:Takadanobaba Station
{{short description|Railway and metro station in Tokyo, Japan}}
{{Infobox station
| name ={{JRSN|JY|15|50}} {{SBSN|SS|02|50}} {{TSSN|T|03|50}}
Takadanobaba Station
| native_name = 高田馬場駅
| native_name_lang = ja
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| image = Takadanobaba Station Waseda entrance 2024-09-05.jpg
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| caption = Waseda entrance, September 2024
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| address = Shinjuku, Tokyo
| country = Japan
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| operator = {{Plainlist|
- {{ric|JR East|name=y}}
- 18px Seibu Railway
- {{ric|Tokyo Metro|name=y}}
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| line = {{Plainlist|
- {{JRLS|JY}} Yamanote Line
- 18px Seibu Shinjuku Line
- {{TSLS|T}} {{lnl|Tokyo Metro|T}} (T-03)
}}
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| opened = {{start date and age|15 September 1910|df=y}}
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| map_type = Japan Tokyo city#Japan Tokyo Bay and Boso Peninsula#Japan Tokyo#Japan
| map_dot_label = Takadanobaba Station
| services = {{Adjstn|system=JR East
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{{Nihongo|Takadanobaba Station|高田馬場駅|Takadanobaba-eki|{{IPA|ja|ta.ka.da no baꜜ.ba, ta.ka.da no ba.baꜜ.e.kʲi}}{{cite book|script-title=ja:NHK日本語発音アクセント新辞典|publisher=NHK Publishing|editor=NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute|date=24 May 2016|lang=ja}}{{cite book|script-title=ja:新明解日本語アクセント辞典|edition=2nd|editor-last=Kindaichi|editor-first=Haruhiko|editor-link=Haruhiko Kindaichi|editor-last2=Akinaga|editor-first2=Kazue|publisher=Sanseidō|date=10 March 2025|lang=ja}}}} is a railway station in the Takadanobaba area of Tokyo's Shinjuku ward, situated between the commercial districts of Ikebukuro and Shinjuku.
The station is a major commuting hub, linking the Seibu Shinjuku Line, Tokyo Metro Tōzai Line and Yamanote Line. It also serves the surrounding Takadanobaba area, known as a popular student district, and is linked by bus to nearby Waseda University. It is the busiest station on the Seibu Shinjuku Line, and the second-busiest in the Seibu Railway network after Ikebukuro Station. It is the ninth-busiest station in the Tokyo Metro network and the eleventh-busiest station in the JR East network.
Lines
Takadanobaba Station is served by the following lines:
Station layout
=Platforms=
==Yamanote and Seibu Shinjuku Line==
The Yamanote Line island platform and two Seibu Shinjuku Line platforms are located parallel to each other, and are connected by an overhead transfer concourse, as well as transfer gates at ground level by the main Waseda exit.
{{Jpf|pfn=1|first=2|name=Yamanote Line (Clockwise)|symbol={{JRLS|JY}}|dir=for {{STN|Ikebukuro|x}}, {{STN|Ueno|x}}, and {{STN|Tokyo|x}}}}
{{Jpf|pfn=2|name=Yamanote Line (Anti-clockwise)|symbol={{JRLS|JY}}|dir=for {{STN|Shinjuku|x}}, {{STN|Shibuya|x}}, and {{STN|Shinagawa|x}}}}
{{Jpf|pfn=3|name=Seibu Shinjuku Line|imgfile=18px|dir=for {{STN|Tanashi|x}}, {{STN|Tokorozawa|x}}, {{STN|Haijima|x}}, and {{STN|Hon-Kawagoe|x}}}}
{{Jpf|pfn=4|name=Seibu Shinjuku Line|imgfile=18px|dir=Spare arrival platform used for Seibu-Shinjuku bound trains on weekday mornings only}}
{{Jpf|pfn=5|first=3|name=Seibu Shinjuku Line|imgfile=18px|dir=for {{STN|Seibu-Shinjuku|x}}}}
The theme music from Astro Boy is played prior to each train departure from the Yamanote Line platform, a homage to the series being set in the Takadanobaba area. Chest-high platform edge doors were brought into use on the Yamanote Line platform on 21 December 2013.{{cite web |url= http://railf.jp/news/2013/12/22/174500.html|script-title=ja:山手線高田馬場駅で可動式ホーム柵の使用開始|trans-title=Platform edge doors brought into use at Yamanote Line Takadanobaba Station |date= 22 December 2013|work = Japan Railfan Magazine Online|publisher= Koyusha Co., Ltd.|location= Japan|language= Japanese|accessdate= 22 December 2013}}
The Yamanote Freight Line tracks (used by Saikyo Line and Shonan-Shinjuku Line services) pass Takadanobaba running between the Yamanote Line and Seibu Shinjuku Line tracks.
File:JRE Takadanobaba-STA Platform1-2.jpg|Yamanote line platforms 1 and 2
File:Seibu Takadanobaba-STA Platform3-4.jpg|Seibu platforms 3 and 4
File:Seibu Takadanobaba-STA Platform5.jpg|Seibu platform 5
==Tozai Line==
{{jpf|pfn=1|first=2|name=Tozai Line|symbol={{TSLS|T}}|dir=for {{STN|Ōtemachi|x|Tokyo}}, {{STN|Tōyōchō|x}}, {{STN|Nishi-Funabashi|x}}
{{JRLS|JB}} Chuo-Sobu Line for {{STN|Tsudanuma|x}}
{{TRR}} Toyo Rapid Railway Line for {{STN|Tōyō-Katsutadai|x}}}}
{{jpf|pfn=2|first=3|name=Tozai Line|symbol={{TSLS|T}}|dir=for {{STN|Nakano|x|Tokyo}}
{{JRLS|JB}} Chuo-Sobu Line for {{STN|Mitaka|x}}}}
File:Tokyo-Metro Takadanobaba-STA Platform1.jpg|Tozai Line platform 1
File:Tokyo-Metro Takadanobaba-STA Platform2.jpg|Tozai Line platform 2
History
The Yamanote Line station opened on 15 September 1910.{{cite book | last = Kawashima| first = Ryozo |title = 日本の鉄道 中部ライン 全線・全駅・全配線 第１２巻 東京都心北部 |trans-title=Railways of Japan - Chubu Line - Lines/Stations/Track plans - Vol 12 Northern Central Tokyo | publisher = Kodansha | date = March 2011 | location = Japan | page = 54| isbn = 978-4-06-270072-6}}
Seibu Railway opened a temporary station perpendicular to the Yamanote Line in April 1927, followed by a permanent station parallel to the Yamanote Line in April 1928. The original station buildings were burned to the ground during the bombing of Tokyo in April 1945. Takadanobaba was the Tokyo terminal of the Seibu Railway Murayama Line (now Seibu Shinjuku Line) until it was extended to Seibu-Shinjuku Station in 1952.
The Tozai Line began service to Takadanobaba in December 1964 under the auspices of the Teito Rapid Transit Authority. Takadanobaba was the western terminus of the Tozai Line until the connection to Nakano Station and the Chuo Main Line opened in March 1966.
The station facilities of the Tozai Line were inherited by Tokyo Metro after the privatization of the Teito Rapid Transit Authority (TRTA) in 2004.{{Cite web |date=2006-07-08 |title=「営団地下鉄」から「東京メトロ」へ |trans-title=From "Teito Rapid Transit Authority" to "Tokyo Metro" |url=https://www.tokyometro.jp/news/s2004/2004-06.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120516041232/http://www.tokyometro.jp/news/s2004/2004-06.html |archive-date=16 May 2012 |access-date=29 May 2022 |website=Tokyo Metro Online}}
Station numbering was introduced on all Seibu Railway lines during fiscal 2012, with Takadanobaba being assigned station number SS02.{{cite web|url= http://www.seibu-group.co.jp/railways/news/news-release/2011/__icsFiles/afieldfile/2012/02/23/20110223eki-number.pdf|script-title= ja:西武線全駅で駅ナンバリングを導入します|trans-title= Station numbering to be introduced at all Seibu stations|date= 23 February 2012|work= News Release|publisher= Seibu Railway|location= Japan|language= Japanese|archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20150924101130/http://www.seibu-group.co.jp/railways/news/news-release/2011/__icsFiles/afieldfile/2012/02/23/20110223eki-number.pdf|archivedate= 2015-09-24|accessdate= 2 April 2013|url-status= dead}} Numbering was expanded to the JR East platforms in 2016 with the Yamanote Line station being assigned station number JY15.{{Cite web |date=6 April 2016 |title=⾸都圏エリアへ 「駅ナンバリング」を導⼊します |trans-title=Introduce “station numbering” to the Tokyo metropolitan area |url=https://www.jreast.co.jp/press/2016/20160402.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221207004741/https://www.jreast.co.jp/press/2016/20160402.pdf |archive-date=7 December 2022 |access-date=7 January 2023 |website=jreast.co.jp |language=ja}}{{Cite web |last=Kusamachi |first=Yoshikazu |date=7 April 2016 |title=JA・JK・JT・AKB…JR東日本、首都圏で駅ナンバリングなど導入へ |trans-title=JA, JK, JT, AKB … JR East to introduce station numbering in the Tokyo metropolitan area |url=https://response.jp/article/2016/04/07/273025.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220806133507/https://response.jp/article/2016/04/07/273025.html |archive-date=6 August 2022 |access-date=7 January 2023 |website=Response Automotive Media |language=ja}}
File:Seibu line - Takadanobaba Station Jan 24 2021 various 09 42 49 727000.jpeg
Surrounding area
The surrounding area of Takadanobaba is often referred to as "Baba". It lacks the history of nearby Waseda and Mejiro, often conjuring up images of a student spot with its many cheap bars and izakaya serving the needs of students at nearby Waseda and Gakushuin universities.
The symbol of Takadanobaba is the monolithic and appropriately named Big Box building next to the station. Big Box houses a sports gym, swimming pool, Uniqlo clothing store, cafe, bowling alley, arcade, and a fast food restaurant. It has recently been reopened after an extensive renovation.
Passenger statistics
Daily average passenger figures for each operator are as shown below.
See also
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References
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External links
{{Commons category}}
- [https://www.jreast.co.jp/e/stations/e938.html JR East station information] {{in lang|en}}
- [https://www.seiburailway.jp/railway/station/takadanobaba/ Seibu station information] {{in lang|ja}}
- [https://www.tokyometro.jp/lang_en/station/takadanobaba/index.html Tokyo Metro station information] {{in lang|en}}
{{Yamanote Line}}
{{Seibu Shinjuku Line}}
{{Tokyo Metro Tozai Line}}
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