Den-en-chofu Station
Lines
Den-en-chōfu Station is served by the Tokyu Toyoko Line and Tokyu Meguro Line. It is roughly a 15-minute train journey from Shibuya Station.
Station layout
This station consists of two island platforms serving four tracks.
Platforms
1 | TY Tokyu Toyoko Line |
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2 | MG Tokyu Meguro Line |
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3 | MG Tokyu Meguro Line | for Ōokayama and Meguro N Namboku Line for Akabane-iwabuchi SR Saitama Rapid Railway Line for Urawa-misono I Mita Line for Nishi-takashimadaira |
4 | TY Tokyu Toyoko Line | for Jiyūgaoka, Naka-Meguro, and Shibuya F Fukutoshin Line for Shinjuku-sanchome, Ikebukuro, Kotake-mukaihara, and Wakoshi Seibu Ikebukuro Line for Hannō TJ Tōbu Tōjō Line for Shinrinkōen |
History
The station opened on 28 August 1927.
Surrounding area
The station is situated in Den-en-chōfu, within the Ōta ward of suburban Tokyo. This was one of the original garden suburbs of Tokyo, running along the Tama River. The design of the town was heavily influenced by Sir Ebenezer Howard's Garden Cities of To-morrow (London 1898/1902). The original 1920s station building was torn down in the late 1980s to make way for the new modern station building. In a nod to its past and in order to retain its unique identity, a copy of the original building was constructed on elevated ground and now acts as an entranceway to the plaza in front of the subway station entrance.
References
- ^ Terada, Hirokazu (July 2002). データブック日本の私鉄 [Databook: Japan's Private Railways]. Japan: Neko Publishing. p. 208. ISBN 4-87366-874-3.
External links
- Station information Archived 2013-05-17 at the Wayback Machine (Tokyu) (in Japanese)