Seijōgakuen-Mae Station


Seijogakuen-mae Station is a railway station on the Odakyu Odawara Line in Setagaya, Tokyo, Japan, operated by the private railway operator Odakyu Electric Railway. The station is named after the nearby Seijo University.

Lines

Seijogakuen-mae Station is served by the Odakyu Odawara Line, and lies 11.6 km from Shinjuku Station.

Layout

The station has two island platforms serving four tracks. They are in the basement level.

Platforms

The entrances, ticket machines, ticket gates and the station office are on the ground level.
The commercial facilities also start on ground level. Level one and two consist of a supermarket and various shops, level three of community services such as a nursery, cookery and language schools and a gym, and a restaurant and an outdoor balcony on level four.

History

Seijogakuen-mae Station opened on April 1, 1927.
Between 1996 and 2004 it was extensively redeveloped and partially　moved underground as part of the Odakyu Line's track doubling project.
September 2006 saw the opening of Seijo Corty, a four-storey commercial building.

Surrounding area

A neighbourhood shopping district surrounds the station, especially outside the North Exit. The film production studios and sound stages of Toho Corporation are located alongside the Senkawa, a tributary of the Tama River that flows South from main station area.
The Sophia Soshigaya International House|Soshigaya Ryugakusei Kaikan, a large residential facility for foreign students, is about 15 minutes walk north of the station.