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Seijogakuen-mae Station (成城学園前駅, Seijōgakuen-mae-eki) is a railway station on the Odakyu Odawara Line in Setagaya, Tokyo, Japan, operated by the private railway operator Odakyu Electric Railway. The station is named after the nearby Seijo Gakuen and Seijo University.
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 West Entrance of Seijōgakuen-mae Station | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Location | Setagaya, Tokyo Japan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Operated by | Odakyu Electric Railway | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Line(s) | Odakyu Odawara Line | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Distance | 11.6 km from Shinjuku | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 island platforms | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Opened | 1 April 1927 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Lines
editSeijogakuen-mae Station is served by the Odakyu Odawara Line, and lies 11.6 km from Shinjuku Station.
Layout
editThe station has two island platforms serving four tracks. They are in the basement level.
Platforms
edit| 1 | ■ Odakyu Odawara Line | Hon-Atsugi, (Enoshima Line) Fujisawa, Katase-Enoshima, (Tama Line) Karakida
(Local) |
| 2 | ■ Odakyu Odawara Line | Odawara, (Enoshima Line) Fujisawa, Katase-Enoshima, (Tama Line) Karakida
(Semi-Express, Express, Tama Express, Rapid Express, Romance Car "Metro Sagami", Romance Car "Metro Homeway", Romance Car "Bay Resort") |
| 3 | ■ Odakyu Odawara Line | Shinjuku, (Tokyo Metro Chiyoda Line) Ayase
(Semi-Express, Express, Tama Express, Rapid Express, Romance Car "Metro Sagami", Romance Car "Metro Homeway", Romance Car "Bay Resort") |
| 4 | ■ Odakyu Odawara Line | Shinjuku |
The entrances (North, South and West gates), ticket machines, ticket gates and the station office are on the ground level.
The commercial facilities (Seijo Corty) also start on ground level. Level one and two consist of a supermarket and various shops, level three of community services such as a nursery, cookery and language schools and a gym, and restaurants and an outdoor balcony on level four.
History
editSeijogakuen-mae Station opened on 1 April 1927.
Between 1996 and 2004 it was extensively redeveloped and partially moved underground as part of the Odakyu Line's track doubling project.
September 2006 saw the opening of Seijo Corty, a four-storey commercial building.[citation needed]
Station numbering was introduced in January 2014 with Seijogakuen-mae being assigned station number OH14.[1][2]
Surrounding area
editA neighbourhood shopping district surrounds the station, especially outside the North Exit. The film production studios and sound stages of Toho Corporation are located alongside the Senkawa, a tributary of the Tama River that flows South from main station area.
The Sophia Soshigaya International House(祖師谷留学生会館, Soshigaya Ryugakusei Kaikan), a large residential facility for foreign students affiliated with the Sophia University, is about 20 minutes walk north of the station.[3]
See also
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References
edit- ^ "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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "祖師谷国際交流会館｜上智大学 ウェブピロティ". piloti.sophia.ac.jp (in Japanese). Retrieved 11 December 2023.