Kiba Station | |
Native Name: | 木場駅 |
Native Name Lang: | ja |
Address: | 5-5-1 Kiba, Kōtō-ku, Tokyo |
Country: | Japan |
Platforms: | 1 island platform |
Tracks: | 2 |
Structure: | Underground |
Code: | T-13 |
Passengers: | 60,085 daily |
Pass Year: | FY2021 |
Map Dot Label: | Kiba Station |
Map Type: | Japan Tokyo city#Japan Tokyo Bay and Boso Peninsula#Japan Tokyo#Japan |
is a subway station on the Tokyo Metro Tozai Line in Kiba, Kōtō, Tokyo, Japan, operated by Tokyo Metro. It is numbered T-13.
Kiba Station is served by the Tokyo Metro Tōzai Line from in the west to in the east, and is located 14.9 km from Nakano.[1]
The station has a single underground island platform on the 4th basement level, serving two tracks.[2]
Kiba Station opened on 14 September 1967.[1] It was the first Tokyo Metro station to be built by shield tunneling.
The station facilities were inherited by Tokyo Metro after the privatization of the Teito Rapid Transit Authority (TRTA) in 2004.[3]
In fiscal 2000, the station was used by an average of 54,071 passengers daily.[1]
In the 2015 data available from Japan’s Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism, Kiba → Monzen Nakacho was one of the train segments among Tokyo's most crowded train lines during rush hour.[4]