Train journey · Tokyo
Shimokitazawa to Shinjuku by trainabout 12 min door to door
Allow about 12 minutes from Shimokitazawa to Shinjuku by train, with no change of train (Odawara Line), walking and waiting included.
Fastest route
- Time
- 12 min
- Transfers
- no transfer
- Frequency
- every ~3 min
- Walking
- 1 min
Train: Rapid Express
Return: Shinjuku to Shimokitazawa
- Time
- 10 min
- Transfers
- no transfer
- Frequency
- every ~4 min
- Walking
- 1 min
Train: Rapid Express
In the other direction, allow about 10 min, no transfer.
The difference from the outward trip comes from waiting times and transfers, which are not the same in each direction.
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