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. The design of the town was heavily influenced by Sir

Ebenezer Howard Sir Ebenezer Howard (29 January 1850 – 1 May 1928) was an English urban planner and founder of the garden city movement, known for his publication '' To-Morrow: A Peaceful Path to Real Reform'' (1898), the description of a utopian city in whi ...

's ''

Garden Cities of To-morrow ''Garden Cities of To-morrow'' is a book by the British urban planner Ebenezer Howard. When it was published in 1898, the book was titled ''To-morrow: A Peaceful Path to Real Reform''. In 1902 it was reprinted as ''Garden Cities of To-Morrow''. ...

'' (London 1898/1902). The original 1920s station building was torn down in the late 1980s to make way for the new modern station building. In a nod to its past and in order to retain its unique identity, a copy of the original building was constructed on elevated ground and now acts as an entranceway to the plaza in front of the subway station entrance.

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Station information
(Tokyu) {{DEFAULTSORT:Den-En-Chofu Tokyu Toyoko Line Tokyu Meguro Line Stations of Tokyu Corporation Railway stations in Tokyo Railway stations in Japan opened in 1927