is a railway station in
Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan.
Lines
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
The is a major rapid transit system in Tokyo, Japan, operated by the Tokyo Metro Co. With an average daily ridership of 6.84 million passengers, the Tokyo Metro is the larger of the two subway operators in the city; the other being the Toe ...
and
Tokyo Metropolitan Bureau of Transportation
The , also known as , is a bureau of the Tokyo Metropolitan Government which operates public transport services in Tokyo. Among its services, the Toei Subway is one of two rapid transit systems which make up the Tokyo subway system, the other ...
(Toei Subway). The station is served by the JR
Chūō-Sōbu Line,
Tokyo Metro Yūrakuchō Line
The is a subway line in Japan owned and operated by Tokyo Metro. The line connects Wakōshi Station in Wakō, Saitama and Shin-Kiba Station in Kōtō, Tokyo. On maps, diagrams and signboards, the line is shown using the color "gold" (), and ...
,
Tokyo Metro Namboku Line
The is a subway line owned and operated by Tokyo Metro in Tokyo, Japan. The line runs between Meguro in Shinagawa and Akabane-Iwabuchi in Kita. The Namboku Line was referred to as Line 7 during the planning stages, thus the seldom-used officia ...
, and
Toei Shinjuku Line
The is a rapid transit line in Tokyo and Chiba Prefecture, Japan, operated by Tokyo Metropolitan Bureau of Transportation (Toei). The line runs between Motoyawata Station in Ichikawa, Chiba in the east and Shinjuku Station in the west. At Shin ...
.
Chūō Line (Rapid)
The is the name given to rapid services on the eastern section of the Chūō Main Line operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East) between and stations. The official map shows services travel as far as Otsuki.
Basic data
*Operat ...
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.
Platforms
JR East
File:Ichigayastationplatform-andtrain-july13-2015.jpg, Chuo-Sobu Line platforms, 2015
File:JR_Chuo-Main-Line_Ichigaya_Station_Platform.jpg, Chuo-Sobu Line platforms, 2021
Tokyo Metro
File:Yurakucho Line Ichigaya Station platform.jpg, Yurakucho Line platforms
File:TokyoMetro-N09-Ichigaya-station-platform.jpg, Namboku Line platforms
Toei Subway
File:Toei-subway-S04-Ichigaya-station-platform-20170702-143751.jpg, Shinjuku Line platforms before installation of platform screen doors, 2017
File:Toei-subway-S04-Ichigaya-station-platform-20191201-161018.jpg, Shinjuku Line platforms after installation of platform screen doors, 2019
History
The original
JNR
The abbreviated JNR or , was the business entity that operated Japan's national railway network from 1949 to 1987.
Network Railways
As of June 1, 1949, the date of establishment of JNR, it operated of narrow gauge () railways in all 46 pre ...
(now JR East) station opened on 6 March 1895.
The Tokyo Metro Yurakucho Line station opened on 30 October 1974, and the Namboku Line station opened on 26 March 1996.
The station facilities of the Yurakucho and Namboku Lines were inherited by
Tokyo Metro
The is a major rapid transit system in Tokyo, Japan, operated by the Tokyo Metro Co. With an average daily ridership of 6.84 million passengers, the Tokyo Metro is the larger of the two subway operators in the city; the other being the Toe ...
after the privatization of the Teito Rapid Transit Authority (TRTA) in 2004.
Surrounding area
The headquarters of the
Ministry of Defense
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A ministry of defence or defense (see spelling differences), also known as a department of defence or defense, is an often-used name for the part of a government responsible for matters of defence, found in state ...
of Japan and of the
Japan Go Association are located in the vicinity of Ichigaya station. The headquarters of
Creatures Inc.
is a Japanese video game company affiliated with Game Freak, Nintendo and The Pokémon Company, and one of the owners of the Pokémon franchise. It was founded by Tsunekazu Ishihara in November 1995, with the assistance of then-president of HAL ...
was also located.
References
External links
Ichigaya Station information(JR East)
(Tokyo Metro)
(Toei Subway)
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Chūō Main Line
Chūō-Sōbu Line
Stations of East Japan Railway Company
Railway stations in Tokyo
Tokyo Metro Namboku Line
Railway stations in Japan opened in 1895