Narimasu Station

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

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]

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
  • The north entrance in July 2016
    The north entrance in July 2016
  • The ticket barriers in July 2016
    The ticket barriers in July 2016
  • The platforms viewed from the up end in February 2012
    The platforms viewed from the up end in February 2012
  • The platforms viewed from the down end in February 2012
    The platforms viewed from the down end in February 2012
  • The view from the down end of the platforms in February 2012, with the turn-back siding for terminating trains visible to the left of the main running tracks
    The view from the down end of the platforms in February 2012, with the turn-back siding for terminating trains visible to the left of the main running tracks

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 year Daily average
1950 6,724[Note 1]
1960 14,506[Note 1]
1970 34,416[Note 1]
1980 40,076[Note 1]
1990 37,067[Note 1]
2000 41,985[Note 1]
2010 37,548[Note 1]
2014 57,729
  1. ^ a b c d e f g 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. ^ a b 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). 63 (880). Japan: Denkisha Kenkyūkai: 18.
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