Shimo-Kitazawa Station
  Shimo-kitazawa Station 下北沢駅 |
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Shimo-kitazawa Station in February 2015
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Setagaya, Tokyo Japan |
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| Station code | OH07, IN05 |
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| Opened | 1 April 1927 |
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 Shimo-kitazawa Station
Location within Tokyo
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Shimo-kitazawa Station (下北沢駅 Shimo-kitazawa-eki?) is an interchange station on the Odakyu Odawara and the Keio Inokashira lines located in Setagaya, Tokyo, and jointly operated by the private railway operators Odakyu Electric Railway and Keio Corporation.
The station gives its name to the surrounding Shimokitazawa neighborhood which is a popular area for young people in large numbers. It includes small independently owned shops, cafes, live music venues and theaters.
Shimo-kitazawa Station is served by the Odakyu Odawara Line from Shinjuku in Tokyo, and also by the 12.7 km Keio Inokashira Line from Shibuya in Tokyo to Kichijōji. Located between Ikenoue and Shindaita, it is 3.0 km from the Shibuya terminus of the Inokashira Line.
On the Keio Inokashira Line, both all-stations "Local" services and limited-stop "Express" services stop at this station.
The Odakyu Odawara and Keio Inokashira lines cross at this station, with the Keio line on elevated tracks above the Odakyu line. After a major station reconstruction project the Odakyu lines were relocated in March 2013 from their prior surface position to new platforms three stories underground. Additional construction work will separate the express line trains from the local line trains, the four-track route that currently ends at Umegaoka will then be complete as far as Yoyogi-Uehara station.
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