Yoyogi-Uehara Station
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is a railway station on the Odakyū
Odakyu Electric Railway
, or OER, is a major railway company based in Tokyo, Japan best known for its Romancecar series of limited express trains from Tokyo to Odawara, Enoshima, Tama New Town, and Hakone....

 Odawara and Tokyo Metro
Tokyo Metro
is one of two rapid transit systems making up the Tokyo subway system, the other being Toei. It is the most used subway system in the world in terms of annual passenger rides.-Organization:...

 Chiyoda lines located in Shibuya, Tokyo
Shibuya, Tokyo
is one of the 23 special wards of Tokyo, Japan. As of 2008, it has an estimated population of 208,371 and a population density of 13,540 persons per km². The total area is 15.11 km²....

. The Tokyo Metro station number is C-01. The station was opened as a stop on the Odakyū Odawara Line on April 1, 1927; Eidan (now Tokyo Metro) began service at the station on March 31, 1978.

Both lines share platforms at this station, as each line has through operation onto the other.

Station layout

Services

Except for Romancecar
Romancecar
The is Odakyu Electric Railway's name for its limited express luxury tourist services south-west of Tokyo, to mountain resorts such as Gotenba and Hakone, and beaches such as Numazu and Enoshima. Service started in 1957 with the 3000 series SE trainset, it broke the world speed record for a...

limited express services, all trains make stops at Yoyogi-Uehara. From here trains either continue inbound on the Odawara Line to or the Chiyoda Line for ; some trains from the Chiyoda Line terminate here, while others and all trains from Shinjuku continue along the Odawara Line.

There is currently double-track construction begin performed along the Odawara Line between Yoyogi-Uehara and stations which is due to be completed by 2014.

Adjacent stations

Surrounding area

Tokyo Metropolitan Route 413 (Inokashira-dōri) intersects the Odawara Line just west of the station. There are several music-related institutions located nearby as well as the Tokyo Camii mosque
Mosque
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A nearby bus stop served by Keio Dentetsu Bus provides local transit in the immediate vicinity.
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