History
Motosumiyoshi Station opened on 14 February 1926 as one of the original stations of Tokyu Corporation's Tōyoko Line in what is now Nakahara-ku, Kawasaki, Kanagawa Prefecture. In 1963 it was rebuilt with underground ticket gates and ground-level platforms, before being reconstructed again in 2006 as a fully elevated above-ground station. The station today serves both the Tōkyū Tōyoko Line, 12.1 km from the Shibuya terminus, and the Tōkyū Meguro Line, 10.4 km from Meguro, with two island platforms and six tracks; its proximity to a nearby depot means some early-morning and late-night services begin or end here. On 15 February 2014 two Tōyoko Line trains collided on the Yokohama-bound track during heavy snow, lightly injuring 19 passengers.
History summarized from Japanese & English Wikipedia · last reviewed 2026-05-18.
Notes
Because the station sits next to a Tokyu rail depot, early-morning and late-night trains on both the Tōyoko and Meguro Lines enter and leave service here rather than at a terminus.