Kita-Ikebukuro Station

Kita-Ikebukuro Station
北池袋駅
Station entrance, August 2009
Location
Prefecture Tokyo
(See other stations in Tokyo)
Ward Toshima
History
Year opened 1934
Former name Tōbu Horinouchi Station
Present name since 1951
Rail services
Operator(s) Tobu Railway
Line(s) Tōbu Tōjō Line
Statistics 8,507 passengers/day (FY2010)

Kita-Ikebukuro Station (北池袋駅 Kita-ikebukuro-eki?) is a railway station in Toshima, Tokyo, Japan, operated by Tobu Railway.[1]

Contents

Lines

Kita-Ikebukuro Station is served by the Tōbu Tōjō Line from Ikebukuro in Tokyo, and is located 1.2 km from the Ikebukuro terminus.[2] Only "Local" (all-stations) trains stop at this station, with eight services per hour in each direction during the daytime.[3]

Station layout

The station consists of a single island platform serving two tracks.

Platforms

1 ■Tōbu Tōjō Line for Kami-Itabashi, Narimasu, and Shiki
2 ■Tōbu Tōjō Line for Ikebukuro

Adjacent stations

« Service »
Tōjō Line
Ikebukuro   Local   Shimo-Itabashi
TJ Liner
Rapid Express
Express
Commuter Express
Semi Express: no stop

History

The station first opened on 1 May 1934 as Tōbu Horinouchi Station (東武堀之内駅?). This station was destroyed by fire on 14 April 1945 during Bombing of Tokyo in World War II, forcing its use to be suspended from 20 May, and then formally closed on 19 August 1947.[4] The station reopened as Kita-Ikebukuro Station on 1 September 1951.[2]

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2010, the station was used by an average of 8,507 passengers daily.[5]

Surrounding area

See also

Media related to [//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Kita-Ikebukuro_Station Kita-Ikebukuro Station] at Wikimedia Commons

References

  1. ^ "Tobu Kita-Ikebukuro Station information" (in Japanese). Tobu Railway. http://www.tobu.co.jp/station/info/7201.html. Retrieved 22 February 2011. 
  2. ^ a b 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. ^ Tōbu Tōjō Line Timetable, published 7 June 2008
  4. ^ Kusamachi, Yoshikazu (April 2011). "関東大手私鉄ターミナルのお隣さん [Neighbouring stations to major private railway terminals in Kanto]". Japan Railfan Magazine (Japan: Kōyūsha Co., Ltd.) 51 (600): p.142–145. 
  5. ^ "駅情報（乗降人員） [Station information (Passenger statistics)]" (in Japanese). Japan: Tobu Railway. http://www.tobu.co.jp/rail/frail_2_2.html. Retrieved 14 December 2011. 

External links

Stations of the Tōbu Tōjō Line