is a subway station in

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, Japan, operated jointly by the two Tokyo subway operators,

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and

Toei Subway The is one of two subway systems in Tokyo, the other being Tokyo Metro. The Toei Subway lines were originally licensed to the Teito Rapid Transit Authority (the predecessor of Tokyo Metro) but were constructed by the Tokyo Metropolitan Government ...

Lines

Shinjuku-sanchōme Station is served by the following three subway lines. *

Tokyo Metro Marunouchi Line The is a subway line in Tokyo, Japan, operated by Tokyo Metro. The line runs in a U-shape between Ogikubo Station in Suginami and Ikebukuro Station in Toshima, with a branch line between Nakano-Sakaue Station and Hōnanchō Station. The offici ...

(station number M-09) *

Tokyo Metro Fukutoshin Line The , formally the , is a subway line operated by Tokyo Metro in west-central Tokyo and Wako, Saitama, Japan. The newest line in the Tokyo subway network, it opened in stages between 1994 and 2008. On average, the Fukutoshin line carries 362,654 ...

(station number F-13) *

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 ...

(station number S-02) The Tokyo Metro Fukutoshin Line provides through services to and from the

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and

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in the north, and the

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and Minatomirai Line in the south. The

provides through services to and from the Keio Line in the west.

Station layout

The station consists of three separate

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s serving two tracks for each respective line. The platforms for the Tokyo Metro Marunouchi Line and Fukutoshin Line are interlinked, but transfer to and from the Toei Shinjuku Line requires passing through the Toei and Tokyo Metro station ticket barriers on the main concourse.

Tokyo Metro platforms

The Tokyo Metro Marunouchi Line platforms are located on the second basement ("B2F") level running approximately east to west, and the Fukutoshin Line platforms are located on the third basement ("B3F") level running approximately north to south. They are linked by stairs and escalators at the north end of the Fukutoshin Line platforms and east end of the Marunouchi Line platforms. File:TokyoMetro-M09-Shinjuku-3chome-station-platform.jpg, Marunouchi Line platforms in 2007 File:Shinjuku-sanchome Fukutoshin Line ticket machines 20131116.JPG, The Fukutoshin Line ticket barriers in November 2013 File:Shinjuku-sanchome Fukutoshin Line platforms 20131116.JPG, The Fukutoshin Line platforms in November 2013

Toei platforms

The Toei Shinjuku Line platforms are located on the second basement ("B2F") level to the east of the Marunouchi Line platforms. File:Toei Shinjuku-sanchome Station wicket.jpg, The Toei Shinjuku Line ticket barriers in November 2012 File:Shinjuku Line - shinjuku sanchome Station platforms with the platform doors - oct 11 2019 14 30 14 664000.jpeg, The Toei Shinjuku Line platforms in October 2019

History

Shinjuku-sanchome Station opened on 15 March 1959, as a station on the Marunouchi Line operated by TRTA (present-day Tokyo Metro). The Toei Shinjuku Line platforms opened on 16 March 1980. The

platforms opened on 14 June 2008. The station facilities of the Marunouchi Line were inherited by

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

Surrounding area

The station complex extends over a large area, with the Tokyo Metro Marunouchi Line and Toei Shinjuku Line platforms located in Shinjuku 3-chome (after which the station is named), and the Tokyo Metro Fukutoshin Line platforms located in Shinjuku 5-chome. The station concourse on the first basement ("B1F") level is connected to Shinjuku Station in the west by an underground pedestrian passage above the Marunouchi Line, called the Metro Promenade. Another underground passage between the two stations was completed in 2012, situated below the

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. The southern end of the Fukutoshin Line platform is linked to the

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Times Square complex by an underground passageway.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2011, the Tokyo Metro station (Marunouchi and Fukutoshin Lines) was used by an average of 97,688 passengers daily, and the Toei station (Shinjuku Line) was used by an average of 50,458 passengers daily (alighting passengers only).

References

External links

Tokyo Metro Shinjuku-sanchōme Station information

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