Ikebukuro station
| Ikebukuro station | |
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 East side of Ikebukuro Station
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| Data | |
| Design |
Through station (JR, Tōkyō Metro) Terminal station (Seibu, Tōbu, Metro Marunouchi) |
| Platform tracks | 8 ( JR ) 4 ( Seibu Tetsudō ) 3 ( Tōbu Tetsudō ) 6 ( Tōkyō Metro ) |
| abbreviation | JR, Tōbu, Metro: イ ケ ( I-Ke ) |
| opening | April 1, 1903 |
| location | |
| City / municipality | Toshima |
| prefecture | Tokyo |
| Country | Japan |
| Coordinates | 35 ° 43 '44 " N , 139 ° 42' 37" E |
| Railway lines | |
| List of train stations in Japan | |
The Ikebukuro station ( Japanese 池袋 駅 , Ikebukuro-eki ) is one of the largest stations in the world with around 2.7 million passengers per day according to this criterion . Located in Toshima in the north of Tokyo prefecture on the Yamanote Line , it is an important hub for commuters from Saitama and the west of the prefecture. With Ikebukuro , officially only the name of some streets in the district, one simultaneously referred to the district around the station.
The station consists of three parts of different companies, a through station of the JR Higashi-Nihon and two terminal stations of the Tōbu and Seibu railway companies. Underground stations are three of the Tōkyō Metro's lines .
history
The private Nippon Tetsudō built the Akabane Line between Akabane and Shinagawa in 1885 . In 1902 they built a signal point in what is now Ikebukuro, which was expanded into a train station on April 1, 1903, when the Nippon Tetsudō opened a branching line from Ikebukuro to Tabata. From 1906 the station was also used for loading goods. In the same year it was nationalized and became the property of the State Railways ( kokutetsu ). In 1909 the station became part of the Yamanote Line.
In 1914 the Tōbu Tetsudō opened the Tōjō main line from Ikebukuro station to Tanomozawa , in 1915 the station was the starting point for the connection of the Musashino Tetsudō (forerunner of the Seibu Tetsudō) to Hannō . The connection of these two private lines and the Akabane Line to the Yamanote Line made Ikebukuro the most important transfer point for travelers to the northwestern suburbs of Tokyo and the west of Saitama Prefecture.
The station building burned down completely in an air raid by the US Air Force in April 1945, and the Musashino line had already been badly damaged in 1944.
In 1954, after the completion of the first section of the Marunouchi line to Ochanomizu, the subway station opened. In 1974 the Yūrakuchō line was built from Ikebukuro to Ginza , which was extended in the west to Narimasu in 1983.
In 1987, the Kokutetsu station fell to the JR Higashi-Nihon when the state railway was privatized. Between 1983 and 1988 the number of platforms was increased from two to four.
Type of construction and tracks
JR
Most of the Ikebukuro station is occupied by the JR: eight platform tracks on four island platforms are connected above and below ground to the two station buildings on the west and east sides.
| 1 | ▉ Saikyō line | Shinjuku • Shibuya • Shin-Kiba ( Rinkai Line ) |
| 2 | ▉ Shōnan-Shinjuku line | Shinjuku • Yokohama • Odawara Shinjuku • Yokohama • Ōfuna • Zushi |
| ▉ Superview Odoriko | Shinjuku • Yokohama • Atami • Izukyū-Shimoda | |
| ▉ Saikyō line | Shinjuku • Shibuya • Shin-Kiba ( Rinkai Line ) | |
| ▉ Narita Express | Shinjuku • Tokyo • Narita Airport | |
| 3 | ▉ Shōnan-Shinjuku line |
Akabane • Ōmiya • Oyama • Utsunomiya Akabane • Ōmiya • Kumagaya • Takasaki |
| ▉ Spacia (with Tōbu Tetsudō) | Tōbu Nikkō • Kinugawa Onsen | |
| ▉ Saikyō line | Akabane • Musashi-Urawa • Ōmiya • Kawagoe | |
| 4th | ▉ Saikyō line | Akabane • Musashi-Urawa • Ōmiya • Kawagoe |
| 5/6 | ▉ Yamanote Line | Shinjuku • Shibuya • Shinagawa |
| 7/8 | ▉ Yamanote Line | Tabata • Ueno • Tokyo |
Seibu Tetsudo
On the east side of the JR station is the terminus of the Ikebukuro line of the Seibu Tetsudō, whose tracks run in the south without crossing over the Yamanote line and further to the west. In a Spanish solution, four head tracks are accessible from the edge of the platform on both sides: Platforms 1, 4 and 6 are only used for getting off, platform 7 is only used during peak times and late in the evening.
| 1 | ▉ (Ikebukuro line) | only exit |
| 2 | ▉ local trains |
Toshimaen Hōya • Kiyose • Tokorozawa • Kotesashi |
| 3 | ▉ Express trains, semi-express ( junkyū ) | Tokorozawa • Kotesashi • Hannō |
| 4th | ▉ (Ikebukuro line) | only exit |
| 5 | ▉ Express trains | Hannō • Seibu-Chichibu |
| 6th | ▉ (Ikebukuro line) | only exit |
| 7th | ▉ (Ikebukuro line) | only exit, special trains |
| T | ▉ Red Arrow ( tokkyū / Limited Express ) | Hannō • Seibu-Chichibu Seibu-Kyūjo-mae (on Seibu Lions home game days ) |
The main Ikebukuro department store of the Seibu chain is located in the station buildings on the east side - independent of the railway line since the Seibu Group was inherited in 1964 - department stores of the Parco and Mujirushi Ryōhin chains as well as many smaller shops on the ground floor and in the passages in the basement.
Tōbu Tetsudō
In the northwest of the JR station is the terminal station of the Tōjō line of the Tōbu Tetsudō . The Spanish solution is also used here: two of the three tracks have platform entrances from both sides, which are alternately used only for boarding and alighting.
| 1 | ▉ Semi-Express ( junkyū ) | Narimasu • Wakō-shi • Asaka • Kawagoe |
| 2 | ▉ Express trains | Wakō-shi • Kawagoe • Sakado • Ogawamachi |
| 3 | ▉ (Tōjō line) | only get off, sometimes local trains |
| 4th | ▉ local trains | Kita-Ikebukuro • Shimo-Akatsuka • Wakōshi |
| 5 | ▉ TJ Liner ( tokkyū / Limited Express ) | Fujimino • Kawagoe • Sakado • Ogawamachi |
The station building on the west side is dominated by the main department store of the Tōbu chain and the Metropolitan Plaza shopping center.
Tōkyō Metro
The tracks of the three separate stations of the three underground lines are numbered consecutively. The terminus of the Marunouchi line is below the JR station, a little to the south is the station of the Yūrakuchō line, where trains of the Seibu Yūrakuchō line and through trains of the Tōbu Tōjō line also stop. The trains of the Tōbu and Fukutoshin lines, which continue west of Ikebukuro parallel to the Yūrakuchō line, stop in a separate station under the west side of the Tōbu station.
| 1/2 |
 Marunouchi line
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Ginza • Shinjuku • Nakano-Fujimichō |
| 3 |
 Yūrakuchō line
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Iidabashi • Nagatachō • Shin-Kiba |
| 4th |
Yūrakuchō line
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Kotake-mukaihara • Wakō-shi • Shinrin-Kōen • Hannō |
| 5 |
 Fukutoshin line
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Shinjuku 3-chōme • Meiji-Jingūmae • Shibuya |
| 6th |
Fukutoshin line
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Kotakemukaihara • Wakō-shi • Shinrin-Kōen • Hannō |
Lines and neighboring stations
On weekdays, 1,208 JR trains, 1,204 Tōkyō Metro, 336 Seibu Tetsudō and 323 Tōbu Tetsudō trains run.
All trains of the three operating companies stop at Ikebukuro station, including the following express trains with reserved seats, which are subject to a surcharge:
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| Shinjuku |
.svg){kind=logo} Narita Express JR East |
Ōmiya | ||
| Akabane |
Superview Odoriko JR East |
Shinjuku | ||
| Shinjuku |
 Spacia Nikkō Spacia Kinugawa Tōbu Tetsudō with JR East |
Ōmiya | ||
| Beginning |
TJ Liner Tōbu Tetsudō from Tōbu-Ikebukuro Station |
Fujimino | ||
| Beginning |
 Red Arrow Chichibu / Musashi Red Arrow Dome Seibu Tetsudō from Seibu-Ikebukuro Station |
Tokorozawa | ||
In addition, there are the following line connections in local transport and with the subway:
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| Mejiro |
Yamanote Line JR East |
Ōtsuka | ||
| Shinjuku |
Saikyō Line JR East |
Itabashi | ||
| Shinjuku |
JR East Shonan-Shinjuku Line |
Akabane | ||
| Beginning |
Seibu Tetsudō Ikebukuro Line from Seibu-Ikebukuro Station |
Shiinamachi Nerima (express trains) Shakujii-Kōen (express trains) |
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| Beginning |
Tōjō Main Line Tōbu Tetsudō from Tōbu-Ikebukuro Station |
Kita-Ikebukuro Narimasu (express trains) Wakō-shi ("Express Express") |
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| Shin-Ōtsuka (M-24) |
 Marunouchi Line (M-25) Tōkyō Metro |
The End | ||
| Kotake-Mukaihara (Y-06 / F-06) (Semi-Express) Kanamechō (Y-08) |
Yūrakuchō Line (Y-09) Tōkyō Metro , Seibu Tetsudō , Tōbu Tetsudō |
Higashi-Ikebukuro (Y-10) | ||
| Kotake-Mukaihara (Y-06 / F-06) (express trains) Kanamechō (F-08) |
Fukutoshin Line (F-09) Tōkyō Metro , Seibu Tetsudō , Tōbu Tetsudō |
Shinjuku 3-chōme (F-13) (express trains) Zōshigaya (F10) |
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Surroundings
→ Main article: Ikebukuro
Since the station was built, the area has developed from a rural suburb to an inner-city business and office center. Much of the building dates back to the late 20th century. The defining building of the skyline is the Sunshine 60 skyscraper in the Sunshine City building complex on the east side. On the west side are the Tōkyō Metropolitan Art Space ( Tōkyō Geijutsu Gekijō ) and the Rikkyō University. The Toshima District City Council is within walking distance northeast of the train station.
From Ikebukuro there are bus routes from Tokyo Prefecture ( Toei Bus ) and various private companies ( Kokusai Kōgyō Bus, Seibu Bus, Kantō Bus ). There are several bus stops on the east side of the train station, and at the Metropolitan Art Space on the west there is a large bus station where “night buses” ( 深夜 バ ス Shin'ya Basu ; between 11 p.m. and approx. 1 a.m.) run, including the Midnight Arrow Kawagoe from Tōbu Bus.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Sum of the operator's individual passenger numbers in the info box, assuming that the JR lines have just as many exits as they enter
- ↑ Timetable Ikebukuro station on weekdays
- ↑ Timetable Tōkyō Metro Station Ikebukuro on weekdays
- ↑ Seibu-Ikebukuro timetable on weekdays ( Memento from December 5, 2008 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ Timetable Tōbu-Ikebukuro on weekdays
Web links
- JR Higashi-Nihon: Official JR homepage for the station
- Seibu Group, Seibu Tetsudō: Plan of Ikebukuro Station ( Memento from June 2, 2009 in the Internet Archive )
- Tōbu Tetsudō: Tōbu-Ikebukuro station
- Tōkyō Metro: Ikebukuro Station