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Shinanomachi Station (信濃町駅, Shinanomachi-eki) is a railway station on the Chūō-Sōbu Line in Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan, operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East).

Lines

The station is served by the Chūō-Sōbu Line.

Station layout

The station consists of a single island platform serving two tracks.

Platforms

1	JB Chūō-Sobu Line	for Shinjuku, Nakano, and Mitaka
2	JB Chūō-Sobu Line	for Ochanomizu, Akihabara, and Chiba

The platform in October 2021

History

The station opened on 9 October 1894.^[1] With the privatization of Japanese National Railways (JNR) on 1 April 1987, the station came under the control of JR East.^[1]

Surrounding area

Keio University Medical School Hospital
Meiji-Jingu Stadium
Soka Gakkai Headquarters
- Hall of the Great Vow for Kosen-rufu (Kosen-rufu Daiseido)
Soka Culture Center
Soka Gakkai Josei Toda International Centre (Soka Gakkai International Headquarters)
Soka Young Women's Centre
Komeito Headquarters
Seikyo Shimbun Headquarters
Min-On Music Museum^[2]

References

^ ^a ^b Ishino, Tetsu, ed. (1998). 停車場変遷大辞典国鉄・JR編 [Station Transition Directory - JNR/JR] (in Japanese). Vol. II. Japan: JTB. p. 175. ISBN 4-533-02980-9.
^ Min-On Music Museum website Retrieved 21 December 2013.

External links

Official website (in Japanese)

35°40′48″N 139°43′13″E / 35.68000°N 139.72028°E / 35.68000; 139.72028

[teishajo1998-1] Ishino, Tetsu, ed. (1998). 停車場変遷大辞典国鉄・JR編 [Station Transition Directory - JNR/JR] (in Japanese). Vol. II. Japan: JTB. p. 175. ISBN 4-533-02980-9.

[2] Min-On Music Museum website Retrieved 21 December 2013.

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