Ikebukuro Station Explained

Ikebukuro Station
Native Name:池袋駅
Native Name Lang:ja
Address:Minami-Ikebukuro, Toshima, Tokyo
Country:Japan
Coordinates:35.7303°N 139.7114°W
Connections: Bus terminal
Map Type:Japan Tokyo city#Japan Tokyo Bay and Boso Peninsula#Japan Tokyo#Japan

Ikebukuro Station (Japanese: 池袋駅|Ikebukuro-eki) is a major railway station located in the Ikebukuro district of Toshima, Tokyo, Japan, shared by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East), Tokyo subway operator Tokyo Metro, and the two private railway operators Seibu Railway and Tobu Railway. With 2.71 million daily passengers on average in 2007, it is the second-busiest railway station in the world (after Shinjuku Station), and the busiest station in the Tobu, Seibu, and Tokyo Metro networks. It primarily serves commuters from Saitama Prefecture and other residential areas northwest of the city center. It is the Tokyo terminal of the Seibu Ikebukuro Line and the Tobu Tojo Line.

Lines

Tobu Railway

Tōbu Tōjō Line (Ikebukuro to Yorii)

Tokyo Metro

On weekdays, S-Train (Seibu) services skip this station on the Tokyo Metro Yurakucho Line. However, on weekends or holidays, S-Train (Seibu) services stop here on the Tokyo Metro Fukutoshin Line platforms for alighting passengers only.

Station layout

In Ikebukuro Station, there are two main entrances; the East Exit and the West Exit. There are a number of other secondary entrances such as the JR North Exit, the Metropolitan Exit, the various Seibu exits, and multiple subway exits.

The JR lines run north/south through the center. The Tobu platforms are to the northwest and the Seibu platforms are to the southeast. Both Tobu and Seibu operate department stores adjacent to their terminal stations. (Despite their names, "Seibu" (西武) starts with the kanji for "west" (西), but its platforms are on the eastern side of the station, while "Tōbu" (東武) starts with the character for "east" (東), but its platforms are on the western side of the station.)

The Marunouchi Line and Yurakucho Line run east/west two stories underground, while the Tokyo Metro Fukutoshin Line is four stories underground, to the west of the main station complex. The latter line runs south toward Shinjuku and Shibuya along Meiji-dori, and offers through services to Motomachi-Chūkagai Station in Yokohama via the Tokyu Toyoko Line and Minatomirai Line.

Tokyo Metro's underground mall "Echika" is also located inside the station.[1]

JR East


Ikebukuro Station
Native Name:池袋駅
Native Name Lang:ja
Style:JR East
Type:JR East station
Address:1-28-2 Minami-Ikebukuro, Toshima-ku, Tokyo
Country:Japan
Operator: JR East
Line:
Platforms:4 island platforms
Tracks:8
Structure:Ground level
Accessible:Yes
Code:IKB
Opened:1 April 1903
Passengers:556,780 daily
Pass Year:FY2015
Services Collapsible:yes

Chest-high platform edge doors were introduced on the Yamanote Line platforms on 2 March 2013.[2]

Tobu Railway

Platforms


Ikebukuro Station
Native Name:池袋駅
Native Name Lang:ja
Type:Tobu station
Address:1-21-1 Minamiikebukuro, Toshima-ku, Tokyo
Country:Japan
Operator: Tobu Railway
Line: Tobu Tojo Line
Tracks:3
Structure:Ground level
Accessible:Yes
Code:TJ-01
Opened:1 May 1914
Passengers:477,834 daily
Pass Year:FY2015
Services Collapsible:yes

The Tobu station has three terminating tracks served by platforms 1 to 5, arranged as shown in the diagram on the right.

Platforms 3 and 5 are normally used for disembarking passengers, although platform 5 is also used for passengers boarding the evening TJ Liner services, which require payment of a supplementary fare. From 14 June 2015, the departure melodies used when trains are about to depart from the station are to be changed to classical themes, with "Allegro" from "Divertimento in D major, K. 136" by Mozart used for platforms 1/2, "Menuetto" from "Eine kleine Nachtmusik" by Mozart used for platforms 3/4, and "Allegro ma non troppo" from the "Pastoral Symphony" by Beethoven used for TJ Liner services departing from platform 5.[3]

Chest-high platform edge doors are scheduled to be added by the end of fiscal 2020. Platform doors protecting platform 1 are in use since 21 April 2018.[4] It is planned to have platform doors protecting platforms 2 and 3 in operation from 2 March 2019.[5] [6]

Ticket barriers

There are three sets of ticket barriers giving access to the platforms: the "South Gate" at ground level (signposted in red), and the "Central Gate" (signposted in blue) and "North Gate" (signposted in green) on the first basement level.

Seibu Railway


Ikebukuro Station
Native Name:池袋駅
Native Name Lang:ja
Type:Seibu station
Address:1-28-1 Minamiikebukuro, Toshima-ku, Tokyo
Country:Japan
Operator: Seibu Railway
Line: Seibu Ikebukuro Line
Tracks:4
Structure:Ground level
Accessible:Yes
Code:SI-01
Opened:1915
Passengers:483,407 daily
Pass Year:FY2015
Services Collapsible:yes

Platforms 1, 4, and 6 are normally used for disembarking passengers only.

Tokyo Metro

Platform


Ikebukuro Station
Native Name:池袋駅
Native Name Lang:ja
Type:Tokyo Metro station
Address:3-28-1 Minamiikebukuro, Toshima-ku (Marunouchi Line)
1-12-1 Nishiikebukuro, Toshima-ku (Yurakucho Line)
3-28-14 Nishiikebukuro, Toshima-ku (Fukutoshin Line)
Country:Japan
Line:
    Platforms:3 island platforms
    Tracks:6
    Structure:Underground
    Accessible:Yes
    Code:M25, Y09, F09
    Passengers:548,839 daily
    Pass Year:FY2015
    Services Collapsible:yes

    This station consists of three separate island platforms for the Marunouchi Line, Yurakucho Line, and Fukutoshin Line.

    Station layout

    The Tokyo Metro platforms are equipped with chest-height platform edge doors.[7]

    History

    The station was opened on 1 April 1903 by the Japanese Government Railways (JGR). The Tōjō Railway Line (present-day Tobu Tojo Line) station opened on 1 May 1914 with the opening of the 33.5km (20.8miles) line to in Saitama Prefecture (located between the present stations of Kawagoeshi and Kasumigaseki).[8] As the Tokyo terminus of the line was originally planned to be at Shimo-Itabashi, Ikebukuro Station is to this day marked by km post "-1.9" (the distance from Shimo-Itabashi Station where the "0 km" post for the line is located).[8]

    Tobu opened a department store adjoining its station on 29 May 1962.[8] Around the same time, the Tobu station platforms were expanded with three tracks.[8]

    In March 1992, automatic ticket barriers were installed at the north exit of the Tobu Station, and in June of the same year, the Tobu Department Store was expanded with the addition of the Metropolitan Plaza annex located on the south side.[8]

    The station facilities of the Marunouchi and Yurakucho Lines were inherited by Tokyo Metro after the privatization of the Teito Rapid Transit Authority (TRTA) in 2004.[9]

    In June 2008, the Tobu station ticket barriers were color-coded into three "zones": North, Central, and South.[8]

    Chest-height platform edge doors were installed on the Tokyo Metro Yurakucho Line platforms in January 2011.[7]

    Station numbering was introduced to the JR platforms in 2016 with Ikebukuro being assigned station numbers JY13 for the Yamanote Line, JA12 for the Saikyo Line, and JS21 for the Shonan-Shinjuku Line.[10] [11]

    On 1 March 2024, the departure melody on both Yamanote Line platforms was changed to the theme song of Bic Camera.[12] The company has its head office and a major store building in the area.

    Passenger statistics

    The figures below are the official number of passengers entering and exiting each day released by each train operator.

    Operator Number Note
    JR East 550,350 2013 Boarding passengers only. Second busiest JR East station.[13]
    Tobu 472,132 2014 Busiest Tobu station.[14]
    Seibu 484,446 2013 Busiest Seibu station.[15]
    Tokyo Metro 523,834 2013 Busiest Tokyo Metro station.
    (Excludes stations which allow through services onto non-Tokyo Metro lines)[16]

    Annual passenger figures for the station between fiscal 1903 and 1965 are as shown below. Note that the figures only consider boarding passengers and a blank indicates that no data is available.

    Fiscal year Annual total References
    Tobu Musashino/SeibuTRTA
    190327,941 Not in operation Not in operation Not in operation [17]
    190533,877 [18]
    1915545,473 [19]
    19256,842,992192,3801,228,881[20]
    193511,554,661 500,476 3,558,958[21]
    195534,428,803 [22]
    1965144,996,156 72,559,15777,873,22655,093,466[23] [24]

    The daily passenger figures for the JR East, Seibu, Tobu, and Tokyo Metro station after fiscal 2000 are as shown below. Note that the JR East figures only consider boarding passengers whereas the Seibu, Tobu, and Tokyo Metro figures consider both entering and exiting passengers.

    Fiscal year JR East Seibu Tobu Tokyo Metro
    2000570,255[25]
    2005564,669[26] 511,078[27]
    2010 544,222[28] 476,989[29] 467,770[30]
    2011 544,762[31] 472,022[32] 464,908[33] 470,284[34]
    2012 550,756[35] 479,467[36] 471,990[37] 483,952[38]
    2013 550,350484,446476,756[39] 523,834
    2014 549,503[40] 472,132
    Found in online news in the middle of 2024, Ikebukuro is one of the 50 busiest train stations in the world with an average number of 2.5 million people using the station everyday.[41] [42]

    Surrounding area

    The surrounding Ikebukuro district is a major commercial center. The Seibu department store, Sunshine City, Parco, and Bic Camera are located to the east of the station, while the Tobu department store and Metropolitan Plaza are located to the west.

    Schools

    Retail

    Hotels

    Civic

    Other stations

    See also

    References

    External links

    Notes and References

    1. http://www.tokyometro.jp/echika/ikebukuro/ Echika Ikebukuro
    2. Web site: http://rail.hobidas.com/news/info/article/134988.html. ja:山手線池袋駅 ホームドア使用開始日決定. Start date fixed for platform edge doors on Ikebukuro Station Yamanote Line platforms. 25 December 2012. Tetsudo Hobidas. Neko Publishing. Japan. ja. 28 December 2012.
    3. Web site: http://www.tobu.co.jp/file/pdf/e9f0fbd57f1fda55294c208ec05775ec/150608.pdf . ja: ６月１４日（日） 池袋駅 発車メロディがクラシック音楽に変わります . Ikebukuro Station departure melodies to be changed to classical tunes from 14 June . 8 June 2015. News release. Tobu Railway . Japan. ja. 9 June 2015.
    4. Web site: https://railf.jp/news/2018/03/02/143000.html. ja: 東武東上線池袋駅で4月21日からホームドアの使用を開始 . Tobu Tojo Line Ikebukuro Station platform doors use beginning on April 21 . 2 March 2018 . 28 January 2019.
    5. Web site: https://railf.jp/news/2019/01/12/191000.html . ja:東武東上線池袋駅2番・3番ホームと朝霞駅3番・4番ホームでホームドアの使用を開始 . Tobu Tojo Line Ikebukuro Station platforms 2 and 3 and Asaka Station platforms 3 and 4 platform doors use beginning . 12 January 2019 . 28 January 2019.
    6. Web site: http://railf.jp/news/2017/01/13/133000.html. ja: 東武鉄道，ホームドアの設置を拡大 . Tobu Railway to expand platform door installation . 13 January 2017. Japan Railfan Magazine Online. Koyusha Co., Ltd.. Japan. ja. https://web.archive.org/web/20170113072519/http://railf.jp/news/2017/01/13/133000.html . 13 January 2017. live . 13 January 2017.
    7. Web site: http://www.tokyometro.jp/news/2012/pdf/metroNews20120327_01.pdf. ja:有楽町線：和光市駅に設置！. Installation at Yurakucho Line Wakoshi Station. 27 March 2012. Tokyo Metro. Japan. ja. 15 April 2012.
    8. Book: ja: 週刊私鉄全駅・全車両基地 No.08 . Weekly All Private Railway Stations and Depots No.8. Asahi Shimbun Publications Inc. . 9 February 2014. Japan . 9. .
    9. Web site: 2006-07-08 . 「営団地下鉄」から「東京メトロ」へ . From "Teito Rapid Transit Authority" to "Tokyo Metro" . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120516041232/http://www.tokyometro.jp/news/s2004/2004-06.html . 16 May 2012 . 29 May 2022 . Tokyo Metro Online.
    10. Web site: 6 April 2016 . ⾸都圏エリアへ 「駅ナンバリング」を導⼊します . Introduce “station numbering” to the Tokyo metropolitan area . https://web.archive.org/web/20221207004741/https://www.jreast.co.jp/press/2016/20160402.pdf . 7 December 2022 . 7 January 2023 . jreast.co.jp . ja.
    11. Web site: Kusamachi . Yoshikazu . 7 April 2016 . JA・JK・JT・AKB…JR東日本、首都圏で駅ナンバリングなど導入へ . JA, JK, JT, AKB … JR East to introduce station numbering in the Tokyo metropolitan area . https://web.archive.org/web/20220806133507/https://response.jp/article/2016/04/07/273025.html . 6 August 2022 . 7 January 2023 . Response Automotive Media . ja.
    12. Web site: 2024-03-01 . ビックカメラのテーマ曲、JR池袋駅で山手線の発車音に . 2024-07-09 . 日本経済新聞 . ja.
    13. Web site: http://www.jreast.co.jp/passenger/index.html . ja:各駅の乗車人員 （2013年度） . Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2013) . East Japan Railway Company . Japan . ja . https://web.archive.org/web/20010506032321/http://www.jreast.co.jp/passenger/index.html . 2001-05-06 . 5 August 2014 . dead .
    14. Web site: http://www.tobu.co.jp/corporation/rail/station_info/ . ja: 駅情報（乗降人員） . Station information: Passenger figures . 2015 . Tobu Railway . Japan . ja . https://web.archive.org/web/20160806135254/http://www.tobu.co.jp/corporation/rail/station_info/ . 6 August 2016 . 26 May 2015 . dead .
    15. Web site: http://www.seibu-group.co.jp/railways/company/business/railway-business/data/year/__icsFiles/afieldfile/2014/06/05/2013jyoukou.pdf . ja:駅別乗降人員 2013（平成25）年度 1日平均 . Average daily station usage figures (fiscal 2013) . ja . Japan . Seibu Railway . 22 June 2014 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140714171300/http://www.seibu-group.co.jp/railways/company/business/railway-business/data/year/__icsFiles/afieldfile/2014/06/05/2013jyoukou.pdf . 14 July 2014 .
    16. Web site: http://www.tokyometro.jp/corporate/enterprise/passenger_rail/transportation/passengers/index.html. ja:各駅の乗降人員ランキング. Station usage ranking . Tokyo Metro . 5 August 2014 . ja.
    17. Book: 東京府 編 . ja:東京府統計書. 明治36年 . Tōkyō-Fu Statistics Book (1903). 1905 . 1 . 東京府. 323. ja. (National Diet Library Digital Archive) (digital page number 183)
    18. Book: 東京府 編 . ja:東京府統計書. 明治38年 . Tōkyō-Fu Statistics Book (1905). 1906 . 1 . 東京府. 357. ja. (National Diet Library Digital Archive) (digital page number 196)
    19. Book: 東京府 編 . ja:東京府統計書. 大正4年 . Tōkyō-Fu Statistics Book (1915). 1917 . 1 . 東京府. 681. ja. (National Diet Library Digital Archive) (digital page number 347)
    20. Book: 東京府 編 . ja:東京府統計書. 大正14年 . Tōkyō-Fu Statistics Book (1925). 1927 . 1 . 東京府. 561–3. ja. (National Diet Library Digital Archive) (digital page number 326)
    21. Book: 東京府 編 . ja:東京府統計書. 昭和１０年. Tōkyō-Fu Statistics Book (1935). 1937 . 1 . 東京府. 569–70. ja. (National Diet Library Digital Archive) (digital page numbers 340-1)
    22. Web site: http://www.toukei.metro.tokyo.jp/tnenkan/1955/tn55qa0009.pdf. ja:東京都統計昭和30年. Tokyo Metropolis Statistics (1955). Tokyo Metropolitan Government. Japan. ja. 173. 22 January 2015.
    23. Web site: http://www.toukei.metro.tokyo.jp/tnenkan/1965/tn65qa0091.pdf. ja:東京都統計昭和40年. Tokyo Metropolis Statistics (1965). Tokyo Metropolitan Government. Japan. ja, en. 223. 22 January 2015.
    24. Web site: http://www.toukei.metro.tokyo.jp/tnenkan/1965/tn65qa0092.pdf. ja:東京都統計昭和40年. Tokyo Metropolis Statistics (1965). Tokyo Metropolitan Government. Japan. ja, en. 228–34. 22 January 2015.
    25. Web site: http://www.jreast.co.jp/passenger/2000.html . ja:各駅の乗車人員 （2000年度） . Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2000) . East Japan Railway Company . Japan . ja . https://web.archive.org/web/20141009023233/http://www.jreast.co.jp/passenger/2000.html . 2014-10-09 . 26 January 2013 . dead .
    26. Web site: http://www.jreast.co.jp/passenger/2005.html . ja:各駅の乗車人員 （2005年度） . Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2005) . East Japan Railway Company . Japan . ja . https://web.archive.org/web/20141009222358/http://www.jreast.co.jp/passenger/2005.html . 2014-10-09 . 26 January 2013 . dead .
    27. Web site: http://www.seibu-group.co.jp/railways/company/business/railway-business/data/year/__icsFiles/afieldfile/2011/06/20/2005joukou.pdf . ja:駅別乗降人員 2005（平成17）年度 1日平均 . Average daily station usage figures (fiscal 2005) . Seibu Railway . Japan . ja . 5 August 2014 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20160305010325/http://www.seibu-group.co.jp/railways/company/business/railway-business/data/year/__icsFiles/afieldfile/2011/06/20/2005joukou.pdf . 5 March 2016 .
    28. Web site: http://www.jreast.co.jp/passenger/2010.html . ja:各駅の乗車人員 (2010年度) . Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2010) . East Japan Railway Company . Japan . ja . https://web.archive.org/web/20141006175258/http://www.jreast.co.jp/passenger/2010.html . 2014-10-06 . 26 January 2013 . dead .
    29. Web site: http://www.seibu-group.co.jp/railways/company/business/railway-business/data/year/__icsFiles/afieldfile/2011/06/20/2010joukou.pdf . ja:駅別乗降人員 2010（平成22）年度 1日平均 . Average daily station usage figures (fiscal 2010) . Seibu Railway . Japan . ja . https://web.archive.org/web/20110626044558/http://www.seibu-group.co.jp/railways/company/business/railway-business/data/year/__icsFiles/afieldfile/2011/06/20/2010joukou.pdf . 26 June 2011 . dead . 5 August 2014 .
    30. Web site: http://www.tobu.co.jp/corporation/rail/station_info/. ja: 駅情報（乗降人員）. Station information: Passenger figures. 2011. Tobu Railway. Japan. ja. https://web.archive.org/web/20120405121008/http://www.tobu.co.jp/corporation/rail/station_info/. 5 April 2012. 26 May 2015.
    31. Web site: http://www.jreast.co.jp/passenger/2011.html . ja:各駅の乗車人員 （2011年度） . Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2011) . East Japan Railway Company . Japan . ja . https://web.archive.org/web/20141008165126/http://www.jreast.co.jp/passenger/2011.html . 2014-10-08 . 2 July 2013 . dead .
    32. Web site: http://www.seibu-group.co.jp/railways/company/business/railway-business/data/year/__icsFiles/afieldfile/2012/05/31/2011joukou.pdf. ja:駅別乗降人員 2011（平成23）年度 1日平均. Average daily station usage figures (fiscal 2011). Seibu Railway. Japan. ja. https://web.archive.org/web/20121101063659/http://www.seibu-group.co.jp/railways/company/business/railway-business/data/year/__icsFiles/afieldfile/2012/05/31/2011joukou.pdf. 2012-11-01. dead. 5 August 2014.
    33. Web site: http://www.tobu.co.jp/corporation/rail/station_info/. ja: 駅情報（乗降人員）. Station information: Passenger figures. 2012. Tobu Railway. Japan. ja. https://web.archive.org/web/20130823044332/http://www.tobu.co.jp/corporation/rail/station_info/. 23 August 2013. 26 May 2015.
    34. Web site: http://www.tokyometro.jp/corporate/enterprise/passenger_rail/transportation/passengers/index03.html. ja:各駅の乗降人員ランキング. Station usage ranking . Tokyo Metro . 5 August 2014 . ja.
    35. Web site: http://www.jreast.co.jp/passenger/2012.html . ja:各駅の乗車人員 （2012年度） . Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2012) . East Japan Railway Company . Japan . ja . https://web.archive.org/web/20141007220750/http://www.jreast.co.jp/passenger/2012.html . 2014-10-07 . 2 July 2013 . dead .
    36. Web site: http://www.seibu-group.co.jp/railways/company/business/railway-business/data/year/__icsFiles/afieldfile/2013/06/11/2012joukou.pdf. ja:駅別乗降人員 2012（平成24）年度 1日平均. Average daily station usage figures (fiscal 2012). Seibu Railway. Japan. ja. https://web.archive.org/web/20130910043946/http://www.seibu-group.co.jp/railways/company/business/railway-business/data/year/__icsFiles/afieldfile/2013/06/11/2012joukou.pdf. 2013-09-10. dead. 5 August 2014.
    37. Web site: http://www.tobu.co.jp/corporation/rail/station_info/. ja: 駅情報（乗降人員）. Station information: Passenger figures. 2013. Tobu Railway. Japan. ja. https://web.archive.org/web/20140425063103/http://www.tobu.co.jp/corporation/rail/station_info/. 25 April 2014. 26 May 2015.
    38. Web site: http://www.tokyometro.jp/corporate/enterprise/passenger_rail/transportation/passengers/index02.html. ja:各駅の乗降人員ランキング. Station usage ranking . Tokyo Metro . 5 August 2014 . ja.
    39. Web site: http://www.tobu.co.jp/corporation/rail/station_info/. ja:駅情報（乗降人員）. Station information: Passenger figures. 2014. Tobu Railway. Japan. ja. https://web.archive.org/web/20141030193506/http://www.tobu.co.jp/corporation/rail/station_info/. 30 October 2014. 26 May 2015.
    40. Web site: http://www.jreast.co.jp/passenger/2014.html . ja:各駅の乗車人員 2014年度 ベスト100：JR東日本 . Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2014) Top 100 . East Japan Railway Company . Japan . ja . 4 June 2024.
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