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Itabashi Station

Itabashi Station
板橋駅
Itabashi Station West entrance 20130331.JPG
West entrance, March 2013
Location 1 Itabashi, Itabashi, Tokyo
(東京都板橋区板橋1丁目)
Japan
Operated by JR East
Line(s) Saikyo Line
Connections
  • Bus stop
History
Opened 1885
Traffic
Passengers (FY2011) 30,168 daily

Itabashi Station (板橋駅 Itabashi-eki?) is a railway station on the Saikyo Line in Itabashi, Tokyo, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East).

Itabashi Station is served by the Akabane Line between Ikebukuro and Akabane stations, which forms part of the Saikyo Line which runs between Ōsaki in Tokyo and Ōmiya in Saitama Prefecture. Some trains continue northward to Kawagoe via the Kawagoe Line and southward to Shin-Kiba via the TWR Rinkai Line. The station is located 1.8 km north of Ikebukuro Station.

The station consists of a single island platform serving two tracks.

The station has a "Midori no Madoguchi" staffed ticket office.

View of the platforms looking north, March 2013

Disused permanent way maintenance sidings on the west side, March 2013

Itabashi Station opened on 1 March 1885.

In fiscal 2011, the station was used by an average of 30,168 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).

The passenger figures for previous years are as shown below.

Coordinates: 35°44′46″N 139°43′10″E / 35.7460472222°N 139.719525°E / 35.7460472222; 139.719525


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