Soshigaya-Ōkura Station

Soshigaya-Ōkura Station 祖師ヶ谷大蔵駅
North Entrance
General information
Location	世田谷区祖師谷1-7-1[1] Setagaya, Tokyo Japan
Operated by	Odakyu Electric Railway
Line(s)	Odakyu Odawara Line
History
Opened	1927
Passengers
FY2020	51085[2]
Services
Preceding station Odakyu Following station Seijogakuen-Mae towards Isehara Odawara Line Semi Express Chitose-Funabashi towards Yoyogi-Uehara Seijogakuen-Mae towards Odawara Odawara Line Local Chitose-Funabashi towards Shinjuku or Yoyogi-Uehara

Soshigaya-Ōkura Station (祖師ヶ谷大蔵駅, Soshigaya-Ōkura eki) is a stop on the Odawara Line by Odakyu Electric Railway and is located in Setagaya, Tokyo, Japan.

Station layout

The station, which sits on an elevated structure, features four tracks and two side platforms. Express trains typically bypass the station on the two innermost tracks while local and semi-express trains typically stop at the station on the two outermost tracks.

Before tracks were quadrupled on this section of the Odawara Line in 2004, the station featured two tracks and two side platforms. The station was also located at street level.

History

The station opened on 1 April 1927. This is a station of the Odakyu Odawara Line operated by Odakyu Electric Railway Co., Ltd., located 10.6 km (6.6 mi) west of Shinjuku in Setagaya Ward of Tokyo City. The station is surrounded by a residential neighborhood and is well known for the "Ultraman Shopping Street" that extends north from the station. The head office of Tsuburaya Productions - the studio that produces Ultraman - was located nearby the station, and the street was named in 2006 from the connection.

Station numbering was introduced in January 2014 with Soshigaya-Ōkura being assigned station number OH13.[3][4]

References

1. "祖師ヶ谷大蔵駅のご案内｜小田急電鉄".
2. "祖師ヶ谷大蔵駅のご案内｜小田急電鉄".
3. "2014年1月から駅ナンバリングを順次導入します！" [From January 2014, station numbering will be introduced sequentially!] (PDF). odakyu.jp (in Japanese). 24 December 2013. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 October 2022. Retrieved 9 January 2023.
4. Kusamichi, Yoshikazu (28 December 2013). "小田急グループ、鉄道から海賊船まで通しの駅番号…2014年1月から順次導入" [Odakyu Group, station numbers from railways to pirate ships, Introduced sequentially from January 2014]. Response Automotive Media (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 22 June 2020. Retrieved 10 January 2023.

35.6431°N 139.6096°E / 35.6431; 139.6096