Sangūbashi Station

Coordinates: 35°40′43″N 139°41′37″E / 35.6787°N 139.6936°E / 35.6787; 139.6936
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Sangūbashi

参宮橋
Entrance
General information
LocationShibuya, Tokyo
Japan
Operated byOdakyu Electric Railway
Line(s)Odakyu Odawara Line
Tracks2
Construction
Structure typeGround level
AccessibleNo
History
Opened1927
Rebuilt2018-2020
Passengers
FY2012[citation needed]15,143 daily
Services
Preceding station Odakyu Following station
Yoyogi-Hachiman
towards Odawara
Odawara Line
Local
Minami-Shinjuku
towards Shinjuku

Sangūbashi Station (参宮橋駅, Sangūbashi-eki) is a railway station on the Odakyu Odawara Line in Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan, operated by the private railway operator Odakyu Electric Railway.

Station layout[edit]

The station has two side platforms serving two tracks.

Platforms[edit]

1 OH Odakyū Odawara Line for Machida, Hon-Atsugi and Odawara
OH Hakone-Tozan Railway for Hakone-Yumoto
OE Odakyu Enoshima Line for Fujisawa and Katase-Enoshima
2 OH Odakyu Odawara Line for Shinjuku

History[edit]

Sangubashi Station opened on 1 April 1927.

Station numbering was introduced to the Odakyu terminal in 2014 with Shinjuku being assigned station number OH03.[1][2]

Renovation works to the east exit started in November 2018 and were completed in November 2020.[3] The updated station building was constructed using wood from western Tokyo; the design elements, in particular its use of Shinto-inspired architecture, reflect its proximity to the Meiji Shrine.[3]

In popular culture[edit]

In the manga Our Precious Conversations the train station where the two protagonists have their first chats is based on Sangūbashi Station.[4]

The Railway Crossings nearby the station has been featured on the 2007 film, 5 Centimeters Per Second.

Surrounding area[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "2014年1月から駅ナンバリングを順次導入します!" [From January 2014, station numbering will be introduced sequentially!] (PDF). odakyu.jp (in Japanese). 24 December 2013. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 October 2022. Retrieved 9 January 2023.
  2. ^ Kusamichi, Yoshikazu (28 December 2013). "小田急グループ、鉄道から海賊船まで通しの駅番号…2014年1月から順次導入" [Odakyu Group, station numbers from railways to pirate ships, Introduced sequentially from January 2014]. Response Automotive Media (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 22 June 2020. Retrieved 10 January 2023.
  3. ^ a b "小田急,参宮橋駅の改良工事が11月25日に完了" [Odakyu Sangubashi Station Improvement Work Completed on 25 November]. Japan Railfan Magazine Online (in Japanese). 21 November 2020. Archived from the original on 7 March 2021. Retrieved 10 January 2023.
  4. ^ Robico (2017). Our Precious Conversations: Volume 1. Translated by Corwin, Devon. San Francisco: Kodansha Comics. Afterword. ISBN 978-1-68233-693-9. OCLC 1005922549.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: date and year (link)

35°40′43″N 139°41′37″E / 35.6787°N 139.6936°E / 35.6787; 139.6936