Shimo-Itabashi Station

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Shimo-Itabashi Station
下板橋駅
Main (north) entrance, March 2013
Location
Prefecture Tokyo
(See other stations in Tokyo)
Ward Toshima
Neighborhood etc. 4-43-11 Ikebukuro-honchō
Postal code170-0011
(in Japanese)豊島区池袋本町4-43-11
History
Year opened 1914
Rail services
Station number(s) TJ-03     
Operator(s) Tobu Railway
Line(s) Tobu Tojo Line
Statistics 14,986 passengers/day (FY2010)

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, November 2004

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: no stop
Rapid express: no stop
Rapid: no stop
Express: no stop
Commuter express: no stop
Semi express: no stop
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

References

  1. "Shimo-Itabashi Station information" (in Japanese). Tobu Railway. Retrieved 3 October 2009. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 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 2013
  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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Coordinates: 35°44′45″N 139°42′53″E / 35.7457°N 139.7148°E / 35.7457; 139.7148

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