is a railway station

Train station

A train station, also called a railroad station or railway station and often shortened to just station,"Station" is commonly understood to mean "train station" unless otherwise qualified. This is evident from dictionary entries e.g...

 on the Keiō Line located in Setagaya

Setagaya, Tokyo

is one of the 23 special wards of Tokyo in Japan. It is also the name of a neighborhood within the ward. The ward calls itself the City of Setagaya in English...

, Tokyo

Tokyo

, ; officially , is one of the 47 prefectures of Japan. Tokyo is the capital of Japan, the center of the Greater Tokyo Area, and the largest metropolitan area of Japan. It is the seat of the Japanese government and the Imperial Palace, and the home of the Japanese Imperial Family...

, Japan

Japan

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. It is the westernmost station of the Keiō Line in the 23 special wards of Tokyo

Special wards of Tokyo

The are 23 municipalities that together make up the core and the most populous part of Tokyo, Japan. Together, they occupy the land that was the city of Tokyo before it was abolished in 1943. The special wards' structure was established under the Japanese Local Autonomy Law and is unique to...

. Trains cross the Setagaya-Chōfu

Chofu, Tokyo

is a city located in the western end of Tokyo Metropolis, Japan. As of 2010, the city has an estimated population of 224,878 and a population density of 10,440 persons per km². The total area was 21.53 km². Tokyo Stadium in Chōfu hosts soccer games for two J. League teams: F.C...

 border west of the station.

Station layout

Two tracks serve two ground-level side platform

Side platform

A Side platform is a platform positioned to the side of a pair of tracks at a railway station, a tram stop or a transitway. A pair of side platforms are often provided on a dual track line with a single side platform being sufficient for a single track line...

s. Both platforms are connected by stairs to two small underground concourses beneath the tracks.

Surrounding area

On both the north and south sides of the station lie large shopping districts. Just north of the station is the Karasuyama District Administration Office. This is one of the five district offices with which the local Setagaya government administrates the special ward.

History

The station opened as Karasuyama Station on April 15, 1913 when the Keio Electric Tramway started its operation between and . The station was renamed Chitose-Karasuyama Station on August 7, 1929. Chitose is the name of the village

Villages of Japan

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which administered the area until its merger into the former Tokyo City on October 1, 1936.

Adjacent stations