is a subway station on the

Tokyo Metro Marunouchi Line The is a subway line in Tokyo, Japan, operated by Tokyo Metro. The line runs in a U-shape between Ogikubo Station in Suginami and Ikebukuro Station in Toshima, with a branch line between Nakano-Sakaue Station and Hōnanchō Station. The offici ...

in Bunkyo, Tokyo, operated by the Tokyo subway operator

Tokyo Metro The is a major rapid transit system in Tokyo, Japan, operated by the Tokyo Metro Co. With an average daily ridership of 6.84 million passengers, the Tokyo Metro is the larger of the two subway operators in the city; the other being the Toe ...

Lines

Myogadani Station is served by the

from and .

Station layout

The station consists of two open-air

side platform A side platform (also known as a marginal platform or a single-face platform) is a platform positioned to the side of one or more railway tracks or guideways at a railway station, tram stop, or transitway. A station having dual side platform ...

s on the first basement ("B1F") level serving two tracks. The station entrance is located at ground level.

Platforms

File:Myogadani-Station-2005-6-12 3.jpg, Entrance No. 3, June 2005 File:Myogadani-sta-Gate-for-Kasugadori.JPG, The ticket barriers, September 2011 File:Myogadani-Sta-from-Bridge.JPG, Overview of the platforms, September 2011 File:Myogadani-Sta-Platform.JPG, The station platforms, September 2011

History

Myogadani station opened on 20 January 1954 with the opening of the first section of the Marunouchi Line from Ikebukuro to . The station facilities were inherited by

after the privatization of the Teito Rapid Transit Authority (TRTA) in 2004.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2011, the station was used by an average of 66,404 passengers daily.

Surrounding area

Atomi University is a private women's college in Niiza, Saitama, Japan, established in 1965. The predecessor of the school was founded in 1875. Atomi Junior College was a private junior college in Bunkyo Ward, in Tokyo, Japan. It was founded in 1950 and close ...

Bunkyo campus *

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Takushoku University Takushoku University (拓殖大学; ''Takushoku Daigaku'', abbreviated as 拓大 ''Takudai'') is a private university in Tokyo, Japan. It was founded in 1900 by Duke Taro Katsura (1848–1913).

Bunkyo campus *

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Bunkyo campus Located two stops from the large centre of Ikebukuro, Myogadani Station is in a central location but serves the mainly residential area of

Koishikawa is a district of Bunkyo, Tokyo. It consists of five sub-areas, . In Koishikawa are located two well regarded gardens: the Koishikawa Botanical Garden (operated by the University of Tokyo) in Hakusan, and the Koishikawa Korakuen Garden in Kō ...

and is seldom busy except at rush hour. Surrounding the station is a small commercial area with a few shops, supermarkets,

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s and restaurants. It is close to several of Tokyo's universities, including

and

. It is also close to the

Koishikawa Botanical Garden The is a botanical garden with an arboretum operated by the University of Tokyo Graduate School of Science. They are located at 3-7-1 Hakusan, Bunkyō, Tokyo, Japan, and open daily except Mondays; an admission fee is charged. History The T ...

, which is affiliated with the

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. The residential area just to the north of Kasuga-dori Avenue, on which the station is situated, is laden with parks and green belts, which is rare for such a central neighborhood. Tokyo's

printing Printing is a process for mass reproducing text and images using a master form or template. The earliest non-paper products involving printing include cylinder seals and objects such as the Cyrus Cylinder and the Cylinders of Nabonidus. The ...

district is another point of interest in the area. Just south of the Koishikawa Botanical Garden is a neighborhood full of many tiny scale printing shops that are simply houses converted into printing enterprises, many of them situated on narrow streets which sometimes become congested with forklifts and trucks delivering paper and printed material.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Myogadani Station Railway stations in Tokyo Tokyo Metro Marunouchi Line Railway stations in Japan opened in 1954