History
Shinsen Station opened on 1 August 1933 as a Teito Electric Railway stop in Shibuya, Tokyo, the second station from the Shibuya terminus of today's Keio Inokashira Line. The line passed through Odakyu in 1940 and Tokyu (Daito-kyu) in 1942 before separating with Keio Teito Electric Railway on 1 June 1948. The original platforms only fit three 18-metre cars, forcing door-cutoff operation on later five-car trains. The Shinsen Tunnel was extended in 1995 so all doors of the new 20-metre Keio 1000-series trains could open from 28 September 1995. A wholesale rebuild followed, with the present overpass station building opening on 2 December 1996. Shinsen was selected as one of the Kanto's 100 best stations in June 2000.
History summarized from Japanese & English Wikipedia · last reviewed 2026-05-18.
Notes
Shinsen sits only 500 m from Shibuya in a straight line, but the hilly Dogenzaka district between them and the absence of other stations in the area give it steady local demand.