Shimo-Kitazawa Station

Shimo-Kitazawa Station
下北沢駅
Location
Prefecture Tokyo
(See other stations in Tokyo)
Ward Setagaya
History
Year opened 1927
Rail services
Operator(s) Odakyu Electric Railway
Keio Corporation
Line(s) Odakyu Odawara Line
Inokashira Line

Shimo-Kitazawa Station (下北沢駅) is an interchange station on the Odakyu Odawara and the Keiō Inokashira lines located in Tokyo's Setagaya ward. The Odakyu section was opened on April 1, 1927, and the Keio section on August 1, 1933.

An unusual feature of Shimo-Kitazawa station is the use of a single ticket gate serving two independent lines and ticketing systems; this is a legacy of the Inokashira Line's former ownership by Odakyu.

The station is located within Shimokitazawa neighborhood, a popular area for young people with a number of shops catering to them.

The station is undergoing major construction works to move the Odakyu lines underground. The work will separate the express line trains from the local line trains. The existing four track route that currently ends at Umegaoka will be extended to Yoyogi-Uehara station.

The station was featured in the 1998 film Tokyo Eyes, a French-Japanese thriller/romance film starring Shinji Takeda and Hinano Yoshikawa and directed by French film/documentary maker Jean-Pierre Limosin.

Contents

Station layout

Odakyu Platforms

Odakyu operates a ground-level island platform at this station.

1 Odakyu Odawara Line MachidaHon-AtsugiOdawara ・(Hakone-Tozan Railway) Hakone-Yumoto ・(Odakyu Tama Line) Karakida ・(Odakyu Enoshima Line) FujisawaKatase-Enoshima
2 Odakyu Odawara Line Shinjuku ・(Tokyo Metro Chiyoda Line) Ayase ・(Joban Line) AbikoToride

Keio Platforms

Keio operates an elevated island platform at this station.

1 Keiō Inokashira Line MeidaimaeEifukuchōKugayamaKichijōji
2 Keiō Inokashira Line Shibuya

Adjacent stations

« Service »
Odakyu Odawara Line
Higashi-Kitazawa   Local   Setagaya-Daita
Yoyogi-Uehara   Sectional Semi-Express   Umegaoka
Yoyogi-Uehara   Semi-Express   Kyōdō
(Except during morning rush hours)
Seijōgakuen-Mae
(During morning rush hours)
Yoyogi-Uehara   Express   Kyōdō
(Daytime on weekday/Weekend)
Seijōgakuen-Mae
(Morning and night on weekday/
Through service to Chiyoda Line)
Yoyogi-Uehara   Tama Express   Kyōdō
Yoyogi-Uehara   Rapid Express   Shin-Yurigaoka
Ltd. Exp. "Romance Car": no stop
Keiō Inokashira Line
Ikenoue   Local   Shin-Daita
Shibuya   Express   Meidaimae