Suidōbashi Station

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Suidōbashi Station
水道橋駅
JREast-Suidobashi-station-platform.jpg
JR Chūō-Sōbu Line platforms
Location
Prefecture Tokyo
(See other stations in Tokyo)
Ward Chiyoda
Neighborhood etc. 2-22-1 Misakichō
(in Japanese) 東京都千代田区三崎町二丁目22-1
History
Year opened 1906
Rail services
Station number(s) I-11 (Toei)
Operator(s) JR East, Toei
Line(s) Chūō-Sōbu Line
Toei Mita Line
Statistics 88,449 daily[1] (JR East, 2007)
15.097 million annually (Toei, 2007)[citation needed] passengers/day

Suidōbashi Station (水道橋駅 Suidōbashi-eki?) is a major interchange station that straddles Tokyo's Chiyoda and Bunkyō wards. There is no direct passage between the JR and Toei platforms.

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[edit] Station layout

Although physically separate, Suidōbashi Station is considered to have two parts, one being the JR East station and the other being the Toei Subway station.

[edit] JR East station

Tokyo Koishikawa arsenal near Suidōbashi.

The JR East part of the station is located on an elevated viaduct and has two side platforms and four tracks. Both tracks are solely used by Chūō-Sōbu Line, with track 1 being used by westbound trains and track 2 being used by eastbound trains.[2] South of the platforms there are an extra two tracks for Chūō Line (Rapid) trains, which bypass the station. There are two exits from the station; the east exit is the busier of the two and features a JR reservation office, ticket vending machines, lockers, and toilets. The west exit also has these amenities except for the reservation office.[2]

1 Chūō-Sōbu Line for Shinjuku, Nakano, Kichijōji and Mitaka
Takao (only early morning and late night)
2 Chūō-Sōbu Line for Ochanomizu, Kinshichō, Tsudanuma and Chiba
Tokyo (only early morning and late night)

[edit] Toei

The Toei Subway station has one island platform serving two tracks.

1 Toei Mita Line for Ōtemachi, Meguro and Hiyoshi
2 Toei Mita Line for Sugamo, Nishi-Takashimadaira

[edit] Adjacent stations

« Service »
Iidabashi   Chūō-Sōbu Line   Ochanomizu
Jimbōchō   Mita Line   Kasuga

[edit] References

  1. ^ JR East passenger figures Retrieved on 20 January 2009. (Japanese)
  2. ^ a b Suidōbashi station map JR East'.' Retrieved 2009-01-14.

[edit] External links

Coordinates: 35°42′07″N 139°45′14″E / 35.702°N 139.754°E / 35.702; 139.754

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