Nishi-waseda Station
F11 · Fukutoshin Line · Shinjuku
Nishi-waseda Station (西早稲田)
Nishi-waseda is one of the stations that came with the Fukutoshin Line on 14 June 2008, when the line opened from Ikebukuro to Shibuya. F11 is an island platform on the third basement level, 14.6 km from Wakoshi at the far end, and it connects directly into Waseda University’s Nishi-Waseda campus — the reason a large share of the people through the gates are students.
Its oddity is a station it does not connect with. Takadanobaba, on the Tozai Line, is about 550 m away, but the two are not recognized as an interchange and no passage joins them, so a journey between those lines is made somewhere else. Fukutoshin Line trains themselves go a long way past the subway: through services run onto the Seibu Ikebukuro and Tobu Tojo lines at one end and the Tokyu Toyoko and Minatomirai lines at the other.
Finding Nishi-waseda 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 Nishi-waseda
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 Nishi-waseda
| Line and direction | Weekdays first – last | Saturdays, Sundays & holidays first – last |
|---|---|---|
| FFukutoshinF11 towards Shibuya | 05:11 – 00:20 | 05:11 – 00:20 |
| FFukutoshinF11 towards Wakoshi | 05:17 – 00:19 to Ikebukuro | 05:17 – 00:19 to Ikebukuro |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| FFukutoshin | 13 trains/hour (about one every 4.6 min) | 11 trains/hour |
Departures in one direction during the hour with the most trains at this station, counted in the operators’ timetable.
Next stations from Nishi-waseda
Scheduled running time between Nishi-waseda and the stations either side of it.
| Line | Next station | Running time |
|---|---|---|
| FFukutoshin | F12Higashi-shinjuku | 3 min |
| FFukutoshin | F10Zoshigaya | 2 min |
Transfers and connections
Only the Fukutoshin 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FFukutoshin | Yes | Yes | Yes | 4 |
- Fukutoshin Line: Step-free elevator route street-gate-platform (official “1-route by elevator”). Street elevator at exit(s): 2, 3, EV. 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 Nishi-waseda Station?
This is a campus and school district. Waseda University’s Shillman Hall is about 90 m from the exits and the Nishi-Waseda campus of its science and engineering faculties roughly 240 m, with Gakushuin Women’s College some 140–250 m away and Toyama High School about 130 m. Nishi Waseda junior high school stands roughly 100 m off and the Shinjuku-kita post office about 70 m; Suwa Shrine is around 190 m, and Toyama Park, the Shinjuku Sports Center and the ward’s central library are the other places the station serves.
| Place | Distance (straight line) | On foot, estimated |
|---|---|---|
| Suwa Shrine 諏訪神社 | 190 m | about 3 min |
| Gakushuin Women's College 学習院女子大学 | 250 m | about 4 min |
| Waseda University Shillman Hall 早稲田大学 66号館 | 90 m | about 1 min |
| Gakushuin Women’s College 学習院女子大学（国際文化交流学部） | 140 m | about 2 min |
| Waseda University Nishi-Waseda Canpus 早稲田大学西早稲田キャンパス | 240 m | about 4 min |
| 早稲田大学（理工学部） | 340 m | about 6 min |
| 高田馬場第二児童遊園 | 380 m | about 6 min |
| 諏訪公園 | 400 m | about 6 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
Not as a transfer. Takadanobaba lies about 550 m away, but the operators do not treat the two stations as an interchange and there is no connecting passage, so you would be leaving one station and walking to another through the streets.
Directly. The Nishi-Waseda campus, which houses the university’s science and engineering faculties, is connected to the station, and Gakushuin Women’s College stands within a couple of hundred meters, which is why the gates are busiest at the start and end of classes.