Yoyogi-koen Station
C02 · Chiyoda Line · Shibuya
Yoyogi-koen Station (代々木公園)
C02 opened on 20 October 1972 as the end of the Chiyoda Line, which had been pushed west from Kasumigaseki; it stopped being a terminus on 31 March 1978, when the line was carried the last stretch to Yoyogi-uehara. In its terminus years the station handled transfers with the Odakyu station at Yoyogi-hachiman, an arrangement dropped when the line reached Odakyu’s own tracks further on. The island platform is at B2 and curves gently along its whole length.
Most of what was built here is not on view. Under Yoyogi Park, on the Meiji-jingumae (Harajuku) side, lies an underground stabling yard able to hold eight ten-car trains, with a headshunt running alongside the station at B1 and a crossover beyond; it is used for getting trains in and out of store and for turning them back when something stops them reaching Yoyogi-uehara. No scheduled service starts or finishes here. Platform doors came into use on 6 October 2018. In 2025 the station was used by 29,488 people on an average day, the fewest on the Chiyoda Line.
Finding Yoyogi-koen on the signs
Every line gives the station its own letter-and-number code. You never have to read the Japanese name to find the right platform.
Station numbers at Yoyogi-koen
Tokyo signposts every platform, exit and train door with a letter and a two-digit number. Matching the number is faster than reading the name — and it is what you will see on the map, in announcements and on the platform edge.
First and last trains at Yoyogi-koen
| Line and direction | Weekdays first – last | Saturdays, Sundays & holidays first – last |
|---|---|---|
| CChiyodaC02 towards Ayase | 05:02 – 00:02 | 05:02 – 23:57 |
| CChiyodaC02 towards Yoyogi-uehara | 05:37 – 00:47 | 05:37 – 00:28 |
Departure times come from the operators’ own GTFS timetables (ODPT GTFS Toei-Train-GTFS (version 20261009, valid 2026-03-14..2027-03-12) + TokyoMetro-Train-GTFS (version 20261008, valid 2026-09-19..2027-03-12)). Japan publishes two subway timetables: 平日 weekdays and 土休日 Saturdays, Sundays and national holidays. There is no separate Sunday timetable, and the December 30 – January 3 period runs the holiday timetable.
How often do trains run?
| Line | Weekdays, busiest hour | Sat / Sun / holidays, busiest hour |
|---|---|---|
| CChiyoda | 22 trains/hour (about one every 2.7 min) | 13 trains/hour |
Departures in one direction during the hour with the most trains at this station, counted in the operators’ timetable.
Next stations from Yoyogi-koen
Scheduled running time between Yoyogi-koen and the stations either side of it.
| Line | Next station | Running time |
|---|---|---|
| CChiyoda | C03Meiji-jingumae (Harajuku) | 2 min |
| CChiyoda | C01Yoyogi-uehara | 2 min |
Transfers and connections
Only the Chiyoda Line stops here, and no other railway serves this station, so there is nothing to transfer to inside the station.
Accessibility
| Line | Step-free by elevator | Accessible toilet | Escalator | Exits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CChiyoda | Yes | Yes | Yes | 4 |
- Chiyoda Line: Step-free elevator route street-gate-platform (official “1-route by elevator”). Street elevator at exit(s): 4. Operator page (checked Oct 20, 2026).
Taken from the operators’ own accessibility pages and nothing else. Tokyo Metro: the “1-route” (step-free street-gate-platform path by elevator, slope, stair lift or wheelchair escalator) is complete at all 180 stations; a separate list shows stations with an elevator-only 1-route.
What is near Yoyogi-koen Station?
Yoyogi-koen is the subway station for Yoyogi Park, which exit 4 opens onto, and for the NHK Hall, the Yoyogi National Gymnasium and the NHK Broadcasting Center beyond it. On the other side the streets of Tomigaya are quiet: Yoyogi Fukamachi Park is about 100 m from the exits, Haruno Ogawa Community Park about 310 m, the Yoyogi Hachiman shrine about 330 m and Tomigaya Elementary School about 260 m. Odakyu’s Yoyogi-hachiman station is about 120 m away.
| Place | Distance (straight line) | On foot, estimated |
|---|---|---|
| Haruno Ogawa Community Park はるのおがわコミュニティパーク | 310 m | about 5 min |
| Yoyogi Hachiman 代々木八幡宮 | 330 m | about 5 min |
| 上原児童遊園 | 280 m | about 5 min |
| 富ヶ谷しだれ桜公園 | 300 m | about 5 min |
| 富ヶ谷三本杉公園 | 370 m | about 6 min |
| Yoyogi Hachiman 代々木八幡 | 120 m | about 2 min |
| Tomigaya Elementary Shool 渋谷区立富谷小学校 | 260 m | about 4 min |
| Yoyogi Fukamachi Park Transparent Bathrooms 代々木深町小公園 透明トイレ | 90 m | about 1 min |
Places from OpenStreetMap within 400 m of the station. The walking time is an estimate (straight line plus 30 %, 80 m a minute), not a measured route. © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.
Frequently asked questions
A stabling yard for the Chiyoda Line, big enough for eight ten-car trains, with a headshunt that runs beside the station platform at B1. Trains are put away there overnight and it also serves as a place to turn services back when the line cannot reach Yoyogi-uehara.
Not officially. Yoyogi-hachiman, on the Odakyu Odawara Line, is about 120 m away and the two were treated as a transfer while this station was the end of the Chiyoda Line, from 1972 to 1978. When the subway was extended to Yoyogi-uehara, where the two railways actually meet and run through, the arrangement here was dropped.