Kami-Itabashi Station

Kami-Itabashi Station
上板橋駅
North entrance, February 2012
Location
Prefecture Tokyo
(See other stations in Tokyo)
Ward Itabashi
Neighborhood etc. 2-36-7 Kami-Itabashi
Postal code174-0076
(in Japanese)板橋区上板橋2-36-7
History
Year opened 1914
Rail services
Station number(s) TJ-07
Operator(s) Tobu Railway
Line(s) Tobu Tojo Line
Statistics 48,882 passengers/day (FY2010)
There is a bus stop near this station

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

Lines

Kami-Itabashi Station is served by the Tobu Tojo Line from Ikebukuro in Tokyo. Located between Tokiwadai and Tōbu-Nerima, it is 6.0 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

South entrance, February 2012
View of the platforms, February 2012

The station consists of two island platforms serving four tracks. Platforms 2 and 4 are generally used to allow non-stop trains to pass stopping trains.

Platforms

1/2 Tobu Tojo Line for Narimasu and Shiki
3/4 Tobu Tojo Line for Ōyama and 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
Tokiwadai   Local   Tōbu-Nerima

History

The station opened on 17 June 1914.[2]

From 17 March 2012, station numbering was introduced on the Tobu Tojo Line, with Kami-Itabashi Station becoming "TJ-07".[4]

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2010, the station was used by an average of 48,882 passengers daily.[5]

Surrounding area

Itabashi Science and Education Hall, August 2011


References

  1. "Kami-Itabashi Station information" (in Japanese). Japan: Tobu Railway. Retrieved 30 September 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°45′48″N 139°40′36″E / 35.7634°N 139.6766°E