Akebonobashi Station

Akebonobashi Station (曙橋駅, 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.

S03 Akebonobashi Station 曙橋駅
Entrance to Akebonobashi Station, March 2008
Location	7-1 Sumiyoshi-chō, Shinjuku, Tokyo （東京都新宿区住吉町7-1） Japan
Operated by	Toei
Line(s)	S Toei Shinjuku Line
Connections	Bus stop
Other information
Station code	S-03
History
Opened	1980
Passengers
[1]	36,738 daily
Services
Preceding station   Toei Subway   Following station Shinjuku-sanchōme S02 toward Shinjuku Shinjuku Line Local Ichigaya S04 toward Motoyawata

Lines

Akebonobashi Station is served by the Toei Shinjuku Line.

Platforms

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

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

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  Ticket gates, March 2018
• 
  Platforms, December 2019

History

The station opened on March 16, 1980.

Surrounding area

Old signpost remaining for the former headquarters of Fuji Television in the nearby shopping street

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)

Connecting bus services

Stop: Akebonobashi

• 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)

References

1. "Akebonobashi Station information" (in Japanese). Tokyo Metropolitan Bureau of Transportation. Archived from the original on 2012-08-01. Retrieved 27 January 2017.

External links

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