Timetable information
Weekday departures: 1,525/day · Sat & holiday departures: 847/day
First / last departure (weekday): 4:30 / 24:59 (00:59 next day)
Busiest hour: 13:00–14:00 (100)
0:00 ─ 23:00
Figures are typical departures in the timetable data, not a live service count.
Timetable data as of 28 April 2026 to 3 May 2026: the timetables behind these figures were retrieved on different dates.
Adjacent stations
- Toei Mita Line: Nishi-sugamo ⇄ Sengoku
- JR Yamanote Line: Komagome ⇄ Otsuka
Location
History
Sugamo Station opened on 1 April 1903 as a Nippon Railway Yamanote Line stop, with freight service added the same day. The line was nationalised in 1906 and the Yamanote-Yamate freight separation between Ikebukuro and Sugamo was completed in December 1924, giving the section its current quadruple-track layout. The Toei Subway No. 6 Line — now the Mita Line — reached Sugamo on 27 December 1968 and was extended south to Hibiya on 30 June 1972. JR East took over at JNR privatisation on 1 April 1987, the JR-side Atre Vie Sugamo retail building opened on 25 March 2010, and platform-edge doors entered service on 29 June 2013.
Notes
Just north of the station runs Jizō-dōri, a long shopping street so popular with older women that it has been nicknamed the "Harajuku for Grannies."
Sources
- Wikipedia (English) (opens in a new tab)
- Wikipedia (日本語) (opens in a new tab)
- Photo: Charlie fong · CC BY-SA 4.0 (opens in a new tab) · Wikimedia Commons (opens in a new tab)
Last updated: 2026-05-18