Machiya Station

Machiya Station (町屋駅) 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), operated by Tokyo Metropolitan Bureau of Transportation (Toei).

Lines

 * Keisei Electric Railway - Machiya Station
 * Keisei Main Line
 * Tokyo Metro - Machiya Station
 * Chiyoda Line
 * Tokyo Metropolitan Bureau of Transportation (Toei) - Machiya-ekimae Station
 * Tokyo Sakura Tram

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.

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.

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).
 * 17 June 2010 - Station numbering was introduced to all Keisei Line stations; Machiya was assigned station number KS03.

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


 * No.2
 * Kusa 41: for Asakusa-kotobukichō

Machiya Station (Keisei Bus)
 * Minami-sen 01, 02: for Minami-Senju Station West Entrance
 * Machiya 04, 05: for Kodomo-katei-shien Center and Shim-Mikawashima Station
 * Machiya 05: for Ogubashi (Kumanomae Station)