Nishi-Nippori Station Explained


Nishi-Nippori Station
Native Name:西日暮里駅
Native Name Lang:ja
Address:5 Nishi-Nippori, Arakawa-ku, Tokyo
Country:Japan
Connections: Bus terminal
Passengers:97,268 daily
Pass Year:JR East, FY2013
Map Type:Tokyo city#Japan Tokyo#Japan
Map Dot Label:Nishi-Nippori Station

is a railway station in Arakawa, Tokyo, Japan, operated jointly by East Japan Railway Company (JR East) and the two Tokyo subway operators Tokyo Metro and Toei.

Lines

Nishi-Nippori Station is served by the following lines.

Platforms

JR East

The JR East station consists of two island platforms serving four tracks.

Tokyo Metro

The Chiyoda Line station consists of two underground split side platforms, with platform 1 on the upper level and platform 2 on the lower level.

Toei

The Nippori-Toneri Liner station is elevated and consists of a single island platform serving two tracks.

History

The Chiyoda Line station opened on 20 December 1969.[1] The Yamanote Line station opened on 20 April 1971.[2] The Nippori-Toneri Liner station opened on 30 March 2008.[3]

The station facilities of the Chiyoda Line were inherited by Tokyo Metro after the privatization of the Teito Rapid Transit Authority (TRTA) in 2004.[4]

Station numbering was introduced in 2016 with Nishi-Nippori being assigned station numbers JY08 for the Yamanote line and JK33 for the Keihin-Tōhoku line.[5] [6] Numbering was expanded to the Nippori-Toneri Liner platforms in November 2017 with the station receiving station number NT02.[7]

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2013, the JR East station was used by an average of 97,268 passengers daily (boarding passengers only), making it the 41st-busiest station operated by JR East.[8] In fiscal 2013, the Tokyo Metro station was used by an average of 162,852 passengers per day (exiting and entering passengers), making it the fifteenth-busiest station operated by Tokyo Metro.[9] Over the same fiscal year, the Toei station was used by an average of 10,500 per day (boarding passengers only), making it the second-busiest station on the Nippori-Toneri Liner.[10] The daily average passenger figures for JR East and Tokyo Metro in previous years are as shown below.

Fiscal year JR East Tokyo Metro
200096,355[11]
200587,392[12]
2010 94,059[13]
2011 93,891[14] 156,404[15]
2012 94,884[16] 158,555[17]
2013 97,268 162,852

Surrounding area

See also

External links

35.7319°N 139.7668°W

Notes and References

  1. Book: Terada, Hirokazu . ja: データブック日本の私鉄 . Databook: Japan's Private Railways . Neko Publishing . 19 January 2013 . Japan . 215 . 978-4-7770-1336-4.
  2. Book: ja: 日本国有鉄道停車場一覧 . JNR Station Directory . Japanese National Railways . 1985 . Japan . 97. 4-533-00503-9.
  3. Web site: 13 November 2006 . 新交通システム「日暮里・舎人線」（仮称）路線名・駅名決定！ . New transportation system "Nippori-Toneri Line" (provisional name) route name and station name decided! . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20080501062845/http://www.kotsu.metro.tokyo.jp/newsevent/news/nippori_toneri/2006/ntl_p_200611132_h.html . 1 May 2008 . 26 December 2022 . kotsu.metro.tokyo.jp . ja.
  4. 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 . ja.
  5. 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.
  6. 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.
  7. Web site: 16 November 2017 . 東京さくらトラム（都電荒川線）及び日暮里・舎人ライナーに「駅ナンバリング」を導入いたします . "Station numbering" will be introduced on the Tokyo Sakura Tram (Toden Arakawa Line) and the Nippori-Toneri Liner. . https://web.archive.org/web/20190119174432/https://www.kotsu.metro.tokyo.jp/pickup_information/news/pdf/2017/tdn_p_20171116_h_01.pdf . 19 January 2019 . 26 December 2022 . kotsu.metro.tokyo.jp . ja.
  8. 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. 15 September 2014.
  9. 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 . 15 September 2014 . ja.
  10. Web site: http://www.kotsu.metro.tokyo.jp/nippori_toneri/kanren/passengers.html. ja:各駅乗降人員一覧. Passenger statistics for each station. Tokyo Metropolitan Bureau of Transportation. 14 September 2014 . ja.
  11. 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. 1 August 2013.
  12. 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. 1 August 2013.
  13. 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. 1 August 2013.
  14. 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. 1 August 2013.
  15. Web site: http://www.tokyometro.jp/corporate/enterprise/passenger_rail/transportation/passengers/index03.html. ja:駅別乗降人員順位表（2011年度1日平均）. Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2011). Tokyo Metro. Japan. ja. 15 September 2014.
  16. 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. 15 September 2014.
  17. 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 (2012年). Station usage ranking (2012). Tokyo Metro . 15 September 2014 . ja.

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