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Kita Ikebukuro Station

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Operated by
  
Tobu Railway

Distance
  
1.2 km from Ikebukuro

Opened
  
1 May 1934

Platforms in use
  
1

Line(s)
  
Tobu Tojo Line

Station code
  
TJ-02

Operator
  
Tobu Railway

Tracks
  
2

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Location
  
1-36-6 Ikebukuro-honchō, Toshima-ku, Tokyo 171-0011 Japan

Website
  
www.tobu.co.jp/station/info/7201.html

Similar
  
Shimo‑Itabashi Station, Itabashi Station, Ikebukuro Station, Naka‑Itabashi Station, Kanamechō Station

Kita-Ikebukuro Station (北池袋駅, Kita-Ikebukuro-eki, lit. "North Ikebukuro Station") is a railway station on the Tobu Tojo Line in Toshima, Tokyo, Japan, operated by the private railway operator Tobu Railway.

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Lines

Kita-Ikebukuro Station is served by the Tobu Tojo Line from Ikebukuro in Tokyo. Located between Ikebukuro and Shimo-Itabashi, it is 1.2 km from the Ikebukuro terminus. Only "Local" (all-stations) trains stop at this station, with eight services per hour in each direction during the daytime.

Station layout

The station consists of a single island platform serving two tracks. The platforms are connected to the station entrance located on the west side of the tracks by an underground passage.

History

The station first opened on 1 May 1934 as Tōbu Horinouchi Station (東武堀之内駅). This station was destroyed by fire on 14 April 1945 during Bombing of Tokyo in World War II, forcing its use to be suspended from 20 May, and then formally closed on 19 August 1947. The station reopened as Kita-Ikebukuro Station on 1 September 1951.

From 17 March 2012, station numbering was introduced on the Tobu Tojo Line, with Kita-Ikebukuro Station becoming "TJ-02".

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2014, the station was used by an average of 8,921 passengers daily. The passenger figures for previous years are as shown below.

Accidents

On 22 July 2003 at 00:01, an unidentified passenger sitting between the rails was killed by a passing train.

On 21 July 2006 at around 09:30, a woman in her forties was hit and killed by a down train after attempting to cross the Tojo Line No. 2 level crossing immediately to the south of the station after the barriers had closed. Her 9-year-old daughter survived with serious injuries.

Surrounding area

  • JR East Ikebukuro Depot
  • Tokyo College of Transport Studies
  • Showa Tetsudo High School
  • Toshima Gakuin High school
  • Toshima Ward Ikebukuro Library
  • References

    Kita-Ikebukuro Station Wikipedia