Nishi-Nippori Station

Nishi-Nippori Station
西日暮里駅
Tokyo Metro Chiyoda Line gate at Nishi-Nippori
Location
Prefecture Tokyo
(See other stations in Tokyo)
Ward Arakawa
Neighborhood etc. 5 Nishi-Nippori
(in Japanese)東京都荒川区西日暮里五丁目
History
Year opened 1969
Rail services
Operator(s) JR East, Tokyo Metro
Line(s) Yamanote Line
Keihin-Tōhoku Line
Tokyo Metro Chiyoda Line
Nippori-Toneri Liner
Statistics 97,268 passengers/day (JR East, FY2013)
Small bus terminal at this station

Nishi-Nippori Station (西日暮里駅 Nishi-Nippori-eki) is a railway station in Arakawa, Tokyo, Japan.

Lines

The Keihin-Tohoku Line and Yamanote Line platforms 1 and 2, October 2014

Nishi-Nippori Station is served by the following lines.

Platforms

JR East

1 ■Keihin-Tōhoku Line for Tokyo, Shinagawa, and Yokohama
2 ■Yamanote Line for Tokyo and Shinagawa
3 ■Yamanote Line for Tabata, Ikebukuro, and Shinjuku
4 ■Keihin-Tōhoku Line for Tabata, Akabane, and Ōmiya

Tokyo Metro

1 ○Tokyo Metro Chiyoda Line for Ōtemachi, Yoyogi-Uehara, and Machida
2 ○Tokyo Metro Chiyoda Line for Kita-Senju, Ayase, and Toride

Toei

The Nippori-Toneri Liner station is elevated and consists of a single island platform serving two tracks.

1 ■Nippori-Toneri Liner for Nippori
2 ■Nippori-Toneri Liner for Kumanomae, Nishiaraidaishi-nishi, and Minumadai-shinsuikōen

Adjacent stations

« Service »
Tokyo Metro Chiyoda Line (C-16)
Limited Express Romancecar: no stop
Sendagi (C-15) - Machiya (C-17)
Yamanote Line
Nippori - Tabata
Keihin-Tōhoku Line
Rapid: no stop
Nippori   Local   Tabata
Nippori-Toneri Liner
Nippori - Akado-shōgakkōmae

History

The Chiyoda Line station opened on 20 December 1969.[1] The Yamanote Line station opened 20 April 1971.[2] The Nippori-Toneri Liner station opened on 30 March 2008.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2013, the JR East station was used by an average of 97,268 passengers daily (boarding passengers only), making it the 41st-busiest station operated by JR East.[3] In fiscal 2013, the Tokyo Metro station was used by an average of 162,852 passengers per day (exiting and entering passengers), making it the fifteenth-busiest station operated by Tokyo Metro.[4] Over the same fiscal year, the Toei station was used by an average of 10,500 per day (boarding passengers only), making it the second-busiest station on the Nippori-Toneri Liner.[5] The daily average passenger figures for JR East and Tokyo Metro in previous years are as shown below.

Fiscal year JR East Tokyo Metro
2000 96,355[6]
2005 87,392[7]
2010 94,059[8]
2011 93,891[9] 156,404[10]
2012 94,884[11] 158,555[12]
2013 97,268[3] 162,852[4]

References

  1. ↑ Terada, Hirokazu (19 January 2013). データブック日本の私鉄 [Databook: Japan's Private Railways]. Japan: Neko Publishing. p. 215. ISBN 978-4-7770-1336-4.
  2. ↑ 日本国有鉄道停車場一覧 [JNR Station Directory]. Japan: Japanese National Railways. 1985. p. 97. ISBN 4-533-00503-9.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 各駅の乗車人員　（2013年度） [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2013)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. Retrieved 15 September 2014.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 各駅の乗降人員ランキング [Station usage ranking] (in Japanese). Tokyo Metro. Retrieved 15 September 2014.
  5. ↑ 各駅乗降人員一覧 [Passenger statistics for each station] (in Japanese). Tokyo Metropolitan Bureau of Transportation. Retrieved 14 September 2014.
  6. ↑ 各駅の乗車人員　（2000年度） [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2000)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. Retrieved 1 August 2013.
  7. ↑ 各駅の乗車人員　（2005年度） [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2005)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. Retrieved 1 August 2013.
  8. ↑ 各駅の乗車人員　（2010年度） [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2010)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. Retrieved 1 August 2013.
  9. ↑ 各駅の乗車人員　（2011年度） [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2011)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. Retrieved 1 August 2013.
  10. ↑ 駅別乗降人員順位表（2011年度1日平均） [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2011)] (in Japanese). Japan: Tokyo Metro. Retrieved 15 September 2014.
  11. ↑ 各駅の乗車人員　（2012年度） [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2012)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. Retrieved 15 September 2014.
  12. ↑ 各駅の乗降人員ランキング (2012年) [Station usage ranking (2012)] (in Japanese). Tokyo Metro. Retrieved 15 September 2014.

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Coordinates: 35°43′55″N 139°46′00″E / 35.731926°N 139.766800°E