Yoyogi-Hachiman Station

[railsquid]

Yoyogi-Hachiman Station on the Odakyu Line is the first station west of Yoyogi-Uehara on the line to Odakyu's Shinjuku terminus and one of those quintessentially Japanese urban stations, i.e. built in a somewhat impractical manner - in this case on a curve, with a wide spacing between tracks as they're opening out so the Chiyoda line can come up between them to reach Yoyogi-Uehara; there's a level crossing at one end, which has an unusually wide spacing between tracks due to said curve, and which is preventing the platforms from being extended to accommodate 10-car trains, as well as being potentially dangerous/disruptive to trains with pedestrians and vehicles getting stuck on in the middle (Google Street view from 2013: https://goo.gl/maps/uHL2zSPKq5z ).

 

Obviously it had to go; it's closed off and the station is being rebuilt with a central platform and overhead entrance/exit, which will improve access from Yamate-dori; the crossing itself has been moved under the Yamate-dori bridge (Google Street view: https://goo.gl/maps/dNsH7Dr5Mny ).

 

 

Central platform is taking shape in the direction of the crossing, with supports for the new station in place:

 

yoyogi-hachiman-station-2018-03-31c by Rail Squid, on Flickr

 

Looking towards Shinjuku:

 

yoyogi-hachiman-station-2018-03-31h by Rail Squid, on Flickr

 

View from the crossing immediately to the east of the station:

 

yoyogi-hachiman-station-2018-03-31a by Rail Squid, on Flickr

 

 

 

Edited March 31, 2018 by railsquid

[katoftw]

It also looks like some kinda of large structure is being built over the platforms and rails?  Station building concourse?

[railsquid]

Yeah, that's what I meant with "overhead entrance/exit"

[railsquid]

A few more pictures here BTW: Yoyogi-Hachiman Station (Flickr album)

[railsquid]

In 2004:

 

p1010048 by Rail Squid, on Flickr

[katoftw]

When did the covered overhead walkway get removed?  For this current construction or earlier?

[railsquid]

6 minutes ago, katoftw said:

When did the covered overhead walkway get removed?  For this current construction or earlier?

 

Presumably as part of the current construction work. It's there on the October 2017 Google Street view.

[railsquid]

7 hours ago, railsquid said:

 

Presumably as part of the current construction work. It's there on the October 2017 Google Street view.

 

Whoops, brain switched on, the *covered* bridge inside the station... No idea when it was removed, but was still there in January 2016.

[kvp]

I checked the station in the Showa period and the platforms were pulled apart during the subway link construction. This was done while leaving the station overpass intact, so i assume it was done by making the side platforms thinner.

[katoftw]

The platforms do look thin. Makes sense to what you said.