Higashi-Kitazawa Station

Higashi-Kitazawa Station (東北沢駅, Higashi-Kitazawa eki) is a station on the Odawara Line of the Odakyu Electric Railway, located in Kitazawa, Setagaya, Tokyo.

Higashi-Kitazawa Station 東北沢駅
East Entrance of the station, September 2015
General information
Location	3-1-4 Kitazawa, Setagaya, Tokyo Japan
Coordinates	35.6652°N 139.6731°E / 35.6652; 139.6731
Operated by	Odakyu Electric Railway
Line(s)	Odakyu Odawara Line
Other information
Station code	OH06
History
Opened	1 April 1927
Services
Preceding station Odakyu Following station Shimo-Kitazawa towards Odawara Odawara Line Local Yoyogi-Uehara towards Shinjuku or Yoyogi-Uehara
Location Shimo-kitazawa Station Location within Tokyo

Current platform in August 2023

Platform level, April 2013

Temporary structures for underground track construction, September 2006

History

Higashi-Kitazawa Station opened with the line on 1 April 1927. Until 1966, it served freight as well as passengers.

On 1 October 2005, the express tracks through the station were taken out of service, in order to enable work to grade-separate the line and provide continuous quadruple track through Setagaya Ward. The station was moved underground on 23 March 2013, and a new station building opened on 16 May 2015.

Station numbering was introduced in 2014 with Yoyogi-Hachiman being assigned station number OH06.^[1][2]

Station layout

The station currently consists of one underground island platform and four tracks. Express trains typically utilize the outer (express) tracks, bypassing the station, while local trains usually stop at the station on the inner (local) tracks.^[3]

Platforms

1	OH Odakyū Odawara Line	for Machida, Hon-Atsugi and Odawara OH Hakone-Tozan Railway for Hakone-Yumoto OE Odakyu Enoshima Line for Fujisawa and Katase-Enoshima
2	OH Odakyū Odawara Line	for Shinjuku C Tokyo Metro Chiyoda Line for Ayase JL Joban Line for Abiko and Toride

Until 2005, the station consisted of two side platforms and four tracks, with the inner two used by non-stop trains.

Services

Trains serve this station from 04:55-01:05 every day.

Only local trains stop at this station. The current off-peak service consists of 6 trains per hour to Shinjuku and 6 trains per hour to Hon-Atsugi. Typical journey times are 9 minutes to Shinjuku and 1 hour 20 minutes to Hon-Atsugi (though if passengers change at Shimo-Kitazawa to a Rapid Express, they can reach the latter in as little as 45 minutes). There are few direct services to the Chiyoda Line from this station, but usually passengers have to change at Yoyogi-Uehara.

References

1. "2014年1月から駅ナンバリングを順次導入します！" [From January 2014, station numbering will be introduced sequentially!] (PDF). odakyu.jp (in Japanese). 24 December 2013. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 October 2022. Retrieved 9 January 2023.
2. Kusamichi, Yoshikazu (28 December 2013). "小田急グループ、鉄道から海賊船まで通しの駅番号…2014年1月から順次導入" [Odakyu Group, station numbers from railways to pirate ships, Introduced sequentially from January 2014]. Response Automotive Media (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 22 June 2020. Retrieved 10 January 2023.
3. Lee, A. Robert; Yamamoto, Yuriko (2011). Tokyo Commute: Japanese Customs and Way of Life Viewed from the Odakyu Line. Amsterdam University Press. ISBN 978-1-898823-06-3.