Den-en-chōfu Station

Den-en-chōfu Station
田園調布駅
Den-en-chōfu Station, March 2010
Location
Prefecture Tokyo
(See other stations in Tokyo)
Ward Ōta
Neighborhood etc. 3-25-18 Den-en-chōfu
(in Japanese)東京都大田区田園調布3-25-18
History
Year opened 1927
Rail services
Station number(s)
  • TY08
  • MG08
Operator(s) Tokyu Corporation
Line(s) Tokyu Toyoko Line, Tokyu Meguro Line

Den-en-chōfu Station (田園調布駅 Den'en Chōfu-eki) is a railway station in Ōta, Tokyo, Japan, operated by the private railway operator Tokyu Corporation.

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 Tokyu Toyoko Line for Musashi-Kosugi, Hiyoshi, Yokohama
Minatomirai Line for Motomachi-Chukagai
2 Tokyu Meguro Line for Musashi-Kosugi and Hiyoshi
3 Tokyu Meguro Line for Ōokayama and Meguro
Tokyo Metro Namboku Line for Akabane-Iwabuchi
Saitama Rapid Railway Line for Urawa-Misono
Toei Mita Line for Nishi-Takashimadaira
4 Tokyu Toyoko Line for Jiyūgaoka, Naka-Meguro, and Shibuya
Tokyo Metro Fukutoshin Line for Kotake-Mukaihara, Wakōshi
Tobu Tojo Line for Shinrinkōen
Seibu Ikebukuro Line for Hannō

Adjacent stations

« Service »
Tokyu Toyoko Line
Limited Express: no stop
Commuter Limited Express: no stop
Jiyūgaoka   Express   Tamagawa
Jiyūgaoka   Local   Tamagawa
Tokyu Meguro Line (MG08)
Tamagawa (MG09)   Express   Ōokayama (MG06)
Tamagawa (MG09)   Local   Okusawa (MG07)

History

The station opened on 28 August 1927.[1]

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

  1. 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

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Coordinates: 35°35′49″N 139°40′02″E / 35.596884°N 139.66732°E