Yotsuya-sanchōme Station explained

Yotsuya-sanchōme Station
Native Name:	四谷三丁目駅
Native Name Lang:	ja
Address:	Shinjuku, Tokyo
Country:	Japan
Platforms:	2 side platforms
Tracks:	2
Structure:	Underground
Code:	M-11
Map Type:	Japan Tokyo city#Japan Tokyo Bay and Boso Peninsula#Japan Tokyo#Japan

is a railway station in Shinjuku, Tokyo Prefecture, Japan. Its station number is M-11.

Station layout

Yotsuya-sanchōme Station consists of two side platforms. Platform one is for trains bound for Shinjuku, Ogikubo and Nakano-fujimichō, and platform two is for trains bound for Ginza and Ikebukuro. As of 2011, there is an underground passageway connecting both platforms.

Platforms

History

Yotsuya-sanchōme Station opened on 15 March 1959.

The station facilities were inherited by Tokyo Metro after the privatization of the Teito Rapid Transit Authority (TRTA) in 2004.^[1]

Surrounding area

The station is underneath the intersection of National Route 20 (Kōshū Kaidō / Shinjuku-dōri) and Tokyo Metropolitan Route 319 (Gaien-Higashi-dōri). Other points of interest include:

Yotsuya Police Station
Tokyo Fire Museum
NTT Yotsuya Building
Sōka Gakkai headquarters
Toei Shinjuku Line Akebonobashi Station (8 minutes walk north)
JR East Chūō-Sōbu Line Shinanomachi Station (10 minutes walk south)

Connecting bus service

Stop: Yotsuya-Sanchome

Shina 97 for Shinagawa Station, Shinjuku Station (west exit)
Sō 81 for Sōdai-seimon (Waseda University), Shibuya Station (east exit)
Night express for Mitaka Station (north exit)

External links

Tokyo Metro: Yotsuya-sanchome Station

35.688°N 139.7202°W

Notes and References

Web site: 2006-07-08 . 「営団地下鉄」から「東京メトロ」へ . From "Teito Rapid Transit Authority" to "Tokyo Metro" . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120516041232/http://www.tokyometro.jp/news/s2004/2004-06.html . 16 May 2012 . 29 May 2022 . Tokyo Metro Online.