is a subway station on the

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 ...

Chiyoda, Tokyo is a special ward located in central Tokyo, Japan. It is known as Chiyoda City in English.Profile< ...

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 othe ...

(Toei). Its station number is S-08. The station opened on December 21, 1978.

Lines

Iwamotocho Station is served by the

, and lies 7.3 km from the starting point of the line at .

Platforms

Iwamotocho Station consists of two

island platforms An island platform (also center platform, centre platform) is a station layout arrangement where a single platform is positioned between two tracks within a railway station, tram stop or transitway interchange. Island platforms are popular on ...

serving three tracks. File:Iwamotocho Station A1 exit Sep 28 2019 04-55PM.jpeg, Entrance A1 in September 2019 File:Iwamotocho Station A2 exit Sep 28 2019 04-50PM.jpeg, Entrance A2 in September 2019 File:Iwamotocho_Station_platforms_June_15_2020_various_20_24_01_116000.jpeg, Platforms 1 and 2 in May 2020 File:Iwamotocho_Station_platforms_June_15_2020_various.jpeg, Platforms 3 and 4 in May 2020

History

Iwamotocho Station opened on 21 December 1978.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2011, the station was used by an average of 40,324 passengers daily.

Surrounding area

The station is located 200 meters southeast of

Akihabara is a common name for the area around Akihabara Station in the Chiyoda ward of Tokyo, Japan. Administratively, the area called Akihabara mainly belongs to the and Kanda-Sakumachō districts in Chiyoda. There exists an administrative district ca ...

near the Kanda River, underneath the intersection of National Route 4 (Shōwa-dōri) and Tokyo Metropolitan Route 302 (Yasukuni-dōri). The

Shuto Expressway is a network of toll expressways in the Greater Tokyo Area of Japan. It is operated and maintained by the . Most routes are grade-separated (elevated roads or tunnels) and central routes have many sharp curves and multi-lane merges that requi ...

's No. 1 Ueno Line runs overhead. The area is mostly commercial, with some apartment buildings scattered throughout. Other points of interest include: * Yamazaki Baking head office * Higashi-Kanda textile wholesale district

Bus services

Stop: Iwamotochō-Ekimae * Aki 26 for

Kasai Station is a railway station on the Tokyo Metro Tozai Line in Edogawa, Tokyo, Japan, operated by the Tokyo subway operator Tokyo Metro. Lines Kasai Station is served by the Tokyo Metro Tozai Line, and is numbered T-17. Station layout The station co ...

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Iwamotocho Station Railway stations in Japan opened in 1978 Railway stations in Tokyo