Shiki Station (Saitama)


Shiki Station 志木駅
East entrance, November 2004
Location
Prefecture	Saitama (See other stations in Saitama)
City	Niiza
Neighborhood etc.	2-38-1 Tōhoku
Postal Code	352-0001
(in Japanese)	新座市東北2-38-1
History
Year opened	1914
Rail services
Operator(s)	Tobu Railway
Line(s)	Tōbu Tōjō Line
Statistics	99,752 passengers/day (FY2010)
Medium bus terminal at this station

Shiki Station (志木駅, Shiki-eki^?) is a railway station in Niiza, Saitama, Japan operated by the Tobu Railway.^[1] Despite its name, the station building is not actually located in Shiki. The city of Shiki has only one station, Yanasegawa Station, which is the next stop after Shiki Station on the Tōbu Tōjō Line.

1 Lines
2 Station layout
- 2.1 Platforms
3 Adjacent stations
4 History
5 Passenger statistics
6 Surrounding area
7 Bus services
8 See also
9 References
10 External links

Lines

Shiki Station is served by the Tōbu Tōjō Line from Ikebukuro in Tokyo, with some services inter-running via the Tokyo Metro Yūrakuchō Line to Shin-Kiba and the Tokyo Metro Fukutoshin Line to Shibuya. All services except TJ Liner services stop at this station. During the daytime, local services (four trains per hour) from Ikebukuro terminate here.^[2]

Station layout

The station has two island platforms serving four tracks. There are two storage tracks adjacent to platform 1, and four storage tracks located between the running lines on the down (Kawagoe) side of the station.

This station has a season ticket sales office.^[2]

Platforms

1/2	■Tōbu Tōjō Line	for Fujimino, Kawagoe, Shinrinkōen, Ogawamachi, and Yorii
3/4	■Tōbu Tōjō Line	for Wakōshi, Narimasu, and Ikebukuro ◌ Tokyo Metro Yūrakuchō Line to Shin-Kiba ◌ Tokyo Metro Fukutoshin Line to Shibuya

Adjacent stations

«	Service	»
Tōjō Line
Wakōshi	Rapid Express	Kawagoe
Asakadai	Express	Fujimino
Wakōshi	Commuter Express	Yanasegawa
Asakadai	Semi Express	Yanasegawa
Asakadai	Local	Yanasegawa
TJ Liner: no stop

History

The station opened opened on 1 May 1914 coinciding with the opening of the Tōjō Railway line from Ikebukuro.^[3]

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2010, the station was used by an average of 99,752 passengers daily.^[4]

Surrounding area

Rikkyo University Niiza Campus
Rikkyo Niiza High School
Keio Shiki Boys' Senior High School

Bus services

Since 17 July 2008, there is a direct express bus service to and from Narita Airport (via Asakadai Station). The bus stop is on the south side of the station.^[5]　