Nishi-Nippori Railway Station
| Nishi-Nippori | |
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 Station of the Nippori-Toneri Liner
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| Data | |
| Design | Through station |
| Platform tracks | * 4 ( JR East )
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| abbreviation |
ニ リ (Ni-Ri) (JR-East) ニ シ (Ni-Shi) (Tokyo Metro) |
| location | |
| City / municipality | Arakawa |
| prefecture | Tokyo |
| Country | Japan |
| Coordinates | 35 ° 43 '56 " N , 139 ° 46' 0" E |
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| List of train stations in Japan | |
The Nishi-Nippori Station ( Jap. 西日暮里駅 , Nishi-Nippori-eki ) is located on the National Road 457 in Arakawa in Tokyo , Japan .
history
On December 20, 1969, the station was opened as a pure subway station for the Chiyoda line of the Tokyo Metro . In order to offer a transfer option to the subway system, the Japanese National Railways (now JR East ) opened another station on the Yamanote line on April 20, 1971 , which is also used by the Keihin-Tōhoku line . This new building meant that an additional stop was created between the Tabata and Nippori stations and the original distance of only about 1 km was further shortened. This led to the curiosity that the JR Nishi-Nippori station has the shortest distances on the entire ring of the Yamanote line to its two nearest stations. The respective ends of the platforms at Nishi-Nippori and Tabata are only about 500 m apart, and the ends of the platforms at Nishi-Nippori and Nippori are just 350 m apart. Converted to the normal length of a train on the Yamanote Line (about 220 m), these distances mean about 2.5 times and 1.75 times the train length. On 30 March 2008, the station was the Nippori-Toneri Liner of the Tokyo Metropolitan Bureau of Transportation opened. This is about 150 m north-east of the JR East tracks.
Type of construction and tracks
The stations of all three companies are built as through stations.
Tokyo Metro platforms
The Chiyoda Line station was the first to be built at this point. It has a total of two tracks which follow the course of the national road 457 in an east-west direction. The tracks of the Chiyoda line run almost at a 90 ° angle compared to the tracks of the JR East. The tracks inside the station run one above the other on two floors underground and each drive to a single side platform.
| 1 |
 Chiyoda line
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Shin-Ochanomizu (C-12) • Hibiya (C-09) • Yoyogi-Uehara (C-01) |
| 2 |
Chiyoda line
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Kita-Senju (C-18) • Ayase (C-19) • Kita-Ayase (C-20) |
JR East platforms
The JR East station has a total of four tracks which approach two central platforms and run in a north-south direction. As part of a renovation to make it barrier-free, the platforms have also been accessible by escalator and elevator since 2007. The station is served by the Keihin-Tōhoku Line and the Yamanote Line. These drive to the central platforms according to their direction of travel and not their line of business.
| 1 | ▉ Keihin-Tōhoku line | Ueno • Tokyo • Yokohama |
| 2 | ▉ Yamanote Line | Ueno • Tokyo • Shinagawa |
| 3 | ▉ Yamanote Line | Ikebukuro • Shinjuku • Shibuya |
| 4th | ▉ Keihin-Tōhoku line | Ōji • Urawa • Ōmiya |
Platforms Nippori-Toneri Liner
The station of the Nippori-Toneri Liner is about 150 m north of the JR station and was opened in March 2008. The tracks come from the south-east and form an arc to the north within the station. The platforms are thus partially curved and built in the form of a single central platform.
| 1 | ▉ Nippori-Toneri Linier | Nippori (01) |
| 2 | ▉ Nippor-Toneri Liner | Kumanomae (04) • Nishiaraidaishi-nishi (09) • Minumadai-shinsuikōen (13) |
Platform access to the Chiyoda Line
Train of Yamanote Line train station
Platform of the Nippori-Toneri-Liner
Lines
The Nishi-Nippori station is served today by a total of four lines from three different companies.
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Surroundings
On the last weekend in August, the traditional Matsuri with many market stalls takes place in the nearby Suwa Shrine ( 諏 神社 ) .
use
In 2014, the JR station was used by an average of 97,918 passengers per day, making it 40th of over 900 on the ranking of the most frequently used stations of the JR East in 2014. The Chiyoda line at the Tokyo Metro station was used by an average of 164,701 passengers per day in 2014, making it the 15th most popular station on the Tokyo Metro in 2014. Since the Nippori-Toneri Liner was only opened in March 2008, there are currently no passenger numbers for it (September 2008).
Footnotes and individual references
- ↑ Passengers boarding in Nishi-Nippori. Calculation from sold single, collective and monthly tickets.
- ↑ http://www.jreast.co.jp/habenger/index.html Source: JR East, rank 40
- ↑ http://www.tokyometro.jp/corporate/enterprise/same_rail/transportation/züge/index.html Source: Tokyo Metro, 15th place
