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Akebonobashi Station

Sumiyoshichō, Japan · built 1980

Akebonobashi Station (, Akebonobashi-eki) is a subway station on the Toei Shinjuku Line in Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan, operated by Toei Subway. Its station number is S-03.

Akebonobashi Station is served by the Toei Shinjuku Line.

Akebonobashi Station consists of two side platforms. Platform 1 is for trains bound for Shinjuku, Sasazuka and Hashimoto, and Platform 2 is for trains bound for Bakuro-yokoyama and Motoyawata.

The station opened on March 16, 1980.

The station lies beneath Akebonobashi, a bridge at the intersection of Tokyo Metropolitan Route 319 (Gaien-Higashi-dōri) and Metropolitan Route 302 (Yasukuni-dōri). The former headquarters of Fuji Television were located nearby, but have since been redeveloped into a high-rise apartment complex named Kawadacho Confo Garden. Other points of interest include:

Ministry of Defense Chuo University, Ichigaya Campus Tokyo Women's Medical University and Hospital Akebonobashi-dōri shopping street (The former name was Fuji Television street) Yotsuya-sanchōme Station (Tokyo Metro Marunouchi Line) (8 minutes walk south) Ushigome-yanagichō Station (Toei Ōedo Line) (10 minutes walk north)

Shiro 61 for Shinjuku Station (west exit), Nerima Garage Stop: Arakichō

Sō 81 for Sōdai-seimon (Waseda University), Shibuya Station (east exit) Stop: Kappazaka-shita

Taka 71 for Kudanshita Station, Takadanobaba Station (via Ōkubo-dōri) Shuku 75 for Shinjuku Station (west exit), Miyakezaka (via Tokyo Women's Medical University)

Tokyo Metropolitan Bureau of Transportation: Akebonobashi Station (in Japanese)

TrainStation data from Wikidata (CC0). Summary from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

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