Tokiwadai Station (Tokyo) Explained

Tokiwadai Station
Map Dot Label:	Tokiwadai Station
Native Name:	ときわ台駅
Native Name Lang:	ja
Address:	1-43-1 Tokiwadai, Itabashi-ku, Tokyo 174-0071
Country:	Japan
Operator:	Tobu Railway
Line:	Tobu Tojo Line
Distance:	4.7 km from
Platforms:	1 island platform
Tracks:	2
Connections:	Bus stop
Code:	TJ-06
Opened:	20 October 1935
Former:	Musashino-Tokiwa (until 1951)
Passengers:	46,297 daily
Pass Year:	FY2010
Map Type:	Japan

is a railway station on the Tobu Tojo Line in Itabashi, Tokyo, Japan, operated by the private railway operator Tobu Railway.^[1]

Lines

Tokiwadai Station is served by the Tobu Tojo Line from in Tokyo. Located between and, it is 4.7 km from the Tokyo terminus at Ikebukuro Station. Only "Local" (all-stations) services stop at this station, with eight trains per hour in each direction during the daytime.^[2]

Station layout

The station consists of a single island platform serving two tracks. Entrances are located on the north and south sides of the station. The station has universal access toilet facilities.^[1]

Platforms

History

The station opened on 20 October 1935 as . It was renamed Tokiwadai on 1 October 1951.^[3]

From 17 March 2012, station numbering was introduced on the Tobu Tojo Line, with Tokiwadai Station becoming "TJ-06".^[4]

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2010, the station was used by an average of 46,297 passengers daily.^[5]

Accidents

Tokiwadai Station suffers from a high number of suicides, due to the relatively high speed and frequency of non-stop trains passing through the station. Between 2002 and 2009, three people were killed by passing trains after jumping onto the tracks.^[6]

On 6 February 2007 at around 19:30, a police officer from a nearby Kōban police box was hit by a non-stop express train near Tokiwadai Station while trying to restrain a 39-year-old woman who had rushed onto the tracks in an attempt to commit suicide. The woman survived with serious injuries, but the 53-year-old police officer, Sergeant Kunihiko Miyamoto, was left critically injured in a coma and died on 12 February.^{[6] [7] [8]}

Surrounding area

• Poppins Nursery School (within station building, from 1 April 2012)^[9]
• Shinmei Shrine
• Itabashi-ku Chuo Library
• Itabashi-ku Tokiwadai Elementary School
• Nippon Shodo Museum^[10]

See also

• List of railway stations in Japan

External links

• Tobu station information

35.7586°N 139.6897°W

Notes and References

1. Web site: Tokiwadai Station information. Japanese. Japan . Tobu Railway. 13 December 2011.
2. Tobu Tojo Line Timetable, published March 2016
3. Book: Terada, Hirokazu . ja: データブック日本の私鉄 . Databook: Japan's Private Railways . Neko Publishing . July 2002 . Japan . 200. 4-87366-874-3.
4. Web site: http://www.tobu.co.jp/file/pdf/017af1e69f2ac63a8b2dea3d14de7a49/120209_1.pdf?date=20120313092459. 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. Tobu Sky Tree Line created! Station numbering to be introduced at same time . 9 February 2012. Tobu News. Tobu Railway . Japanese. 20 March 2012.
5. Web site: http://www.tobu.co.jp/rail/frail_2_2.html. ja:駅情報（乗降人員）. Station information (Passenger statistics). Japanese. Japan. Tobu Railway. 14 December 2011. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20120101212234/http://www.tobu.co.jp/rail/frail_2_2.html. 1 January 2012.
6. Book: Sato, Yuichi . ja: 鉄道人身事故データブック2002-2009 . Railway Accident Data Book 2002-2009 . Tsugeshobo . July 2011 . Japan . 117. 978-4-8068-0620-2.
7. Web site: Policeman, woman hit by train / Officer critically injured trying to pull woman from tracks in Tokyo. https://archive.today/20070209054349/http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/national/20070208TDY02002.htm. dead. 9 February 2007. 8 February 2007. Daily Yomiuri Online . The Yomiuri Shimbun. Japan. 5 February 2012.
8. Mourning a Humble Hero. https://web.archive.org/web/20070223052227/http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0%2C8599%2C1591735%2C00.html. dead. 23 February 2007. Bryan . Walsh. 20 February 2007. Time World . Time Inc. . Tokyo. 5 February 2012.
9. Web site: http://www.tobu.co.jp/file/4054/111208.pdf. https://web.archive.org/web/20111216215944/http://www.tobu.co.jp/file/4054/111208.pdf. dead. 16 December 2011. ja:改札口直結！東上線ときわ台駅 駅ナカに保育施設が誕生します. New nursery facility to open next to ticket barriers at Tokiwadai Station. 8 December 2011. Tobu News Release. Tobu Railway. Japan. Japanese. 13 December 2011.
10. Web site: http://www.city.itabashi.tokyo.jp/c_kurashi/003/003827.html. ja:（財）日本書道美術館. Nippon Shodo Museum. Itabashi City Office. Japan. Japanese. 13 December 2011.