Mita Station

Mita Station (三田駅, Mita-eki) is a subway station in Minato, Tokyo, Japan, operated by Tokyo Metropolitan Bureau of Transportation (Toei). It is adjacent to Tamachi Station on the Yamanote Line and Keihin-Tōhoku Line and is a major station for commuters due to the proximity of many office and condominium developments. It is also the closest station to the main campus of Keio University.

A08 I04 Mita Station 三田駅
Station entrance A9, August 2019
General information
Location	5-34-10 (Asakusa Line) 5-18-8 (Mita Line) Shiba, Minato-ku, Tokyo Japan
Operated by	Toei Subway
Line(s)	A Asakusa Line I Mita Line
Platforms	1 island platform (Asakusa Line) 2 split-level side platforms (Mita Line)
Tracks	4 (2 for each line)
Construction
Structure type	Underground
Platform levels	3
Other information
Station code	A-08 I-04
History
Opened	21 June 1968; 56 years ago (21 June 1968)
Services
Preceding station Toei Subway Following station Sengakuji A07 Terminus Asakusa Line Airport Limited Express Daimon A09 towards Oshiage Sengakuji A07 towards Nishi-magome Asakusa Line Shirokane-takanawa I03 towards Meguro Mita Line Shibakoen I05 towards Nishi-Takashimadaira
Location Mita Station Location within Special wards of Tokyo Show map of Special wards of Tokyo Mita Station Mita Station (Tokyo Bay and Bōsō Peninsula) Show map of Tokyo Bay and Bōsō Peninsula Mita Station Mita Station (Tokyo) Show map of Tokyo Mita Station Mita Station (Japan) Show map of Japan

Despite its name, the station is not located in Mita, but in the neighboring Shiba district.

Lines

Mita Station is served by the following lines.

• Toei Asakusa Line (with through services to the Keikyu Main Line, Keisei Oshiage Line, Keisei Higashi-Narita Line, and Shibayama Railway Line)
• Toei Mita Line (with through services to the Tokyu Meguro Line)

Station layout

The station consists of two sets of platforms, for the Asakusa Line and Mita Line. The Asakusa Line is served by an island platform (platforms 1 and 2) located on the second basement ("B2F") level, while the Mita Line is served by two side platforms located on separate levels, with the southbound platform (platform 3) on the second basement ("B2F") level, and the northbound platform (platform 4) on the third basement ("B3F") level.

Platforms

1	A Asakusa Line	for Sengakuji, Nishi-Magome KK Keikyu Main Line for Haneda Airport and Misakiguchi
2	A Asakusa Line	for Nihombashi and Oshiage KS Keisei Main Line for Aoto, Keisei Takasago, Keisei Sakura, Keisei Narita, and Narita Airport (Terminal 2·3 and Terminal 1) HS Hokusō Line for Imba Nihon-idai KS Narita Sky Access Line for Narita Airport SR Shibayama Railway Line for Shibayama-Chiyoda
3	I Mita Line	for Shirokane-takanawa and Meguro MG Meguro Line for Musashi-Kosugi and Hiyoshi Sotetsu Main Line for Ebina via the Tokyu/Sotetsu Shin-Yokohama Line Sotetsu Izumino Line for Shōnandai via the Tokyu/Sotetsu Shin-Yokohama Line
4	I Mita Line	for Ōtemachi, Sugamo, and Nishi-Takashimadaira

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  Ticket gates
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  Platforms 1 and 2
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  Platform 3
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  Platform 4

History

The station opened on 21 June 1968, initially served only by the Toei Asakusa Line.^[1] The Mita Line station opened on 27 November 1973.^[1]

In popular culture

Mita station was featured in English rock band The Police's So Lonely (1980) music video.^[2]

References

1. Terada, Hirokazu (19 January 2013). データブック日本の私鉄 [Databook: Japan's Private Railways]. Japan: Neko Publishing. pp. 217–218. ISBN 978-4-7770-1336-4.
2. The Police"So Lonely" MV撮影地は都営地下鉄浅草線 三田駅というのは本当なのか Kamata, Note.com (in Japanese). Retrieved 2023-02-09

External links

• Toei Mita Station (in Japanese)

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