is a subway station on the

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in Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan, operated by the Tokyo subway operator

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Lines

Awajicho Station is served by the Marunouchi Line, and is from northern terminus of the line at . The station is numbered "M-19". The station offers underground passenger connections to Ogawamachi Station on the and Shin-Ochanomizu Station on the .

Station layout

The station has two

side platform A side platform (also known as a marginal platform or a single-face platform) is a platform positioned to the side of one or more railway tracks or guideways at a railway station, tram stop, or transitway. A station having dual side platform ...

s located on the basement ("B1F") level, serving two tracks. Platform 1 is accessed via entrances A1 to A3, while platform 2 is accessed via entrances A4 to A5. Passenger access between the two platforms is also provided via an underpass at the south end.

Platforms

File:Ogawamachi-Awajicho-eki-1.jpg, The west side ticket barriers next to the ticket barriers to Ogawamachi Station in May 2007 File:Awajicho Station Sudacho ticket barriers 20160507.JPG, The Sudacho ticket barriers in May 2016 File:Awajicho Station platforms 20160507.JPG, The platforms in May 2016

History

Awajicho Station opened on 20 March 1956. The station facilities were inherited by

after the privatization of the Teito Rapid Transit Authority (TRTA) in 2004.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2014, the station was used by an average of 55,155 passengers daily.

Surrounding area

* Akihabara *

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Kanda River The stretches 24.6 km from Inokashira Park in Mitaka to the Sumida River under the Ryōgoku Bridge at the boundary of Taitō, Chūō, and Sumida. Its entire length lies within Tokyo, Japan. It drains an area of 105.0 km². The gov ...

Schools

* Meiji University *

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* Chiyoda Elementary School

Other stations

* Ogawamachi Station (

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) * Shin-Ochanomizu Station (

Tokyo Metro Chiyoda Line The is a subway line owned and operated by Tokyo Metro in Tokyo, Japan. On average, the line carries 1,447,730 passengers daily (2017), the second highest of the Tokyo Metro network, behind the Tozai Line (1,642,378).Kanda Station *

Manseibashi Station can refer to two closed railway stations all in Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan. One was a railway station on the Japanese Government Railways Chūō Main Line and the other was a subway station in the Tokyo Subway network. Both stations were closed by ...

(closed)

References

External links

Tokyo Metro station information
{{DEFAULTSORT:Awajicho Station Stations of Tokyo Metro Tokyo Metro Marunouchi Line Railway stations in Tokyo Railway stations in Japan opened in 1956