Kami-Itabashi Station

Kami-Itabashi Station
上板橋駅

The north entrance in February 2012
Location 2-36-7 Kami-Itabashi, Itabashi-ku, Tokyo 174-0076
Japan
Operated by Tobu Railway
Line(s) Tobu Tojo Line
Distance 6.0 km from Ikebukuro
Platforms 2 island platforms
Tracks 4
Connections Bus stop
Other information
Station code TJ-07     
Website www.tobu.co.jp/station/info/7206.html
History
Opened 17 June 1914
Traffic
Passengers (FY2010) 48,882 daily
Location
Kami-Itabashi Station
Location within Japan

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

The south entrance in February 2012
View of the platforms in 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: 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
Semi express: Does not stop at this station
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 in August 2011

See also

References

  1. "Kami-Itabashi Station information" (in Japanese). Japan: 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 2016
  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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