title: Ochiai Station (Tokyo)
text: # Ochiai Station (Tokyo)
  
  Ochiai Station (落合駅, Ochiai-eki) is a subway station on the Tokyo Metro Tozai Line in Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan, operated by the Tokyo subway operator Tokyo Metro. It is numbered T-02.
  
  ## Lines
  
  Ochiai Station is served by the Tokyo Metro Tozai Line.
  
  ## Station layout
  
  The station consists of an island platform serving two tracks.
  
  ### Platforms
  
  | 1 | T Tozai Line | for Ōtemachi, Tōyōchō, Nishi-Funabashi JB Chuo-Sobu Line for Tsudanuma TR Toyo Rapid Railway Line for Tōyō-Katsutadai |
  | - | - | - |
  | 2 | T Tozai Line | for Nakano JB Chuo-Sobu Line for Mitaka |
  
  * The platforms in January 2017
  
  ## History
  
  The station opened on 16 March 1966.
  
  The station facilities were inherited by Tokyo Metro after the privatization of the Teito Rapid Transit Authority (TRTA) in 2004.
  
  ## Passenger statistics
  
  In fiscal 2013, the station was 116th busiest on the Tokyo Metro network with an average of 24,035 passengers daily. The passenger statistics for previous years are as shown below.
  
  | Fiscal year | Daily average |
  | - | - |
  | 2011 | 22,366 |
  | 2012 | 23,418 |
  | 2013 | 24,035 |
  