Toden-zoshigaya Station

Tram station in Tokyo, Japan

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 (1925-03-30)
Previous names| Zoshigaya (until June 2008)
Services
| Preceding station  |  Toei | Following station

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Kishibojimmae

towards Waseda

|  | Toden Arakawa Line |  | Higashi-ikebukuro-yonchome

towards Minowabashi

Location

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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

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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

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

* The Minowabashi-bound platform in August 2016

## History

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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

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The entrance to Zoshigaya Cemetery close to the station in August 2016

* Zoshigaya Cemetery
* Toshima Ward Office

## See also

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* List of railway stations in Japan

## References

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1. ^ 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.
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.

## External links

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Stations of the Tokyo Sakura Tram (Arakawa Line)

* Waseda
* Omokagebashi
* Gakushuinshita
* Kishibojimmae
* Toden-zoshigaya
* Higashi-ikebukuro-yonchome
* Mukohara
* Otsuka-ekimae
* Sugamoshinden
* Koshinzuka
* Shin-koshinzuka
* Nishigahara-yonchōme
* Takinogawa-itchōme
* Asukayama
* Oji-ekimae
* Sakaecho
* Kajiwara
* Arakawa-shakomae
* Arakawa-yuenchimae
* Odai
* Miyanomae
* Kumanomae
* Higashi-ogu-sanchome
* Machiya-nichome
* Machiya-ekimae
* Arakawa-nanachome
* Arakawa-nichome
* Arakawa-kuyakushomae
* Arakawa-itchumae
* Minowabashi

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