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Not to be confused with Machida Station (JR East) or Machida Station (Odakyu).
For the Shōnan Monorail station, see Shōnan-Machiya Station. For the Echizen Railway station, see Matsumoto Machiya Station.

Machiya Station (町屋駅, Machiya-eki) is a train station in Arakawa, Tokyo, Japan, operated by Keisei Electric Railway and Tokyo Metro. This article also covers Machiya-ekimae Station (町屋駅前停留場, Machiya-ekimae teiryūjō), operated by Tokyo Metropolitan Bureau of Transportation (Toei).

Lines

Keisei

The Keisei Main Line station consists of a single island platform serving two tracks. There is a waiting room in the center of the platform. Until October 2002, express trains stopped at the station.

Platforms

1 Icon for the Keisei Main Line. Keisei Main Line for Nippori and Keisei Ueno
2 Icon for the Keisei Main Line. Keisei Main Line for Aoto, Keisei Funabashi, and Narita Airport

Tokyo Metro

The Chiyoda Line station consists of two underground split platforms, with the Yoyogi-Uehara platform on the upper level and the Ayase platform on the lower level.

Platforms

1  Chiyoda Line for Nishi-nippori, Otemachi and Yoyogi-uehara
Odakyu Odawara Line for Hon-Atsugi and Isehara
2  Chiyoda Line for Kita-senju, Ayase and Kita-ayase
Jōban Line (Local) for Matsudo and Toride

Toei

The Tokyo Sakura Tram station consists of two side platforms serving two tracks. The station was previously named Machiya-itchome station.

History

  • 1 April 1913 – Ōji Electric Tramway (now Toden Arakawa line) station opens
  • 19 December 1931 – Keisei Electric Tramway (now Keisei Electric Railway) station opens
  • 20 December 1969 – Chiyoda subway line station opens
  • 1 April 2004 – Ownership of station facilities on the Chiyoda Line were transferred to Tokyo Metro after the privatization of the Teito Rapid Transit Authority (TRTA).[2]
  • 17 June 2010 – Station numbering was introduced to all Keisei Line stations; Machiya was assigned station number KS03.[3][4]

In the 2015 data available from Japan’s Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism, Machiya → Nishi Nippori of the Chiyoda line was one of the train segments among Tokyo’s most crowded train lines during rush hour.[5]

Surrounding area

  • Arakawa Sizen Park
  • Mikawashima Sewage Treatment Center
  • Machiya Bunka Center

Connecting bus services

Machiya-ekimae (Machiya Station) (Toei Bus)

No.1
  • Kusa 41: for Adachi-umedachō[6]
No.2
  • Kusa 41: for Asakusa-kotobukichō[6]

Machiya Station (Keisei Bus)

See also

References

  1. ^ “京成電鉄 電車情報”. Archived from the original on 2 August 2017. Retrieved 18 September 2016.
  2. ^ “「営団地下鉄」から「東京メトロ」へ” [From “Teito Rapid Transit Authority” to “Tokyo Metro”]. Tokyo Metro Online (in Japanese). 8 July 2006. Archived from the original on 16 May 2012. Retrieved 29 May 2022.
  3. ^ “京成線各駅で「駅ナンバリング」を導入いたします” [”Station numbering” will be introduced to each station on the Keisei Line] (PDF). keisei.co.jp (in Japanese). Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 September 2022. Retrieved 25 February 2023.
  4. ^ “京成と京急が駅ナンバリングを導入” [Keisei and Keikyu to introduce station numbering]. Tetsudo News (in Japanese). 6 June 2010. Archived from the original on 26 February 2023. Retrieved 26 February 2023.
  5. ^ “Most Crowded Rush Hour Train Lines in Tokyo”. Blog. 4 May 2017. Retrieved 11 August 2024.
  6. ^ a b Tokyo Metropolitan Bureau of Transportation. バスのりば 町屋駅 (in Japanese). Japan. Retrieved 15 March 2017.
  7. ^ a b c Keisei Bus Co., Ltd. 路線バス時刻表検索 (in Japanese). Japan. Archived from the original on 7 January 2017. Retrieved 15 March 2017.

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