is a subway station on the

Tokyo Metro Yūrakuchō Line The is a rapid transit, 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 "go ...

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, Japan, operated by

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. Its station number is Y-20.

Line

Shintomichō Station is served by the

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from in

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to in south-east Tokyo. Located between and , it is 22.4 km from Wakōshi.

Station layout

The station consists of 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 platforms, ...

s serving two tracks. Chest-high

platform edge doors Platform screen doors (PSDs), also known as platform edge doors (PEDs), are used at some train, rapid transit and people mover stations to separate the platform from train tracks, as well as on some bus rapid transit, tram and light rail sy ...

were installed in April 2013. TokyoMetro-Y20-Shintomicho-station-platform-20200814-231448

Platforms

History

The station opened on 27 March 1980.

Surrounding area

Tsukiji Station is a subway station on the Tokyo Metro Hibiya Line in Tsukiji, Chūō, Tokyo, Japan, operated by the Tokyo subway operator Tokyo Metro. Lines Tsukiji Station is served by the Hibiya Line, and is numbered H-11. It is located 10.7 km from th ...

(

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) (approximately 2 minutes walk) * Chuo Ward Office * Tsukiji Police Station *

Tsukiji fish market is a major tourist attraction for both domestic and overseas visitors in Tokyo. Located in Tsukiji in central Tokyo between the Sumida River and the upmarket Ginza shopping district, the area contains retail markets, restaurants, and associ ...

St. Luke's International Hospital is a general and teaching hospital located in the Akashicho district (adjacent to Tsukiji) in Chūō, Tokyo, Japan. First opened in 1902, as a medical mission facility by the Episcopal Church in the United States, the hospital is now one of cent ...

* St. Luke's College of Nursing * Roman Catholic Church of St. Joseph *

Tsukiji Hongan-ji , officially romanized ''Hongwan-ji'', is a Jodo Shinshu Buddhism, Buddhist temple located in the Tsukiji district of Tokyo, Japan. The temple is adjacent to Tsukiji Station on the Tokyo Metro Hibiya Line. History Tsukiji Hongan-ji's prede ...

Sumida River The is a river that flows through central Tokyo, Japan. It branches from the Arakawa River at Iwabuchi (in Kita-ku) and flows into Tokyo Bay. Its tributaries include the Kanda and Shakujii rivers. It passes through the Kita, Adachi, Arak ...

References

External links

Shintomichō Station information
(Tokyo Metro) {{DEFAULTSORT:Shintomicho Station (Tokyo) Stations of Tokyo Metro Tokyo Metro Yurakucho Line Railway stations in Japan opened in 1980