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Machiya Station

is a train station in Arakawa, Tokyo, Japan, operated by Keisei Electric Railway and Tokyo Metro. This article also covers , operated by Tokyo Metropolitan Bureau of Transportation (Toei).

Lines

Keisei

The Keisei Main Line station consists of a single island platform serving two tracks. There is a waiting room in the center of the platform. Until October 2002, express trains stopped at the station.

Platforms

Tokyo Metro

The Chiyoda Line station consists of two underground split platforms, with the Yoyogi-Uehara platform on the upper level and the Ayase platform on the lower level.

Platforms

Toei

The Tokyo Sakura Tram station consists of two side platforms serving two tracks. The station was previously named Machiya-itchome station.

History

  • 1 April 1913 - Ōji Electric Tramway (now Toden Arakawa line) station opens
  • 19 December 1931 - Keisei Electric Tramway (now Keisei Electric Railway) station opens
  • 20 December 1969 - Chiyoda subway line station opens
  • 1 April 2004 - Ownership of station facilities on the Chiyoda Line were transferred to Tokyo Metro after the privatization of the Teito Rapid Transit Authority (TRTA).
  • 17 June 2010 - Station numbering was introduced to all Keisei Line stations; Machiya was assigned station number KS03.

In the 2015 data available from Japan’s Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism, Machiya → Nishi Nippori of the Chiyoda line was one of the train segments among Tokyo's most crowded train lines during rush hour.

Surrounding area

  • Arakawa Sizen Park
  • Mikawashima Sewage Treatment Center
  • Machiya Bunka Center

Connecting bus services

Machiya-ekimae (Machiya Station) (Toei Bus)

No.1
  • Kusa 41: for Adachi-umedachō
No.2
  • Kusa 41: for Asakusa-kotobukichō

Machiya Station (Keisei Bus)

See also

References

This article incorporates information from the in the Japanese Wikipedia.