Shimo-Itabashi Station

Shimo-Itabashi Station
下板橋駅

The main (north) entrance in March 2013
Location 4-43-11 Ikebukuro-honchō, Toshima-ku, Tokyo 171-0011
Japan
Operated by Tobu Railway
Line(s) Tobu Tojo Line
Distance 2.0 km from Ikebukuro
Platforms 2 side platforms
Tracks 2
Other information
Station code TJ-03     
Website www.tobu.co.jp/station/info/7202.html
History
Opened 1 May 1914 (1914-05-01)
Traffic
Passengers (FY2015) 15,728 daily
Location
Shimo-Itabashi Station
Location within Japan

Shimo-Itabashi Station (下板橋駅 Shimo-Itabashi-eki, lit. "Lower Itabashi Station") is a railway station on the Tobu Tojo Line in Toshima, Tokyo, Japan, operated by the private railway operator Tobu Railway.[1]

Lines

Shimo-Itabashi Station is served by the Tobu Tojo Line from Ikebukuro in Tokyo. Located between Kita-Ikebukuro and Ōyama, it is 2.0 km from the Ikebukuro terminus.[2] Only "Local" (all-stations) services stop at this station, with eight trains per hour in each direction during the daytime.[3]

Station layout

The south entrance, used during the morning and evening peaks only, April 2014

The station consists of two side platforms serving two tracks. The main (north) entrance leads directly onto the up (Ikebukuro-bound) platform 2, with passenger access to the down platform 1 via an underground passage. An additional entrance (south entrance) is open during the morning and evening peak hours. Toilet facilities are provided on platform 2.

Platforms

1  Tobu Tojo Line for Kami-Itabashi, Narimasu, and Shiki
2  Tobu Tojo Line for Ikebukuro

Adjacent stations

Service
Tobu Tojo Line
TJ Liner: Does not stop at this station
Rapid express: Does not stop at this station
Rapid: Does not stop at this station
Express: Does not stop at this station
Semi express: Does not stop at this station
Kita-Ikebukuro   Local   Ōyama

History

The station opened on 1 May 1914.[2]

From 17 March 2012, station numbering was introduced on the Tobu Tojo Line, with Shimo-Itabashi Station becoming "TJ-03".[4]

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2010, the station was used by an average of 14,986 passengers daily.[5]

Surrounding area

Shimo-Itabashi stabling sidings to the west of the station in April 2014

See also

References

  1. "Shimo-Itabashi Station information" (in Japanese). Tobu Railway. Retrieved 3 October 2009.
  2. 1 2 Terada, Hirokazu (July 2002). データブック日本の私鉄 [Databook: Japan's Private Railways]. Japan: Neko Publishing. p. 200. ISBN 4-87366-874-3.
  3. Tobu Tojo Line Timetable, published March 2016
  4. 「東武スカイツリーライン」誕生! あわせて駅ナンバリングを導入し、よりわかりやすくご案内します [Tobu Sky Tree Line created! Station numbering to be introduced at same time] (pdf). Tobu News (in Japanese). Tobu Railway. 9 February 2012. Retrieved 20 March 2012.
  5. 駅情報(乗降人員) [Station information (Passenger statistics)] (in Japanese). Japan: Tobu Railway. Retrieved 14 December 2011.
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