Ogawamachi Station
S07 · Shinjuku Line · Chiyoda
Ogawamachi Station (小川町)
Toei’s Shinjuku Line reached this corner of Kanda on 16 March 1980, and the platform it brought sits unusually far down: a single island on the fourth basement level, 6.5 km out from Shinjuku. Its tracks are numbered 3 and 4 rather than 1 and 2, because the numbering carries on from Awajicho next door on the Marunouchi Line. The two are joined below the street, as is Shin-ochanomizu on the Chiyoda Line, so three names cover one interchange.
The code to look for is S07. Trains here are not all Toei’s own: Shinjuku Line services run through onto the Keio network beyond Shinjuku. Twelve street exits open along Yasukuni-dori, between Hongo-dori and Sotobori-dori. Kanda on the Ginza Line lies about 300 m away but is not a recognized transfer and no corridor connects them, which catches out travelers who assume every nearby name on the map can be reached without surfacing. Toei counted 73,254 passengers a day here in 2024.
Finding Ogawamachi 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 Ogawamachi
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 Ogawamachi
| Line and direction | Weekdays first – last | Saturdays, Sundays & holidays first – last |
|---|---|---|
| SShinjukuS07 towards Motoyawata | 05:12 – 00:22 to Iwamotocho | 05:12 – 00:22 to Iwamotocho |
| SShinjukuS07 towards Shinjuku | 05:02 – 00:17 | 05:02 – 00:17 |
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 | 16 trains/hour (about one every 3.8 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 Ogawamachi
Scheduled running time between Ogawamachi and the stations either side of it.
| Line | Next station | Running time |
|---|---|---|
| SShinjuku | S08Iwamotocho | 1 min |
| SShinjuku | S06Jimbocho | 2 min |
Transfers and connections
- Walking transfer: Shin-ochanomizu (Chiyoda Line), an official transfer between two separately named stations, about 4 minutes on foot — our estimate from the distance, not an operator figure.
- Walking transfer: Awajicho (Marunouchi Line), an official transfer between two separately named stations, about 2 minutes on foot — our estimate from the distance, not an operator figure.
Accessibility
| Line | Step-free by elevator | Accessible toilet | Escalator | Exits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SShinjuku | Yes | Yes | Yes | 12 |
- Shinjuku Line: Toei: step-free “1-route” secured; 3 elevator(s) on this line. Elevator exit(s): A6. 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 Ogawamachi Station?
Street level is offices and apartment blocks, with Tokyo Denki University and the Nihon University College of Science and Technology at Surugadai both within a few hundred metres, so the morning flow is students and office workers rather than sightseers. The dome of the Holy Resurrection Cathedral, Nikolai-do, stands about 350 m away, and Otahime Shrine, Awaji Pocket Park and the small Kanda Renjakutei theater are all a little closer. Kamio Memorial Hospital is about 220 m from the exits.
| Place | Distance (straight line) | On foot, estimated |
|---|---|---|
| Awaji Pocket Park 淡路公園 | 250 m | about 4 min |
| Kanda Renjakutei 神田連雀亭 | 280 m | about 5 min |
| Otahime Shrine 太田姫稲荷神社 | 340 m | about 6 min |
| Holy Resurrection Cathedral (Nikolai-do) ニコライ堂 | 350 m | about 6 min |
| College of Science and Technology, Nihon University, Surugadai Campus 日本大学（理工学部）駿河台校舎 | 340 m | about 5 min |
| 幸徳稲荷神社 | 180 m | about 3 min |
| 真徳稲荷神社 | 220 m | about 4 min |
| アトリエFeng | 250 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
They carry on from platforms 1 and 2 at Awajicho on the Marunouchi Line, immediately next door below ground. Rather than start again from one, the Toei platforms were given the next numbers in the sequence, which is why a single-island station appears to be missing its first two tracks.
Yes. Underground passages run from Ogawamachi to Awajicho on the Marunouchi Line and to Shin-ochanomizu on the Chiyoda Line, and the three are handled as one interchange. Kanda on the Ginza Line is also nearby, but it has no connecting corridor and is not treated as a transfer at all.