Narimasu Station

Narimasu Station (成増駅, Narimasu-eki) is a railway station on the Tobu Tojo Line in Itabashi, Tokyo, Japan, operated by the private railway operator Tobu Railway.[1]

TJ10
Narimasu Station

成増駅
The south entrance in July 2016
General information
Location2-13-1 Narimasu, Itabashi-ku, Tokyo 175-0094
Japan
Operated by Tobu Railway
Line(s) Tobu Tojo Line
Distance10.4 km from Ikebukuro
Platforms2 island platforms
Tracks4
ConnectionsBus terminal
Other information
Station codeTJ-10  
Websitewww.tobu.co.jp/station/info/7209.html
History
Opened1 May 1914
Passengers
FY201457,729 daily
Services
Preceding station Tobu Railway Following station
Wakōshi
TJ11
towards Ogawamachi
Tojo Line
Express
Ikebukuro
TJ01
Terminus
Tojo Line
Semi Express
Kami-Itabashi
TJ07
towards Ikebukuro
Tojo Line
Local
Shimo-Akatsuka
TJ09
towards Ikebukuro
Location
Narimasu Station is located in Japan
Narimasu Station
Narimasu Station
Location within Japan

Lines

The station is served by the Tobu Tojo Line from Ikebukuro in Tokyo. Located between Shimo-Akatsuka and Wakōshi, it is 10.4 km (6.5 mi) from the Ikebukuro terminus.[2] Express, Semi Express, and Local services stop at this station. During midday, six of the eight Local trains per hour terminate here, with the other two continuing to Kawagoeshi.[3]

Station layout

The station consists of two island platforms serving four tracks. Platforms 2 and 4 are used to allow faster trains to overtake slower stopping trains. This station has a season ticket sales office.[3]

Platforms

1/2 TJ Tobu Tojo Line for Shiki, Kawagoe, Shinrinkōen, Ogawamachi, and Yorii
3/4 TJ Tobu Tojo Line for Kami-Itabashi, Ōyama, and Ikebukuro

History

The south entrance in 2004

The station opened on 1 May 1914 coinciding with the opening of the Tojo Railway line from Ikebukuro.[4]

From 17 March 2012, station numbering was introduced on the Tobu Tojo Line, with Narimasu Station becoming "TJ-10".[5]

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2014, the station was used by an average of 57,729 passengers daily.[6] Passenger figures for previous years (boarding passengers only) are as shown below.[7]

Fiscal yearDaily average
19506,724[Note 1]
196014,506[Note 1]
197034,416[Note 1]
198040,076[Note 1]
199037,067[Note 1]
200041,985[Note 1]
201037,548[Note 1]
201457,729
  1. Number of boarding passengers only

Surrounding area

The north side of the station in July 2016

North side

  • Narimasu Library
  • Itabashi Art Museum
  • Akatsuka No. 2 Junior High School
  • Akatsuka Elementary School
  • Akatsuka Park

South side

See also

References

  1. "Narimasu Station information" (in Japanese). Japan: Tobu Railway. Retrieved 30 September 2009.
  2. 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. 224. ISBN 978-4-7770-1336-4.
  3. Tobu Tojo Line Timetable, published March 2016
  4. Yamamoto, Tomoyuki (October 2008). 東武東上線の神話時代(1). Japan Railfan Magazine. Vol. 48, no. 570. Japan: Koyusha Co., Ltd. pp. 126–131.
  5. 「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 21 March 2012.
  6. 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 20 July 2016.
  7. Sawauchi, Kazuaki (October 2013). 東武鉄道東上線の歴史過程 [History of the Tobu Tojo Line]. The Railway Pictorial (in Japanese). Japan: Denkisha Kenkyūkai. 63 (880): 18.

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