is a major interchange railway station which straddles Tokyo's Chiyoda,

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and

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wards Ward may refer to: Division or unit * Hospital ward, a hospital division, floor, or room set aside for a particular class or group of patients, for example the psychiatric ward * Prison ward, a division of a penal institution such as a priso ...

. It was originally built as

Iidamachi Station was a railway station on the Chūō Main Line located in Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan. Iidamachi Station was operated by Kōbu Railway, Japanese Government Railways, Japanese National Railways and Japan Freight Railway Company (JR Freight). Its locatio ...

(albeit in a slightly different location), terminus of the then Kōbu Railway, precursor to today's Chūō Line. The Ōedo Line addition to the station in 2000 was designed by architect

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Lines

Iidabashi Station is served by the following above-ground and subway lines.

Above ground

* Chūō-Sōbu Line (JB16)

Subway lines

Tokyo Metro Tōzai Line The is a rapid transit line in Tokyo and Chiba Prefecture, Japan, owned and operated by Tokyo Metro. Its name translates to "''East-West Line"''. The line runs between Nakano in Nakano-ku, Tokyo and Nishi-Funabashi in Funabashi, Chiba Pr ...

(T-06) *

Tokyo Metro Yūrakuchō Line The is a subway line in Japan owned and operated by Tokyo Metro. The line connects Wakōshi Station in Wakō, Saitama and Shin-Kiba Station in Kōtō, Tokyo. On maps, diagrams and signboards, the line is shown using the color "gold" (), and ...

(Y-13) *

Tokyo Metro Namboku Line The is a subway line owned and operated by Tokyo Metro in Tokyo, Japan. The line runs between Meguro in Shinagawa and Akabane-Iwabuchi in Kita. The Namboku Line was referred to as Line 7 during the planning stages, thus the seldom-used officia ...

(N-10) *

Toei Ōedo Line The is a subway line in Tokyo, Japan, operated by the Tokyo Metropolitan Bureau of Transportation (Toei). It commenced full operations on December 12, 2000; using the Japanese calendar this reads "12/12/12" as the year 2000 equals Heisei 12. T ...

(E-06)

Station layout

The JR East station has one

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, 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

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JR East

File:Iidabashi Station 200719h.jpg, Chuo-Sobu Line platforms, 2020. The bypass tracks on the right are for

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trains.

Tokyo Metro

File:Iidabashi Station platform Tozai Line Feb 06 2020 02-50PM.jpeg, Tozai Line platforms, February 2020 File:Iidabashi-Sta-Yurakucholine-Platform.JPG, Yurakucho Line platforms, 2016

Toei

File:Toei-subway-E06-Iidabashi-station-platform-20191201-144952.jpg, Oedo Line platforms, 2019

History

The present-day JR East station opened on 15 November 1928. The station facilities of the Tozai, Namboku and Yurakucho Lines were inherited by

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after the privatization of the Teito Rapid Transit Authority (TRTA) in 2004. In 2014, it was announced that the JR East platforms were to be moved and rebuilt approximately 200 m southwest to reduce platform gaps on a sharply curved section of the platform. The new platforms, along with a new west station building, opened on July 12, 2020.

Passenger statistics

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. * Note that JR East figures are for boarding passengers only.

Surrounding area

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can be reached by walking from this station. The

Iidabashi is a district of Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan. It was in the former ward of Kōjimachi, which existed in Tokyo until 1947. Etymology Iidabashi is named after a nearby bridge called Iida Bridge (, ''Iidabashi''), itself named after an Edo-period fa ...

district extends south and west of the station, and the

Kagurazaka is a neighbourhood in Tokyo, northwest of Iidabashi Station. It has a shopping street at its center, lined by numerous cafés and restaurants. It is served by Tokyo Metro Tozai Line and Toei Oedo Line. History The main road of Kagurazaka was ...

extends north and east. The station spans the

Kanda River The stretches 24.6 km from Inokashira Park in Mitaka to the Sumida River under the Ryōgoku Bridge at the boundary of Taitō, Chūō, and Sumida. Its entire length lies within Tokyo, Japan. It drains an area of 105.0 km². The gov ...

, which separates these two neighborhoods and at this point runs from the southwest towards the northeast.

References

External links

Iidabashi Station information
(JR East)
Iidabashi Station information
(Tokyo Metro)

(Toei)

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