Nippori train station
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 Nippori-Toneri Liner platform
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| abbreviation | ニ ツ (Ni-Tsu) (JR-East) |
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| City / municipality | Arakawa |
| prefecture | Tokyo |
| Country | Japan |
| Coordinates | 35 ° 43 '40 " N , 139 ° 46' 16" E |
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The Nippori Station ( Jap. 日暮里駅 , Nippori-eki ) is located in Arakawa in Tokyo , Japan .
history
On April 1, 1905, the station for the Japanese National Railways (now JR East ) opens. The Keisei Dentetsu station was opened on December 19, 1931 . During the Second World War, the station was destroyed on February 25, 1945. The station has been extensively renovated since 2004 and the work has not yet been completed to this day (September 2008). A special Bentō has been sold since the station's 100th anniversary in 2005 . On March 30th, 2008 the station of the Nippori-Toneri Liner will be opened.
Type of construction and tracks
JR East and Keisei Dentetsu platforms
The stations of the JR East and the Keisei Dentetsu are in the most common form a station designed as through stations. Both companies share the eight platform tracks at the station. The tracks run in a north-west-south-east direction and are divided into four central platforms . The two northern platforms are approached according to the line they belong to, the two southern platforms according to their direction of travel. In the middle of the station there are four tracks without platforms, these are used by the Utsunomiya line and the Takasaki line of the JR East.
The station has been renovated since 2004. One of the construction workers who is responsible for the renovation signs has achieved a certain level of awareness because his signs are only made of colored adhesive tape.
| 0 | ▉ Keisei main line | Keisei Ueno |
| 1 | ▉ Keisei main line | Narita Airport（Sky Liner , City Liner , Evening Liner） |
| 2 | ▉ Keisei main line | Narita Airport（General Train） |
| 3 | ▉ Jōban line | Kita-Senju • Mabashi • Iwaki |
| 4th | ▉ Jōban line | Ueno |
| 5 - 8 | ▉ | used by the Utsonomiya and Takasaki lines passing through |
| 9 | ▉ Keihin-Tōhoku line | Tokyo • Kawasaki • Yokohama |
| 10 | ▉ Yamanote Line | Ueno • Tokyo • Shinagawa |
| 11 | ▉ Yamanote Line | Ikebukuro • Shinjuku • Shibuya |
| 12 | ▉ Keihin-Tōhoku line | Urawa • Kawaguchi • Ōmiya |
Platforms Nippori-Toneri Liner
The station of the Nippori-Toneri Liner of the Tokyo Prefecture Transportation Office was built perpendicular to the tracks of the JR East and Keisei Dentetsu as a terminus. The tracks leave the station in a north-easterly direction and bend after 50 m following the course of the national road 58 in a north-west direction to the next stop Nishi-Nippori .
| 1 - 2 | ▉ Nippori-Toneri Liner | Nishi-Nippori (02) • Kumanomae (04) • Minumadai-shinsuikōen (13) |
Lines
The station is served by six lines from three different companies.
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| Ueno |
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Mikawashima | ||
| Ueno |
Jōban express train line JR East |
Mikawashima | ||
| Nishi Nippori (02) |
Keihin Tōhoku Line, JR East |
Uguisudani | ||
| Nishi-Nippori |
Yamanote Line JR East |
Uguisudani | ||
| Beginning |
 Nippori-Toneri Liner (01) Tokyo Prefecture Transportation Office |
Nishi Nippori (02) | ||
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Keisei Ueno annex train station |
 Keisei Main Line Keisei Dentetsu |
Shin-Mikawashima (local trains) |
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Surroundings
In the drama series Trick , the train station and its surroundings were often the location for the series.
Until a few years ago, there was a street near the station with a large number of dagashi (sweets) sellers . However, their number has been declining for years, so that today only a few of the once 140 dealers remain.
The shopping street Nipporichūō-dōri ( 日暮 里 中央 通 り ) extends directly to the east of the station square . In this street and its surroundings there are a lot of shops for sewing and textile design.
use
In 2014, the station was used by an average of 103,809 passengers per day, making it 33rd out of over 900 on the list of the most frequently used stations of the JR East in 2014. In 2007, the Keisei main line was used by an average of 47,804 boarding and 39,952 passengers at the station. The station is the third most used station of the Keisei Dentetsu. There are currently (September 2008) no passenger numbers for the Nippori-Toneri Liner.
Footnotes and individual references
- ↑ http://www.pinktentacle.com/2007/09/shuetsu-sato-tape-signs-at-nippori-station/ Shuetsu Sato tape signs at Nippori station
- ↑ http://snavinet.fc2web.com/nippori1.html
- ↑ http://web-japan.org/kidsweb/travel/dagashi/dagashi03.html Disappearing Wholesalers - Time Traveling with Dagashi Candies
- ↑ http://pictures-thoughts-comments.blogspot.com/2008/06/fabric-town-nippori.html Fabric Town Nippori
- ↑ Passengers boarding in Nippori. Calculation from sold single, collective and monthly tickets.
- ↑ http://www.jreast.co.jp/habenger/index.html Source: JR East, rank 33
- ↑ http://www.keisei.co.jp/keisei/tetudou/people.htm Source: Keisei Dentetsu, passenger numbers 2007
