Akebonobashi Station

Akebonobashi Station 曙橋駅
File:Toei-S03-Akebonobashi-station-A3-entrance.jpg 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	Tokyo Metropolitan Bureau of Transportation (Toei)
Line(s)	Toei Shinjuku Line
Connections	Bus stop
Other information
Station code	S-03
History
Opened	1980
Traffic
Passengers ()	36,738 daily

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.

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.

History

The station opened on March 16, 1980.

Surrounding area

File:Fujitv kawadacho kanban.jpg

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)

Adjacent stations

«		Service	»
Express: no stop
Toei Shinjuku Line (S-03)
Shinjuku-sanchōme (S-02)		Local	Ichigaya (S-04)

External links

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