Yotsuya-sanchōme Station
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Yotsuya-sanchōme Station
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| structure = Underground
| code = M-11
| opened = {{Start date and age|15 March 1959|df=y}}
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{{Nihongo|Yotsuya-sanchōme Station|四谷三丁目駅|Yotsuya-sanchōme-eki}} is a railway station in Shinjuku, Tokyo Prefecture, Japan. Its station number is M-11.
Station layout
Yotsuya-sanchōme Station consists of two side platforms. Platform one is for trains bound for Shinjuku, Ogikubo and Nakano-fujimichō, and platform two is for trains bound for Ginza and Ikebukuro. As of 2011, there is an underground passageway connecting both platforms.
= Platforms =
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{{jpf|pfn=2|m|first=3|name=Marunouchi Line|symbol={{TSLS|M}}|dir=for {{STN|Ginza|x}}, {{STN|Ōtemachi|x|Tokyo}}, and {{STN|Ikebukuro|x}}}}
File:Yotsuya-sanchome-Samoncho-gate.jpg|The ticket gates, August 2019
File:TokyoMetro-M11-Yotsuya-3chome-station-platform-20220315-120359.jpg|The platform, March 2022
History
Yotsuya-sanchōme Station opened on 15 March 1959.
The station facilities were inherited by Tokyo Metro after the privatization of the Teito Rapid Transit Authority (TRTA) in 2004.{{Cite web |date=2006-07-08 |title=「営団地下鉄」から「東京メトロ」へ |trans-title=From "Teito Rapid Transit Authority" to "Tokyo Metro" |url=https://www.tokyometro.jp/news/s2004/2004-06.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120516041232/http://www.tokyometro.jp/news/s2004/2004-06.html |archive-date=16 May 2012 |access-date=29 May 2022 |website=Tokyo Metro Online}}
Surrounding area
The station is underneath the intersection of National Route 20 (Kōshū Kaidō / Shinjuku-dōri) and Tokyo Metropolitan Route 319 (Gaien-Higashi-dōri). Other points of interest include:
- Yotsuya Police Station
- Tokyo Fire Museum
- NTT Yotsuya Building
- Sōka Gakkai headquarters
- Toei Shinjuku Line Akebonobashi Station (8 minutes walk north)
- JR East Chūō-Sōbu Line Shinanomachi Station (10 minutes walk south)
Connecting bus service
Stop: Yotsuya-Sanchome
- Shina 97 for Shinagawa Station, Shinjuku Station (west exit)
- Sō 81 for Sōdai-seimon (Waseda University), Shibuya Station (east exit)
- Night express for Mitaka Station (north exit)
References
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External links
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- [http://www.tokyometro.jp/rosen/eki/yotsuya-sanchome/index.html Tokyo Metro: Yotsuya-sanchome Station] {{in lang|ja}}
{{Tokyo Metro Marunouchi Line}}
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Category:Railway stations in Japan opened in 1959