Shimo-Akatsuka Station

Shimo-Akatsuka Station
下赤塚駅

North entrance, November 2004
Location 1-23-1 Akatsuka-shinmachi, Itabashi, Tokyo
(板橋区赤塚新町1-23-1)
Japan
Operated by Tobu Railway
Line(s) Tobu Tojo Line
Other information
Station code TJ-09
History
Opened 1930
Traffic
Passengers (FY2010) 18,457 daily
Location
Shimo-Akatsuka Station
Location within Japan

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: Does not stop at this station
Rapid express: Does not stop at this station
Rapid: Does not stop at this station
Express: Does not stop at this station
Commuter express: Does not stop at this station
Semi express: Does not stop at this station
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

See also

References

  1. "Shimo-Akatsuka Station information" (in Japanese). Tobu Railway. Retrieved 30 September 2009.
  2. 1 2 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 / 35.7704; 139.6443

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