Station

Sugamo

巣鴨

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Sugamo
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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)


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

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."

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