Ichigaya Station

Location
	Ichigaya Station Location within Special wards of Tokyo Ichigaya Station Ichigaya Station (Tokyo Bay and Bōsō Peninsula) Ichigaya Station Ichigaya Station (Tokyo) Ichigaya Station Ichigaya Station (Japan)

JB15 Y14 N09 S04
**Ichigaya Station**

市ヶ谷駅
JB15 Y14 N09 S04; Ichigaya Station; 市ヶ谷駅
	Ichigaya Station entrance, 2018
General information
Location	Chiyoda, Tokyo, Tokyo; Japan
Operated by	JR East; Tokyo Metro; Toei Subway;
Line(s)	JB Chūō-Sōbu Line; Y Yūrakuchō Line; N Namboku Line; S Shinjuku Line;
Other information
Station code	JB15 (Chūō-Sōbu Line); Y-14 (Yurakucho Line); N-09 (Namboku Line); S-04 (Toei Shinjuku Line);
History
Opened	6 March 1895; 129 years ago
Services
Location
Location
	Ichigaya Station Location within Special wards of Tokyo Ichigaya Station Ichigaya Station (Tokyo Bay and Bōsō Peninsula) Ichigaya Station Ichigaya Station (Tokyo) Ichigaya Station Ichigaya Station (Japan)

Ichigaya Station (市ヶ谷駅, Ichigaya-eki) is a railway station in Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan.

The Number of Passengers on Ichigaya as recorded by the East Japan Railway Company Trains in 2017-2022 was 15,274 (（単位　千人）).^[1]

Lines

The ground-level section of the station is managed by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East), and the underground sections are managed by Tokyo Metro and Tokyo Metropolitan Bureau of Transportation (Toei Subway). The station is served by the JR Chūō-Sōbu Line, Tokyo Metro Yūrakuchō Line, Tokyo Metro Namboku Line, and Toei Shinjuku Line. Chūō Line (Rapid) services pass the station.

Ichigaya Station is numbered Y-14 on the Yurakucho Line, N-09 on the Namboku Line, and S-04 on the Shinjuku Line.

Platforms

JR East

1	JB Chūō-Sōbu Line	for Shinjuku, Nakano, and Mitaka
2	JB Chūō-Sōbu Line	Ochanomizu, Kinshichō, Tsudanuma, Chiba

Chuo-Sobu Line platforms, 2015
Chuo-Sobu Line platforms, 2021

Tokyo Metro

1	Y Yūrakuchō Line	for Tsukishima, Toyosu and Shin-Kiba
2	Y Yūrakuchō Line	for Iidabashi and Ikebukuro Seibu Ikebukuro Line for Hannō TJ Tobu Tojo Line for Shinrinkoen
3	N Namboku Line	for Komagome, Akabane-Iwabuchi SR Saitama Rapid Railway Line to Urawa-Misono
4	N Namboku Line	for Shirokane-takanawa and Meguro MG Meguro Line for Hiyoshi SH Tokyu Shin-Yokohama Line for Shin-Yokohama Station Sotetsu Main Line for Ebina via the Tokyu/Sotetsu Shin-Yokohama Line

Yurakucho Line platforms
Namboku Line platforms

Toei Subway

1	S Shinjuku Line	for Shinjuku KO Keio Line for Hatsudai, Hatagaya, Meidaimae, Chōfu, and Hashimoto
2	S Shinjuku Line	for Kudanshita, Jimbocho, Ōjima, and Moto-Yawata

Shinjuku Line platforms before installation of platform screen doors, 2017
Shinjuku Line platforms after installation of platform screen doors, 2019

History

The original JNR (now JR East) station opened on 6 March 1895.^[2] The Tokyo Metro Yurakucho Line station opened on 30 October 1974, and the Namboku Line station opened on 26 March 1996.^[3]

The station facilities of the Yurakucho and Namboku Lines were inherited by Tokyo Metro after the privatization of the Teito Rapid Transit Authority (TRTA) in 2004.^[4]

Surrounding area

The headquarters of the Ministry of Defense of Japan and of the Japan Go Association are located in the vicinity of Ichigaya station. The headquarters of Creatures Inc. was also located.

References

^ "TOKYO STATISTICAL YEARBOOK TOKYO STATISTICAL YEARBOOK 2021 Transport｜Statistics of Tokyo". www.toukei.metro.tokyo.lg.jp. Retrieved 12 August 2024.
^ 日本国有鉄道停車場一覧 [JNR Station Directory]. Japan: Japanese National Railways. 1985. p. 52. ISBN 4-533-00503-9.
^ Terada, Hirokazu (19 January 2013). データブック日本の私鉄 [Databook: Japan's Private Railways]. Japan: Neko Publishing. p. 216. ISBN 978-4-7770-1336-4.
^ "「営団地下鉄」から「東京メトロ」へ" [From "Teito Rapid Transit Authority" to "Tokyo Metro"]. Tokyo Metro Online. 8 July 2006. Archived from the original on 16 May 2012. Retrieved 29 May 2022.