Kita-Ikebukuro Station
{{short description|Railway station in Tokyo, Japan}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2021}}
{{Infobox station
| name = {{TBSN|TJ|02|size=50}}
Kita-Ikebukuro Station
|map_dot_label = Kita-Ikebukuro Station
| native_name = 北池袋駅
| native_name_lang = ja
| type =
| image = Kita-Ikebukuro Station entrance 20120204.JPG
| alt =
| caption = The station entrance in February 2012
| other_name =
| address = 1-36-6 Ikebukuro-honchō, Toshima-ku, Tokyo 171-0011
| country = Japan
| coordinates =
| operator = 36px Tobu Railway
| line = 18px Tobu Tojo Line
| platforms = 1 island platform
| tracks = 2
| distance = 1.2 km from {{STN|Ikebukuro|x}}
| connections =
| structure =
| code = TJ-02 {{Color box|DarkOrange}}
| website = {{URL|1=http://www.tobu.co.jp/station/info/7201.html}}
| opened = {{Start date|1934|05|01|df=y}}
| rebuilt =
| closed =
| former = Tōbu Horinouchi (until 1947)
| passengers = 8,921 daily
| pass_year = FY2014
| map_type = Japan
| services = {{Adjacent stations|system=Tobu
|line4=Tojo|left4=Shimo-Itabashi|note-left4={{TBSN|TJ|03|size=30}}|note-mid4={{SLL|Local|c=Black|t=#FFF}}|right4=Ikebukuro|note-right4={{TBSN|TJ|01|size=30}}
}}
}}
{{nihongo|Kita-Ikebukuro Station|北池袋駅|Kita-Ikebukuro-eki}} is a railway station on the Tobu Tojo Line in Toshima, Tokyo, Japan, operated by the private railway operator Tobu Railway.{{cite web|url= http://www.tobu.co.jp/station/info/7201.html|title= Tobu Kita-Ikebukuro Station information|publisher= Tobu Railway|location= Japan|language= Japanese|accessdate= 22 February 2011|archive-date= 8 February 2012|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20120208010448/http://www.tobu.co.jp/station/info/7201.html|url-status= dead}}
Lines
Kita-Ikebukuro Station is served by the Tobu Tojo Line from {{STN|Ikebukuro|x}} in Tokyo. Located between Ikebukuro and {{STN|Shimo-Itabashi|x}}, it is 1.2 km from the Ikebukuro terminus.{{cite book | last = Terada | first = Hirokazu |script-title=ja: データブック日本の私鉄 |trans-title=Databook: Japan's Private Railways | publisher = Neko Publishing | date = July 2002 | location = Japan | page = 200 | isbn = 4-87366-874-3}} Only "Local" (all-stations) trains stop at this station, with eight services per hour in each direction during the daytime.Tobu Tojo Line Timetable, published March 2016
Station layout
File:Kita-Ikebukuro Station platform north end 20120204.JPG
File:Kita-Ikebukuro Station platform south end 20120204.JPG
The station consists of a single island platform serving two tracks. The platforms are connected to the station entrance located on the west side of the tracks by an underground passage.
=Platforms=
{{jpf|pfn=1|first=2|name=Tobu Tojo Line|symbol={{TBLS|TJ}}|dir=for {{STN|Kami-Itabashi|x}}, {{STN|Narimasu|x}}, and {{STN|Shiki|x|Saitama}}}}
{{jpf|pfn=2|first=3|name=Tobu Tojo Line|symbol={{TBLS|TJ}}|dir=for {{STN|Ikebukuro|x}}}}
History
The station first opened on 1 May 1934 as {{Nihongo|Tōbu Horinouchi Station|東武堀之内駅}}. This station was destroyed by fire on 14 April 1945 during Bombing of Tokyo in World War II, forcing its use to be suspended from 20 May, and then formally closed on 19 August 1947.{{cite magazine| last = Kusamachi| first = Yoshikazu| script-title=ja: 関東大手私鉄ターミナルのお隣さん|trans-title=Neighbouring stations to major private railway terminals in Kanto|magazine=Japan Railfan Magazine | volume = 51| issue = 600|pages=142–145| publisher = Kōyūsha Co., Ltd.| location = Japan | date = April 2011}} The station reopened as Kita-Ikebukuro Station on 1 September 1951.
From 17 March 2012, station numbering was introduced on the Tobu Tojo Line, with Kita-Ikebukuro Station becoming "TJ-02".{{cite web|url= http://www.tobu.co.jp/file/pdf/017af1e69f2ac63a8b2dea3d14de7a49/120209_1.pdf?date=20120313092459|script-title= ja:「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|trans-title= Tobu Sky Tree Line created! Station numbering to be introduced at same time|date= 9 February 2012|work= Tobu News|publisher= Tobu Railway|language= Japanese|accessdate= 20 March 2012|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20120808143320/http://www.tobu.co.jp/file/pdf/017af1e69f2ac63a8b2dea3d14de7a49/120209_1.pdf?date=20120313092459|archive-date= 8 August 2012|url-status= dead}}
Passenger statistics
In fiscal 2014, the station was used by an average of 8,921 passengers daily.{{cite web|url=http://www.tobu.co.jp/corporation/rail/station_info/ |script-title=ja: 駅情報（乗降人員） |trans-title=Station information: Passenger figures |year=2015 |publisher=Tobu Railway |location=Japan |language=Japanese |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160806135254/http://www.tobu.co.jp/corporation/rail/station_info/ |archivedate= 6 August 2016 |accessdate=20 February 2016 |url-status=dead }} The passenger figures for previous years are as shown below.
Accidents
On 22 July 2003 at 00:01, an unidentified passenger sitting between the rails was killed by a passing train.{{cite book | last = Sato| first = Yuichi |script-title=ja: 鉄道人身事故データブック2002-2009 |trans-title=Railway Accident Data Book 2002-2009 | publisher = Tsugeshobo | date = July 2011 | location = Japan | page = 62| isbn = 978-4-8068-0620-2}}
On 21 July 2006 at around 09:30, a woman in her forties was hit and killed by a down train after attempting to cross the Tojo Line No. 2 level crossing immediately to the south of the station after the barriers had closed. Her 9-year-old daughter survived with serious injuries.{{cite web |url= http://www.seisyounen-chian.metro.tokyo.jp/koutuu/pdf/F1.pdf|script-title=ja:平成１８年度「踏切道における交通安全対策」|trans-title=2006 Level Crossing Accident Safety Measures|date= February 2007|publisher= Tokyo Road Safety Committee|location= Japan|page= 30|language= Japanese|archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20160220111201/http://www.seisyounen-chian.metro.tokyo.jp/koutuu/pdf/F1.pdf|archivedate= 20 February 2016|accessdate= 11 September 2016}}
Surrounding area
File:Kita-Ikebukuro Station JR East stabling depot 20120204.JPG
- JR East Ikebukuro Depot
- Tokyo College of Transport Studies
- Showa Tetsudo High School
- Toshima Gakuin High school
- Toshima Ward Ikebukuro Library
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See also
References
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External links
{{Commons category}}
- [http://www.tobu.co.jp/station/info/7201.html Kita-Ikebukuro Station information] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120208010448/http://www.tobu.co.jp/station/info/7201.html |date=8 February 2012 }} {{in lang|ja}}
{{Tōbu Tōjō Line}}
{{coord|35.7415|N|139.7168|E|type:railwaystation_region:JP|display=title}}
Category:Stations of Tobu Railway