Multi-storey subway station

[The_Ghan]

I'm looking for photos of a multi-storey subway (underground) station in Tokyo to model my subway on.  I'm thinking of modelling 2-3 storeys of subway, which I presume a number of stations in Tokyo are.  Unfortunately Google seems to be letting me down.  Can anyone point me in the right direction?

 

Cheers

 

The_Ghan

[bill937ca]

Try:

 

http://world.nycsubway.org/world/jp/tokyo-metro.html

[CaptOblivious]

From personal memory, Monzen-Nakacho station in Tokyo has two stories, although you couldn't see one from the other, so photos wouldn't really be of use…

[The_Ghan]

Thanks Bill,

 

I've also found this ... http://www.jreast.co.jp/e/stations/ ... with axonometric maps of selected stations.  Still searching for the right station to model.

 

I'm aware that Ueno is two storey ... but from memory it is overhead, not underground ... I found this picture of Ueno ... http://www.japanrailmodelers.org/photos/A_AroundTokyo/pages/page_14.html ... is it underground? :dontknow:

 

Cheers

 

The_Ghan

[Tenorikuma]

It's not Tokyo, but many of the subway stations in Nagoya where I live are also multi-level. The Nagoya Transportation Bureau website has isometric 3D maps of every station. See, for example, Hisaya-Odori Station: http://www.kotsu.city.nagoya.jp/subway/stn_map/ha_map/hisaya_odori_map.html

 

I chose that one because the station itself has a 3D N-gauge model of itself on display on one of the subway platforms. The model is made of transparent plastic so you can see all the levels, including underground subway tunnels, parking, sewage, etc.

 

My dream would be to build Nagoya Station to scale. There are 3 or 4 underground train levels as well as elevated train platforms, elevated bus stations, underground parking, and more.

[disturbman]

I chose that one because the station itself has a 3D N-gauge model of itself on display on one of the subway platforms. The model is made of transparent plastic so you can see all the levels, including underground subway tunnels, parking, sewage, etc.

 

I guess it's not a working model? Anyway, do you have pictures to share?

[The_Ghan]

Yeah, nice Tenorikuma.  Similar to what I'd found on JREast.  I need to continue my research though because I'd like to do Tokyo Metro.  Can anyone confirm my previous statement that Ueno is overhead and not underground?

 

Cheers

 

The_Ghan

[disturbman]

Well. It's more complicated than that.

 

@ Ueno:

JR is above ground.

Tokyo Metro is underground.

Keisei is underground (under the park).

Toei is underground.

 

It forms a huge complex spanning from Ueno to Okachimachi. Google maps is very practical to see all the underground tunnels there.

[bikkuri bahn]

Check out the Tokyo Metro website, which has perspective map views of stations (Japanese version only)

 

Click on the station name to get the menu, then click on the graphic with the perspective map:

http://www.tokyometro.jp/rosen/rosen.html

 

examples

Otemachi:

http://www.tokyometro.jp/rosen/eki/otemachi/map_rittai_1.html

 

Nagatacho:

http://www.tokyometro.jp/rosen/eki/nagatacho/map_rittai_1.html

 

this blog combined the JR map with the Tokyo Metro map for Ueno Station:

http://blog.goo.ne.jp/ryogoku-man2003/e/4845b0a3ed4b5ee10594e3ab950b996c

[Mudkip Orange]

If you're gonna freelance a multi-level subway station, you might as well take some inspiration from the DC Metro stations where multiple lines cross inside a single station envelope, and you can look over a railing on the upper platform and see the people and the trains down on the lower platform.

 

That'd make a more interesting model than the "endless corridors of endlessness" that characterize transfers in Tokyo, NYC, or London. Using the District as a starting point also comes with the added plus that every time you crash or derail the trains, it's still prototypical.

[The_Ghan]

Hi Bikkuri,

 

Yes, I had found the Tokyo Metro site and have been working my way through the maps.  At the moment I'm thinking of doing Nagatacho, but I will swing the upper platforms around so that they align with the four below.

 

Hey Mudkip, lol ... very funny.  I always thought the Adams Family model railway was prototypical too.

 

Cheers

 

The_Ghan

[Tenorikuma]

I chose that one because the station itself has a 3D N-gauge model of itself on display on one of the subway platforms. The model is made of transparent plastic so you can see all the levels, including underground subway tunnels, parking, sewage, etc.

 

I guess it's not a working model? Anyway, do you have pictures to share?

 

No, not a working model. I don't have any photos, but if I'm ever down there with my camera, I'll try to snap a few.