Toden-zoshigaya Station

Location
	Toden-zoshigaya Station Location within Special wards of Tokyo Toden-zoshigaya Station Toden-zoshigaya Station (Tokyo Bay and Bōsō Peninsula) Toden-zoshigaya Station Toden-zoshigaya Station (Tokyo) Toden-zoshigaya Station Toden-zoshigaya Station (Japan)

Toden-zoshigaya Station

都電雑司ヶ谷停留場
; Toden-zoshigaya Station; 都電雑司ヶ谷停留場
	The Waseda-bound platform in August 2016
General information
Location	3-chome, Minami-ikebukuro, Toshima Ward, Tokyo 171-0022; Japan
Operated by	Toei
Line(s)	Toden Arakawa Line
Distance	10.2 km (6.3 mi) from Minowabashi
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	2
Construction
Structure type	At grade
Other information
Website	www.kotsu.metro.tokyo.jp/toden/stations/zoshigaya/
History
Opened	30 March 1925; 99 years ago
Previous names	Zoshigaya (until June 2008)
Services
Location
Location
	Toden-zoshigaya Station Location within Special wards of Tokyo Toden-zoshigaya Station Toden-zoshigaya Station (Tokyo Bay and Bōsō Peninsula) Toden-zoshigaya Station Toden-zoshigaya Station (Tokyo) Toden-zoshigaya Station Toden-zoshigaya Station (Japan)

Toden-zoshigaya Station (都電雑司ヶ谷停留場, Toden-zōshigaya-teiryūjō) is a tram stop on the Tokyo Sakura Tram in Toshima, Tokyo, Japan, operated by Tokyo Metropolitan Bureau of Transportation (Toei).

Lines

Toden-zoshigaya Station is served by the 12.2 km Tokyo Sakura Tram from Minowabashi to Waseda, and is 10.2 km from Minowabashi.^[1]

Station layout

The station has two side platforms located on either side of a level crossing.

The Minowabashi-bound platform in August 2016

History

The station opened on 12 November 1925, originally named Zoshigaya Station (雑司ヶ谷停留場).^[1] It was renamed Toden-zoshigaya on 14 June 2008 to avoid confusion with Zoshigaya Station which opened on the Tokyo Metro Fukutoshin Line subway on the same day.^[2]

Surrounding area

Zoshigaya Cemetery
Toshima Ward Office

References

^ ^a ^b Terada, Hirokazu (19 January 2013). データブック日本の私鉄 [Databook: Japan's Private Railways] (in Japanese). Japan: Neko Publishing. p. 219. ISBN 978-4-7770-1336-4.
^ 都電荒川線「雑司ヶ谷」停留場の名称変更のお知らせ. News release (in Japanese). Japan: Tokyo Metropolitan Bureau of Transportation. 8 June 2008. Archived from the original on 12 June 2008. Retrieved 2 August 2016.

External links

Toei station information (in Japanese)

35°43′27″N 139°43′05″E / 35.7242°N 139.7180°E / 35.7242; 139.7180

[terada2013-1] Terada, Hirokazu (19 January 2013). データブック日本の私鉄 [Databook: Japan's Private Railways] (in Japanese). Japan: Neko Publishing. p. 219. ISBN 978-4-7770-1336-4.

[toei20080608-2] 都電荒川線「雑司ヶ谷」停留場の名称変更のお知らせ. News release (in Japanese). Japan: Tokyo Metropolitan Bureau of Transportation. 8 June 2008. Archived from the original on 12 June 2008. Retrieved 2 August 2016.

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