Myōgadani Station

M23
Myogadani Station

茗荷谷駅
M23; Myogadani Station; 茗荷谷駅
	The main entrance (entrance No. 1), March 2015
Location	4-6-15 Kohinata, Bunkyō, Tokyo; （東京都文京区小日向4-6-15）; Japan
Operated by	Tokyo Metro
Line(s)	M Tokyo Metro Marunouchi Line
Connections	Bus stop;
Other information
Station code	M-23
History
Opened	1954
Passengers
FY2011	66,404 daily
Services

Myogadani Station (茗荷谷駅, Myōgadani-eki) is a subway station on the Tokyo Metro Marunouchi Line in Bunkyo, Tokyo, operated by the Tokyo subway operator Tokyo Metro.

Lines[]

Myogadani Station is served by the Tokyo Metro Marunouchi Line from Ogikubo and Ikebukuro.

Station layout[]

The station consists of two open-air side platforms on the first basement ("B1F") level serving two tracks. The station entrance is located at ground level.

Platforms[]

1	M Tokyo Metro Marunouchi Line	for Tokyo, Shinjuku, and Ogikubo
2	M Tokyo Metro Marunouchi Line	for Ikebukuro

Entrance No. 3, June 2005
The ticket barriers, September 2011
Overview of the platforms, September 2011
The station platforms, September 2011

History[]

The station opened on 20 January 1954 with the opening of the first section of the Marunouchi Line from Ikebukuro to Ochanomizu.^[1]

Passenger statistics[]

In fiscal 2011, the station was used by an average of 66,404 passengers daily.^[1]

Surrounding area[]

Located two stops from the large centre of Ikebukuro, Myogadani Station is in a central location but serves the mainly residential area of Koishikawa and is seldom busy except at rush hour. Surrounding the station is a small commercial area with a few shops, supermarkets, izakayas and restaurants. It is close to several of Tokyo's universities, including Ochanomizu University and University of Tsukuba. It is also close to the Koishikawa Botanical Garden, which is affiliated with the University of Tokyo.

The residential area just to the north of Kasuga-dori Avenue, on which the station is situated, is laden with parks and green belts, which is rare for such a central neighborhood. Tokyo's printing district is another point of interest in the area. Just south of the Koishikawa Botanical Garden is a neighborhood full of many tiny scale printing shops that are simply houses converted into printing enterprises, many of them situated on narrow streets which sometimes become congested with forklifts and trucks delivering paper and printed material.

References[]

^ Jump up to: ^a ^b Terada, Hirokazu (19 January 2013). データブック日本の私鉄 [Databook: Japan's Private Railways]. Japan: Neko Publishing. p. 214. ISBN 978-4-7770-1336-4.