Shimo-Akatsuka Station

Shimo-Akatsuka Station
下赤塚駅
North entrance, November 2004
Location
Prefecture Tokyo
(See other stations in Tokyo)
Ward Itabashi
Neighborhood etc. 1-23-1 Akatsuka-shinmachi
Postal code175-0093
(in Japanese)板橋区赤塚新町1-23-1
History
Year opened 1930
Rail services
Station number(s) TJ-09
Operator(s) Tobu Railway
Line(s) Tobu Tojo Line
Statistics 18,457 passengers/day (FY2010)

Shimo-Akatsuka Station (下赤塚駅 Shimo-Akatsuka-eki, lit. "Lower Akatsuka Station") is a railway station on the Tobu Tojo Line in Itabashi, Tokyo, Japan, operated by the private railway operator Tobu Railway.[1]

Lines

Shimo-Akatsuka Station is served by the Tobu Tojo Line from Ikebukuro in Tokyo. Located between Tōbu-Nerima and Narimasu, it is 8.9 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

View of the platforms, February 2009

The station consists of two side platforms serving two tracks.

Platforms

1 Tobu Tojo Line for Narimasu and Shiki
2 Tobu Tojo Line for Kami-Itabashi 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
Tōbu-Nerima   Local   Narimasu

History

The station opened on 29 December 1930.[2]

From 17 March 2012, station numbering was introduced on the Tobu Tojo Line, with Shimo-Akatsuka Station becoming "TJ-09".[4]

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2010, the station was used by an average of 18,457 passengers daily.[5]

Surrounding area

References

  1. "Shimo-Akatsuka Station information" (in Japanese). 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 21 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°46′13″N 139°38′39″E / 35.7704°N 139.6443°E