Kita-Ayase Station
{{short description|Metro station in Tokyo, Japan}}
{{More citations needed|date=May 2022}}{{Infobox station
| name ={{TSSN|C|20|50}}
Kita-ayase Station
| native_name = 北綾瀬駅
| native_name_lang = ja
| type =
| image = Kita-ayase-station-building.jpg
| alt =
| caption = Central entrance, November 2018
| other_name =
| address = 2 Yanaka, Adachi, Tokyo
{{Nihongo2|（足立区谷中2丁目）}}
| country = Japan
| coordinates =
| operator = {{ric|Tokyo Metro|name=y}}
| line = {{TSLS|C}} {{lnl|Tokyo Metro|C}}
| platforms =
| connections = {{Plainlist|
- {{rint|bus}} Bus stop
}}
| structure = Elevated
| code = C-20
| opened = {{start date and age|20 December 1979|df=y}}
| closed =
| former =
| passengers = 25,225 daily
| pass_year = FY2011
| map_dot_label = Kita-Ayase Station
| map_type = Japan Tokyo city#Japan Tokyo Bay and Boso Peninsula#Japan Tokyo#Japan
| services = {{Adjacent stations|system=Tokyo Metro|line=Chiyoda|left=Ayase|note-left={{TSSN|C|19}}}}
}}
{{nihongo|Kita-ayase Station|北綾瀬駅|Kita-ayase-eki}} is a railway station in Adachi, Tokyo, Japan, operated by the Tokyo subway operator Tokyo Metro.
Lines
Kita-ayase Station forms the terminus of the 24 km Tokyo Metro Chiyoda Line from Yoyogi-Uehara Station, as of March 16, 2019.
Upon opening a 3-car shuttle service operated to Ayase Station. From March 16, 2019, after platforms were lengthened, 10-car trains commenced operation allowing direct services to Yoyogi-Uehara.{{Cite web |last=Metro Report International |date=25 March 2019 |title=Chiyoda Line branch runs through |url=https://www.railwaygazette.com/infrastructure/chiyoda-line-branch-runs-through/48251.article |access-date=2024-07-23 |website=Railway Gazette International |language=en}}
Services on the Kita-ayase branch consist of a combination of shuttle services to Ayase and through services to Yoyogi-Uehara.{{Cite web |date=23 July 2024 |title=Timetable |url=https://transfer.tokyometro.jp/website/timetable?numbering=C20&direction=1&schedule=weekday&lang=en |access-date=23 July 2024 |website=Tokyo Metro}}
Station layout
The station has a single elevated side platform serving one track. The platform is now 10 cars long.
=Platform=
{{jpf|pfn=1|first=4|m|name={{lnl|Tokyo Metro|C}}|symbol={{TSLS|C}}|dir=for {{STN|Ayase|x}}, {{STN|Kita-Senju|x}} and {{STN|Yoyogi-Uehara|x}}
18px Odakyu Odawara Line for {{STN|Hon-Atsugi|x}} and {{STN|Isehara|x}}}}
File:Kita-ayase-Station-SouthExit.jpg|South entrance, March 2019
File:Kita-ayase-station-central-gate2019.jpg|The central gate, 2019
File:Kita-ayase-station-Southgate.jpg|The south gate, 2019
File:Kita-ayase-station-platform-night.jpg|The platform at night, 2019
History
Kita-Ayase Station opened on 20 December 1979.{{cite book | last = Terada | first = Hirokazu |title = データブック日本の私鉄 |trans-title=Databook: Japan's Private Railways | publisher = Neko Publishing | date = 19 January 2013 | location = Japan | page = 215| isbn = 978-4-7770-1336-4}}
The station facilities 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 |language=ja}}
The station underwent rebuilding work to extend the platforms approximately {{Convert|135|m|ft|abbr=on}} toward Ayase Station to allow ten-car through trains to operate to and from the main Chiyoda Line.{{cite web|url=http://news.mynavi.jp/news/2014/03/04/383/|date=4 March 2013|work=MyNavi News|publisher=Mynavi Corporation|location=Japan|language=Japanese|script-title=ja:東京メトロ千代田線北綾瀬駅、10両編成対応に向けたホーム延伸工事に着手|trans-title=Work to start on lengthening platform at Tokyo Metro Chiyoda Line Kita-Ayase Station to handle 10-car trains|archiveurl=|archivedate=|accessdate=7 March 2014}} New station entrances were also added. 10 car service began on March 16, 2019.
Passenger statistics
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
{{Commons category|Kita-ayase Station}}
- [http://www.tokyometro.jp/station/kita-ayase/index.html Tokyo Metro station information] {{in lang|ja}}
- [https://www.tokyometro.jp/lang_en/station/kita-ayase/index.html Tokyo Metro station information] {{in lang|en}}
{{Tokyo Metro Chiyoda Line}}
{{coord|35.777057|139.832118|type:railwaystation_region:JP|display=title}}
Category:Railway stations in Japan opened in 1979