Naka-Itabashi Station

Railway station in Tokyo, Japan

WebsiteOfficial websiteHistoryOpened12 July 1933 (1933-07-12)PassengersFY201426,961 daily Services

Preceding station	Tobu Railway			Following station
Tokiwadai TJ06 towards Ogawamachi		Tojo Line Local		Ōyama TJ04 towards Ikebukuro

Location
Naka-Itabashi Station Location within Japan

Naka-Itabashi Station (中板橋駅, Naka-Itabashi-eki) is a railway station on the Tobu Tojo Line in Itabashi, Tokyo, Japan, operated by the private railway operator Tobu Railway.

Lines

Naka-Itabashi Station is served by the Tobu Tojo Line from Ikebukuro in Tokyo. Located between Ōyama and Tokiwadai, it is 4.0 km from the Ikebukuro terminus.^[1] Only "Local" (all-stations) services stop at this station, with eight trains per hour in each direction during the daytime.^[2]

Station layout

The station consists of two island platforms serving four tracks. Platforms 2 and 3 are used to allow non-stop trains to pass stopping trains.

Platforms

1/2	TJ Tobu Tojo Line	for Kami-Itabashi, Narimasu, and Shiki
3/4	TJ Tobu Tojo Line	for Ōyama and Ikebukuro

The north entrance in April 2016
The up end of the platforms in April 2016
The passenger lift on platform 3/4 in April 2016
The station viewed from the level crossing at the east (Ikebukuro) end in April 2016
The south entrance in April 2016
Tokiwadai Station visible from the end of the platforms in April 2016

History

The station opened on 12 July 1933.^[1]

From 17 March 2012, station numbering was introduced on the Tobu Tojo Line, with Naka-Itabashi Station becoming "TJ-05".^[3]

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2014, the station was used by an average of 26,961 passengers daily.^[4] The passenger figures for previous years are as shown below.

Fiscal year	Daily average
2010	26,784^[5]
2011	25,978^[6]
2012	26,527^[7]
2013	27,093^[8]
2014	26,961^[4]

Surrounding area

Shakujii River

References

^ ^a ^b 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.
^ Tobu Tojo Line Timetable, published March 2016
^ 「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. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 August 2012. Retrieved 20 March 2012.
^ ^a ^b 駅情報（乗降人員） [Station information: Passenger figures] (in Japanese). Japan: Tobu Railway. 2015. Archived from the original on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 14 April 2016.
^ 駅情報（乗降人員） [Station information: Passenger figures] (in Japanese). Japan: Tobu Railway. 2011. Archived from the original on 5 April 2012. Retrieved 14 April 2016.
^ 駅情報（乗降人員） [Station information: Passenger figures] (in Japanese). Japan: Tobu Railway. 2012. Archived from the original on 23 August 2013. Retrieved 14 April 2016.
^ 駅情報（乗降人員） [Station information: Passenger figures] (in Japanese). Japan: Tobu Railway. 2013. Archived from the original on 25 April 2014. Retrieved 14 April 2016.
^ 駅情報（乗降人員） [Station information: Passenger figures] (in Japanese). Japan: Tobu Railway. 2014. Archived from the original on 30 October 2014. Retrieved 14 April 2016.