Shimo-Akatsuka Station

Shimo-Akatsuka Station (下赤塚駅, Shimo-akatsuka-eki) is a railway station on the Tobu Tojo Line in Itabashi, Tokyo, Japan, operated by the private railway operator Tobu Railway.[1]

Shimo-Akatsuka Station

下赤塚駅
The north entrance in April 2016
Location1-23-1 Akatsuka-shinmachi, Itabashi-ku, Tokyo 175-0093
Japan
Operated by Tobu Railway
Line(s) Tobu Tojo Line
Distance8.9 km from Ikebukuro
Platforms2 side platforms
Tracks2
Other information
Station codeTJ-09  
Websitewww.tobu.co.jp/station/info/7208.html
History
Opened29 December 1930
Passengers
FY201018,457 daily
Location
Shimo-Akatsuka Station
Location within Japan

Lines

Shimo-Akatsuka Station is served by the Tobu Tojo Line from Ikebukuro in Tokyo. Located between Tōbu-Nerima and Narimasu, it is 8.9 km from the Ikebukuro terminus.[2] Only "Local" (all-stations) services stop at this station, with eight trains per hour in each direction during the daytime.[3]

Station layout

The station consists of two side platforms serving two tracks. The station has two entrances: the north entrance adjoining platform 2 (for Ikebukuro) and the south entrance adjoining platform 1 (for Narimasu). The two platforms are also linked by an underpass.

Platforms
1 ■ Tobu Tojo Line for Narimasu and Shiki
2 ■ Tobu Tojo Line for Kami-Itabashi and Ikebukuro

Facilities

Passenger toilet facilities are provided on platform 1.

  • The south entrance in April 2016
  • The up (Ikebukuro) end of platform 1 in April 2016
  • The up (Ikebukuro) end of platform 2 in April 2016
  • The underpass linking the two platforms
  • The platforms viewed from the east (Ikebukuro) end in April 2016

Adjacent stations
←Service→
Tobu Tojo Line
TJ Liner: Does not stop at this station
Kawagoe express: Does not stop at this station
Rapid express: Does not stop at this station
Rapid: Does not stop at this station
Express: Does not stop at this station
Semi express: Does not stop at this station
Tōbu-Nerima   Local   Narimasu

History
The south entrance in November 2004

The station opened on 29 December 1930.[2]

From 17 March 2012, station numbering was introduced on the Tobu Tojo Line, with Shimo-Akatsuka Station becoming "TJ-09".[4]

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2010, the station was used by an average of 18,457 passengers daily.[5]

Surrounding area

See also

References
  1. "Shimo-Akatsuka Station information" (in Japanese). Tobu Railway. Retrieved 30 September 2009.
  2. Terada, Hirokazu (July 2002). データブック日本の私鉄 [Databook: Japan's Private Railways]. Japan: Neko Publishing. p. 200. ISBN 4-87366-874-3.
  3. Tobu Tojo Line Timetable, published March 2016
  4. 「東武スカイツリーライン」誕生！ あわせて駅ナンバリングを導入し、よりわかりやすくご案内します [Tobu Sky Tree Line created! Station numbering to be introduced at same time] (PDF). Tobu News (in Japanese). Tobu Railway. 9 February 2012. Retrieved 21 March 2012.
  5. 駅情報（乗降人員） [Station information (Passenger statistics)] (in Japanese). Japan: Tobu Railway. Archived from the original on 1 January 2012. Retrieved 14 December 2011.

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