History
Waseda is the terminus of the Toden Arakawa Line (Tokyo Sakura Tram), located on Shinmejiro-dōri in Nishi-Waseda 1-chōme, Shinjuku Ward, Tokyo, with station number SA 30. The Tokyo City Electric Bureau's Edogawa Line opened the Edogawabashi–Waseda section on 6 July 1918, establishing the original stop. The competing Ōji Electric Tramway opened from Omokagebashi to Waseda on 30 March 1930, with its stop relocated on 17 January 1932; Tokyo City bought out Ōji Electric Tramway on 1 February 1942, folding the line into the city's Waseda Line (now the Arakawa Line). The two networks were physically connected on 1 December 1949. The Edogawa Line and the Waseda depot were abolished on 29 September 1968, with the depot site reused for the Toei Bus Waseda Garage. The stop sits about 600 m north-north-west of Tokyo Metro Tōzai Line's Waseda Station but is not designated as a transfer point.
History summarized from Japanese & English Wikipedia · last reviewed 2026-05-24.
Notes
The stop has two terminal-style platforms straddling a single track, with the north platform for alighting only and the south for boarding. The Arakawa Line transitions from double to single track within the stop's footprint, and arriving trams must finish alighting before boarding begins; a following tram caught by this dance stops in the double-track section to discharge passengers.