Tokiwadai Station (Tokyo)

Tokiwadai Station
ときわ台駅
North entrance, August 2009
Location
Prefecture Tokyo
(See other stations in Tokyo)
Ward Itabashi
Neighborhood etc. 1-43-1 Tokiwadai
Postal Code 174-0071
(in Japanese) 板橋区常盤台1-43-1
History
Year opened 1935
Former name Musashino-Tokiwa Station
Present name since 1951
Rail services
Operator(s) Tobu Railway
Line(s) Tōbu Tōjō Line
Statistics 　46,297 passengers/day (FY2010)
There is a bus stop near this station

Tokiwadai Station (ときわ台駅 Tokiwadai-eki?) is a railway station in Tokyo, Japan, operated by Tobu Railway.[1]

Contents

Lines

Tokiwadai Station is served by the Tōbu Tōjō Line from Ikebukuro in Tokyo, and is located 4.7 km from the Tokyo terminus at Ikebukuro Station.[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 station consists of a single island platform serving two tracks. Entrances are located on the north and south sides of the station. The station has wheelchair-accessible toilet facilities.[1]

Platforms

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

Adjacent stations

« Service »
Tōbu Tōjō Line
Naka-Itabashi   Local   Kami-Itabashi
TJ Liner
Rapid Express
Express
Commuter Express
Semi Express: no stop

History

The station opened on 20 October 1935 as Musashino-Tokiwa Station (武蔵野常盤駅?). It was renamed Tokiwadai on 1 October 1951.[2]

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2010, the station was used by an average of 46,297 passengers daily.[4]

Surrounding area

See also

Media related to [//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Tokiwadai_Station_(Tokyo) Tokiwadai Station] at Wikimedia Commons

References

  1. ^ a b "Tokiwadai Station information" (in Japanese). Japan: Tobu Railway. http://www.tobu.co.jp/station/info/7205.html. Retrieved 13 December 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 March 2011
  4. ^ "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. 
  5. ^ "改札口直結！東上線ときわ台駅 駅ナカに保育施設が誕生します [New nursery facility to open next to ticket barriers at Tokiwadai Station]" (in Japanese). Tobu News Release. Japan: Tobu Railway. 8 December 2011. http://www.tobu.co.jp/file/4054/111208.pdf. Retrieved 13 December 2011. 
  6. ^ "（財）日本書道美術館 [Nippon Shodo Museum]" (in Japanese). Japan: Itabashi City Office. http://www.city.itabashi.tokyo.jp/c_kurashi/003/003827.html. Retrieved 13 December 2011. 

External links

Stations of the Tōbu Tōjō Line