Station

Futako-shinchi

二子新地

Futako-shinchi
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Train service

Weekday departures: 187/day · Sat & holiday departures: 180/day

First / last train (weekday): 5:23 / 23:54

Busiest hour: 8:00–9:00 (17)

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Adjacent stations

Location

History

The station opened on 15 July 1927 as Futako Tram Stop on the Tamagawa Electric Railway's Mizonokuchi Line, then operated as a tramway-act streetcar stop. It was renamed Futako-Shinchi-mae around 1935 and became a full rail station with narrow-gauge regauging on 1 July 1943 when the line was absorbed into the Ōimachi Line. The structure was raised onto a viaduct after the dedicated Futako Bridge was completed on 18 March 1966, and the station's present name was adopted on 16 December 1977. Platform reconfiguration during the Den-en-toshi Line's quadruple-track project ran from 31 January 2005, and the new west entrance opened on 4 July 2009 ahead of full completion on 11 July 2009.

Notes

The station name's 'shinchi' reflects the area's Edo-period role as a riverside entertainment quarter, where geisha were called in to receive officials crossing the Tamagawa; commemorative streetlamps marked 'Futako Sangyō Kumiai' still line the surrounding lanes.

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