(alternative name 清水橋駅 ''Shimizubashi'' Station) is a
train station on the
Toei Oedo Line Toei or Tōei may refer to:
* Tōei, Aichi, Japan
* Toei Company, Japanese film and television production company
** Toei Animation, their animation subsidiary
* , Japanese abbreviation meaning "operated by the Tokyo Metropolitan Government"
**Tran ...
. It is operated by the
Tokyo Metropolitan Bureau of Transportation.
Surrounding area
Nishi-Shinjuku Gochome is a residential area west of
Shinjuku
is a special ward in Tokyo, Japan. It is a major commercial and administrative centre, housing the northern half of the busiest railway station in the world (Shinjuku Station) and the Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building, the administration ...
. This station is at the heart of Nishi-Shinjuku's residential high rise area. Shinjuku Central park is a short walk east of the station. The Toho educational group has many schools within walking distance of the station. Nishi-Shinjuku Gochome also has a small commercial center.
Station layout
Like most stations on the Oedo line, this station has an island platform serving two tracks.
File:Toei-subway-E29-Nishi-shinjuku-5chome-station-platform-20170831-070738.jpg, Platforms, 2017
History
The station opened on 19 December 1997.
Ridership
As of 2018, the station saw a daily patronage of 36,090 passengers.
各駅乗降人員一覧
- 東京都交通局
Surrounding area
*Graduate School of Film Producing
*Shibuya honmachi gakuen Elementary School and Junior High School
*Ito En
() is a Japanese multinational drinks company specializing in tea production, distribution, and sales. Ito En is the largest green tea distributor in Japan. The Ito En Group includes subsidiaries based in Japan, Indonesia, the United States, Aus ...
* Toei Bus Shibuya Depot, Shinjuku Branch Office
*Kanto International Senior High School
*Tokyu Stay Nishi-Shinjuku hotel
Buses
Nishi-Shinjuku Gochome is served by the Keio Dentetsu Bus
is a core bus-operating company of the Keio Group which was established on February 1, 2002, inherited business all of the Keio Electric Railway (present Keio Corporation) automobile operation division and started business on August 1 of the sam ...
Company. Two bus lines pass through this station. All eastbound buses are bound for Shinjuku
is a special ward in Tokyo, Japan. It is a major commercial and administrative centre, housing the northern half of the busiest railway station in the world (Shinjuku Station) and the Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building, the administration ...
. Westbound, the 33 bus heads to Eifukucho and the 32 heads in a similar direction. West of the station at the Shimizubashi intersection, the 64 Keio bus heads North to Nakano Sakaue Station and Nakano Station while the southbound buses head to Shibuya Station.
References
This article incorporates information from the corresponding article on the Japanese Wikipedia.
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Railway stations in Japan opened in 1997
Railway stations in Tokyo