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Waseda Station (Tokyo Metro)

metro station in Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan

Architectural plans, a scale model, maps and brass measuring instruments
Places and architectureInterpretive dossier study · Crown Archives visual atlas
Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionAug 23, 2026
Entity authorityQ1078459 ↗
Source-derived summary

Waseda Station (早稲田駅, Waseda-eki) is a subway station on the Tokyo Metro Tozai Line in Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan, operated by Tokyo Metro. Its station number is T-04. It is separate from Waseda Station on the Tokyo Sakura Tram.

Lines

Waseda Station is served by the Tokyo Metro Tōzai Line.

Platforms

History

Teito Rapid Transit Authority (TRTA) opened the station on 23 December 1964.

The station facilities were inherited by Tokyo Metro after the privatization of the Teito Rapid Transit Authority (TRTA) in 2004.

Editorial summary

“Waseda Station (Tokyo Metro)” enters the record as metro station in Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Waseda, Station and Tokyo can confirm, complicate or overturn.

Editorial reviewA strong orientation record where physical form, institutional use and historical geography need to be read together. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1964, 2004—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1964-12-23. Its strongest next move is a source search built around Waseda, Station and Tokyo.
Editorial analysis

Why this record matters

“Waseda Station (Tokyo Metro)” is worth following because a concise public description often conceals a longer documentary argument. Here, Waseda, Station and Tokyo provides the most credible route into that argument.

Evidence profile

The strongest evidence will usually combine a dated visual record with documents produced by the authority responsible for the place. The source revision retrieved here is dated Aug 23, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q1078459. Authority coordinates are 35.706, 139.722. 2 of 2 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1964 and 2004.

Critical limits

Modern boundaries and familiar names can conceal earlier jurisdictions or structures that do not align with the present site. The lead is largely declarative, so disagreement and counter-evidence require a deliberate search beyond the opening account. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.

How to read it

Treat names, boundaries and functions as historically changeable. Maps, plans, inventories and administrative records can clarify what the place meant at different dates.

Best used for
  • Historic place names
  • Jurisdictional context
  • Routes into maps and plans
Verify next

Contemporary maps, plans, listed-building records, estate papers and the responsible local or national archive.

Three-step research path

  1. Establish the record: confirm the title “Waseda Station (Tokyo Metro)”, its source revision and the description used here.
  2. Expand the search: follow Waseda Station (Tokyo Metro) primary sources, Waseda Station (Tokyo Metro) archive and Waseda research across catalogues and specialist indexes.
  3. Test the account: compare the strongest cited source with the responsible institution’s current record and note any disagreement.

Questions for further research

  1. Which source most directly establishes the central claim about “Waseda Station (Tokyo Metro)”?
  2. Which earlier names or jurisdictions may reveal additional records?
  3. What physical evidence or contemporary plan supports the description?
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Source & attribution

This entry incorporates text from “Waseda Station (Tokyo Metro)” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.