Iidabashi Station
   .png)  Iidabashi Station 飯田橋駅 |
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Iidabashi Station Ōedo Line platforms
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Chiyoda, Tokyo Japan |
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| Opened | 1928 |
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Iidabashi Station (飯田橋駅 Iidabashi-eki?) is a major interchange railway station which straddles Tokyo's Chiyoda, Shinjuku and Bunkyō wards. It was originally built as Iidamachi Station (albeit in a slightly different location), terminus of the then Kobu railway, precursor to today's Chūō Line. The Ōedo Line addition to the station in 2000 was designed by architect Makoto Sei Watanabe.
Iidabashi Station is served by the following above-ground and subway lines.
The JR East station has one island platform, serving the up and down local lines; there is no platform for the parallel rapid double track (for longer-distance commuter and express Chūō Line trains). The station is located on the inside of the Outer Moat. It is elevated over Mejiro-dori, a major thoroughfare from the imperial palace towards Ikebukuro.
The present-day JR East station opened on 15 November 1928.
The JR East platforms are scheduled to be moved and rebuilt a distance of approximately 200 m along the line toward Shinjuku to eliminate the gaps between trains and platforms on the sharply curved (300 m radius) section of track.
In fiscal 2013, the JR East station was used by an average of 91,196 passengers daily (boarding passengers only), making it the 46th-busiest JR East station. Over the same fiscal year, the Tokyo Metro station was used by an average of 173,224 passengers daily (exiting and entering passengers), making it the twelfth-busiest station operated by Tokyo Metro. In fiscal 2013, the Toei station was used by an average of 14,577 passengers daily (boarding passengers only). The average daily passenger figures for JR East and Tokyo Metro in previous years are as shown below.
Koishikawa Kōrakuen Garden can be reached by walking from this station.
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