Wakamatsu-kawada Station
E03 · Oedo Line · Shinjuku
Wakamatsu-kawada Station (若松河田)
E03 opened on 12 December 2000 with the rest of the central Oedo Line, as a single island platform with two entrances a few hundred metres apart: Wakamatsu on one side and Kawada on the other. Like its neighbour it stands on the course of Toden tram route 13, abolished in 1970 and never replaced; the new station was put midway between the old Wakamatsucho and Kawadacho tram stops, which is why it ended up with both names.
The two halves of the name are old. Wakamatsu, young pine, recalls the pines sent from here to the shogunal household at New Year; Kawada refers to paddy on marshy ground, and the Dango-zaka slope above the station is said to be named for the mud. The metropolitan government worked for years on the assumption that the station would be called Wakamatsucho. Local shopkeepers objected: Fuji TV had left Kawadacho for Odaiba in March 1997 and they feared the district would be forgotten, so Kawada was added rather than substituted. In 2024 the station was used by 28,849 people on an average day, against a forecast of 21,000.
Finding Wakamatsu-kawada 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 Wakamatsu-kawada
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 Wakamatsu-kawada
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 |
|---|---|---|
| EOedo | 15 trains/hour (about one every 4 min) | 12 trains/hour |
Departures in one direction during the hour with the most trains at this station, counted in the operators’ timetable.
Next stations from Wakamatsu-kawada
Scheduled running time between Wakamatsu-kawada and the stations either side of it.
| Line | Next station | Running time |
|---|---|---|
| EOedo | E02Higashi-shinjuku | 2 min |
| EOedo | E04Ushigome-yanagicho | 1 min |
Transfers and connections
Only the Oedo 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| EOedo | Yes | Yes | Yes | 2 |
- Oedo Line: Toei: step-free “1-route” secured; 2 elevator(s) on this line. Elevator exit(s): 要翻訳. Operator page (checked Oct 20, 2026).
Taken from the operators’ own accessibility pages and nothing else. Toei: every station has elevators and a street-gate-platform “1-route” is secured.
What is near Wakamatsu-kawada Station?
This is a hospital and campus station. Tokyo Women’s Medical University is about 240 m from the exits and its hospital about 230 m, with the university’s archive and Yayoi Yoshioka memorial room about 300 m away. The Aikikai Hombu Dojo, the headquarters of aikido, is about 340 m off and the National Center for Global Health and Medicine about 360 m. Yochomachi Elementary School is about 190 m from the station. Waseda University’s Toyama campus, the Statistics Bureau and the Ogasawara-Hakushaku-Tei are all walkable.
| Place | Distance (straight line) | On foot, estimated |
|---|---|---|
| Tokyo Women's Medical University 東京女子医科大学 | 240 m | about 4 min |
| Tokyo Women's Medical University Archives and Yayoi Yoshioka Memorial Room 東京女子医科大学史料室・吉岡彌生記念室 | 300 m | about 5 min |
| 東京女子医科大学（看護学部） | 270 m | about 4 min |
| 東京女子医科大学（医学部） | 280 m | about 5 min |
| 積徳寺 | 380 m | about 6 min |
| Tully's Coffee タリーズコーヒー | 50 m | about 1 min |
| Yochomachi Elementary School 新宿区立余丁町小学校 | 190 m | about 3 min |
| Tokyo Women's Medical University Hospital 東京女子医科大学病院 | 230 m | about 4 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
It sits midway between the former Wakamatsucho and Kawadacho tram stops and serves both districts. The metropolitan government planned to call it Wakamatsucho, but shopkeepers around Kawadacho, worried about the area’s standing after Fuji TV moved out in March 1997, asked for their name too. Keeping both avoided confusion with the long-used working name.
Toden tram route 13, which ran from Shinjuku to Suitengumae and was abolished in 1970. For thirty years afterwards the district had only buses. The Oedo Line was routed along the old tram alignment when the metropolitan government moved to Nishi-Shinjuku, and this station was one of the results.