Takanawadai Station

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Takanawadai Station (高輪台駅 Takanawadai-eki?) is a subway station on the Toei Asakusa Line, operated by the Tokyo Metropolitan Bureau of Transportation. It is located in Minato, Tokyo, Japan. Its number is A-06.

Takanawadai has one platform serving two tracks. Track 1 is for passengers traveling toward Nishi-Magome Station. Track 2 serves those heading toward Sengakuji and Oshiage Stations.

The station serves the Shirokanedai neighborhood. Nearby are Meiji Gakuin University; several hotels including the Grand Prince Takanawa and the New Grand Prince Takanawa, the Le Méridien Pacific Tokyo and the Takanawa Tobu; and housing for the House of Representatives.

Takanawadai opened on November 15, 1968 as a station on Toei Line 1. In 1978, the line took its present name.

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