Funabori Station
S17 · Shinjuku Line · Edogawa
Funabori Station (船堀)
Funabori belongs to the eastern half of the Shinjuku Line, the part Toei built out through Edogawa in the early 1980s, and it opened on 23 December 1983 as S17. The platforms are a plain pair of side platforms with a track between them, set just off the Funabori-kaido. Trains from here run west through the city and on beyond the subway onto the Keio network, which makes the station a long but direct ride from the suburbs on the far side of Tokyo.
The building above the station is the local landmark rather than the station itself: Tower Hall Funabori, Edogawa’s citizens’ hall, stands at the exits with an observation tower open to the public. The 2024 Toei survey counted 58,409 entries and exits on an average day, a respectable figure for a station whose surroundings are a mix of apartment blocks, offices and light industry rather than a destination.
Finding Funabori 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 Funabori
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 Funabori
| Line and direction | Weekdays first – last | Saturdays, Sundays & holidays first – last |
|---|---|---|
| SShinjukuS17 towards Motoyawata | 05:06 – 00:18 to Mizue | 05:06 – 00:18 to Mizue |
| SShinjukuS17 towards Shinjuku | 05:11 – 00:20 to Ojima | 05:11 – 00:20 to Ojima |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| SShinjuku | 14 trains/hour (about one every 4.3 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 Funabori
Scheduled running time between Funabori and the stations either side of it.
| Line | Next station | Running time |
|---|---|---|
| SShinjuku | S16Higashi-ojima | 2 min |
| SShinjuku | S18Ichinoe | 2 min |
Transfers and connections
Only the Shinjuku 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SShinjuku | Yes | Yes | Yes | 2 |
- Shinjuku Line: Toei: step-free “1-route” secured; 2 elevator(s) on this line. 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 Funabori Station?
Tower Hall Funabori is barely 90 m from the gates, and the Funabori Cinepal cinema is about 100 m away, with a supermarket and the Funabori-kaido in between. Funabori Elementary School stands roughly 210 m off and Funabori South Park around 230 m. The station also serves the ISKCON temple and Vedic culture centre, Tokyo Kenko Land, Funabori Sports Park and Tathva International School, and the bus stands at both exits connect to Nishi-kasai, Kinshicho and Koiwa for places the subway does not reach.
| Place | Distance (straight line) | On foot, estimated |
|---|---|---|
| 船堀タワー | 90 m | about 1 min |
| イオンフードスタイル | 190 m | about 3 min |
| 船堀南公園 | 230 m | about 4 min |
| フナボリゴルフ | 290 m | about 5 min |
| Tower Hall Funabori タワーホール船堀 | 90 m | about 2 min |
| Funabori Elementary School 江戸川区立船堀小学校 | 210 m | about 3 min |
| 江戸川区立船堀第二小学校 | 380 m | about 6 min |
| Funabori Cinepal 船堀シネパル | 100 m | about 2 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.