Shinjuku-sanchōme Station

M09 F13 S02
Shinjuku-sanchome Station

新宿三丁目駅
M09 F13 S02; Shinjuku-sanchome Station; 新宿三丁目駅
	Entrance C6 in April 2021
Location	Shinjuku, Tokyo; Japan
Coordinates	35°41′26.21″N 139°42′22.56″E / 35.6906139°N 139.7062667°ECoordinates: 35°41′26.21″N 139°42′22.56″E / 35.6906139°N 139.7062667°E
Operated by	Tokyo Metro; Toei Subway;
Line(s)	M Tokyo Metro Marunouchi Line; F Tokyo Metro Fukutoshin Line; S Toei Shinjuku Line;
Platforms	3 island platforms
Tracks	6
Connections	Bus stop
Construction
Structure type	Underground
Other information
Station code	F-13, M-09, S-02
History
Opened	15 March 1959
Services
Location
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Shinjuku-sanchome Station (新宿三丁目駅, Shinjuku-sanchōme-eki) is a subway station in Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan, operated jointly by the two Tokyo subway operators, Tokyo Metro and Toei Subway.

Lines[]

Shinjuku-sanchōme Station is served by the following three subway lines.

Tokyo Metro Marunouchi Line (station number M-09)
Tokyo Metro Fukutoshin Line (station number F-13)
Toei Shinjuku Line (station number S-02)

The Tokyo Metro Fukutoshin Line provides through services to and from the Seibu Ikebukuro Line and Tobu Tojo Line in the north, and the Tokyu Toyoko Line and Minatomirai Line in the south. The Toei Shinjuku Line provides through services to and from the Keio Line in the west.

Station layout[]

The station consists of three separate island platforms serving two tracks for each respective line. The platforms for the Tokyo Metro Marunouchi Line and Fukutoshin Line are interlinked, but transfer to and from the Toei Shinjuku Line requires passing through the Toei and Tokyo Metro station ticket barriers on the main concourse.

Tokyo Metro platforms[]

The Tokyo Metro Marunouchi Line platforms are located on the second basement ("B2F") level running approximately east to west, and the Fukutoshin Line platforms are located on the third basement ("B3F") level running approximately north to south. They are linked by stairs and escalators at the north end of the Fukutoshin Line platforms and east end of the Marunouchi Line platforms.

1	M Tokyo Metro Marunouchi Line	for Shinjuku and Ogikubo
2	M Tokyo Metro Marunouchi Line	for Tokyo and Ikebukuro
3	F Tokyo Metro Fukutoshin Line	for Shibuya TY Tokyu Toyoko Line for Jiyūgaoka and Yokohama Minatomirai Line for Motomachi-Chukagai
4	F Tokyo Metro Fukutoshin Line	for Ikebukuro and Wakoshi TJ Tobu Tojo Line for Kawagoeshi and Shinrinkōen Seibu Ikebukuro Line for Hannō

Marunouchi Line platforms in 2007
The Fukutoshin Line ticket barriers in November 2013
The Fukutoshin Line platforms in November 2013

Toei platforms[]

The Toei Shinjuku Line platforms are located on the second basement ("B2F") level to the east of the Marunouchi Line platforms.

1	S Toei Shinjuku Line	for Shinjuku KO Keiō Line for Hatsudai, Hatagaya, Meidaimae, Chōfu, and Hashimoto
2	S Toei Shinjuku Line	for Motoyawata

The Toei Shinjuku Line ticket barriers in November 2012
The Toei Shinjuku Line platforms in October 2019

History[]

Shinjuku-sanchome Station opened on 15 March 1959, as a station on the Marunouchi Line operated by TRTA (present-day Tokyo Metro).^[1] The Toei Shinjuku Line platforms opened on 16 March 1980.^[1] The Tokyo Metro Fukutoshin Line platforms opened on 14 June 2008.^[1]

Surrounding area[]

Entrance B5, next to Isetan department store, in July 2015

The station complex extends over a large area, with the Tokyo Metro Marunouchi Line and Toei Shinjuku Line platforms located in Shinjuku 3-chome (after which the station is named), and the Tokyo Metro Fukutoshin Line platforms located in Shinjuku 5-chome. The station concourse on the first basement ("B1F") level is connected to Shinjuku Station in the west by an underground pedestrian passage above the Marunouchi Line, called the Metro Promenade. Another underground passage between the two stations was completed in 2012, situated below the Kōshū Kaidō. The southern end of the Fukutoshin Line platform is linked to the Takashimaya Times Square complex by an underground passageway.

Passenger statistics[]

In fiscal 2011, the Tokyo Metro station (Marunouchi and Fukutoshin Lines) was used by an average of 97,688 passengers daily, and the Toei station (Shinjuku Line) was used by an average of 50,458 passengers daily (alighting passengers only).^[1]

References[]

^ Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c ^d Terada, Hirokazu (19 January 2013). データブック日本の私鉄 [Databook: Japan's Private Railways]. Japan: Neko Publishing. pp. 214–218. ISBN 978-4-7770-1336-4.

External links[]

Tokyo Metro Shinjuku-sanchōme Station information (in Japanese)
Toei Shinjuku-sanchōme Station information (in Japanese)

[terada2013-1] Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c ^d Terada, Hirokazu (19 January 2013). データブック日本の私鉄 [Databook: Japan's Private Railways]. Japan: Neko Publishing. pp. 214–218. ISBN 978-4-7770-1336-4.

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