is a railway station on the

Odakyū Odawara Line The is the main line of Japanese private railway operator Odakyu Electric Railway. It extends 82.5 km from Shinjuku in central Tokyo through the southwest suburbs to the city of Odawara, the gateway to Hakone in Kanagawa Prefecture. ...

and

Tokyo Metro Chiyoda Line The is a subway line owned and operated by Tokyo Metro in Tokyo, Japan. On average, the line carries 1,447,730 passengers daily (2017), the second highest of the Tokyo Metro network, behind the Tozai Line (1,642,378).Shibuya, Tokyo Shibuya (渋谷区 ''Shibuya-ku'') is a special ward in Tokyo, Japan. As a major commercial and finance center, it houses two of the busiest railway stations in the world, Shinjuku Station (southern half) and Shibuya Station. As of April 1, ...

, Japan. The Tokyo Metro station number is C-01. Both lines share platforms at this station, as each line has through operation onto the other.

Station layout

File:Yoyogiuehara Station platforms March 20 2020 - various 11 23 57 396000.jpeg, Platforms, 2020

Services

Except for ''

Romancecar The is Odakyu Electric Railway's name for its limited express luxury tourist services south-west of Tokyo, to mountain resorts such as Hakone and Gotemba (Mount Fuji), and beaches such as Odawara and Enoshima. When the service started in 19 ...

'' limited express services, all Odakyu Odawara Line trains stop at Yoyogi-Uehara. From here trains either continue inbound on the Odawara Line to or the Chiyoda Line for ; some trains from the Chiyoda Line terminate here, while others and all trains from Shinjuku continue along the Odawara Line.

Surrounding area

Tokyo Metropolitan Route 413 ("Inokashira-dōri") intersects the Odawara Line just west of the station. There are several music-related institutions including

Koga Masao was a Japanese composer, mandolinist, and guitarist of the Shōwa era who was dubbed "Japan's Irving Berlin" by Universal Press Syndicate. His melancholy style, based upon Nakayama Shimpei's '' yonanuki'' scale, was popularly known in Japan a ...

Museum of Music and JASRAC headquarters located nearby as well as the Tokyo Camii mosque. A nearby bus stop served by Keio Dentetsu Bus provides local transit in the immediate vicinity.

History

The station was opened as a stop on the Odakyu Odawara Line on 1 April 1927. TRTA (now

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 ...

) began service at the station on 31 March 1978.

Station numbering Station numbering is a sign system which assigns station codes consisting of a few letters and numbers to train stations. It aims to facilitate navigation for foreign travelers not familiar with the local language by using globally understood ...

was introduced to the Odakyu Line in 2014 with Yoyogi-Uehara being assigned station number OH05.

References

{{Tokyo Metro Chiyoda Line Railway stations in Japan opened in 1927 Odakyu Odawara Line Stations of Odakyu Electric Railway Tokyo Metro Chiyoda Line Stations of Tokyo Metro Railway stations in Tokyo