Nishi-Nippori Station
JY08 JK33 C16 NT02 Nishi-Nippori Station 西日暮里駅 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Location | 5 Nishi-Nippori, Arakawa-ku, Tokyo Japan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Opened | 20 December 1969 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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JR East, FY2013 | 97,268 daily | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Nishi-Nippori Station (西日暮里駅, Nishi-Nippori-eki) 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.
1 | JK Keihin-Tōhoku Line | for Tokyo, Shinagawa, and Yokohama |
2 | JY Yamanote Line | for Tokyo and Shinagawa |
3 | JY Yamanote Line | for Tabata, Ikebukuro, and Shinjuku |
4 | JK Keihin-Tōhoku Line | for Tabata, Akabane, and Ōmiya |
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Platforms 1 and 2
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Platforms 3 and 4
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.
1 | C Chiyoda Line | for Otemachi and Yoyogi-uehara![]() |
2 | C Chiyoda Line | for Kita-senju, Ayase and Kita-ayase JL Joban Line (Local) for Matsudo, Kashiwa and Toride (via Ayase) |
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The ticket barriers for transferring between JR East and the Tokyo Metro Chiyoda Line, June 2019
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Chiyoda Line platforms, November 2019
Toei
The Nippori-Toneri Liner station is elevated and consists of a single island platform serving two tracks.
1 | NT Nippori-Toneri Liner | for Nippori |
2 | NT Nippori-Toneri Liner | for Kumanomae, Nishiaraidaishi-nishi, and Minumadai-shinsuikoen |
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The Nippori-Toneri Liner platforms, July 2021
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 |
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2000 | 96,355[11] | |
2005 | 87,392[12] | |
2010 | 94,059[13] | |
2011 | 93,891[14] | 156,404[15] |
2012 | 94,884[16] | 158,555[17] |
2013 | 97,268[8] | 162,852[9] |
- Note that JR East figures are for boarding passengers only.
Surrounding area
- Ogubashi-dōri Street
- Dōkanyama-dōri Avenue
- Kaisei Junior & Senior High School
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