is a subway station on the

Tokyo Metro Marunouchi Line The is a subway line in Tokyo, Japan, operated by Tokyo Metro. The line runs in a U-shape between Ogikubo Station in Suginami and Ikebukuro Station in Toshima, with a branch line between Nakano-Sakaue Station and Hōnanchō Station. The offici ...

in Nakano, Tokyo, Japan, operated by the Tokyo subway operator

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Lines

Nakano-fujimicho Station is served by the Hōnanchō branch of the

from to , and is from Nakano-sakaue. During the daytime, the station is served by 3-car trains shuttling between Nakano-sakaue and Hōnanchō, but during the morning and evening peaks, due to its location next to the line's maintenance depot, the station is also served by some 6-car through trains starting and terminating here, which run to and from at the eastern end of the main line. The station is numbered "Mb-04".

Station layout

The station has two

side platform A side platform (also known as a marginal platform or a single-face platform) is a platform positioned to the side of one or more railway tracks or guideways at a railway station, tram stop, or transitway. A station having dual side platform ...

s serving two tracks on the first basement (B1F) level. The single entrance, ticket vending machines, and ticket barriers are located at ground level.

Platforms

File:Nakano-fujimicho Station (ticket gate).jpg, The ticket barriers, May 2006 File:Nakano-fumijicho Station platform 2 20131116.JPG, Platform 2, November 2013

History

Nakano-fujimicho Station opened on 8 February 1961. The station facilities were inherited by

after the privatization of the Teito Rapid Transit Authority (TRTA) in 2004. In March 2010, to promote the release of the Cho-Den-O Trilogy of the Kamen Rider movies, a special marking was used on the trains coming to Nakano-fujimichō from

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, and ''Den-Os

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greeted 200 fans who rode on the first of those trains.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2013, the station was the least used on the Marunouchi Line and the 125th-busiest on the Tokyo Metro network with an average of 18,285 passengers daily. The passenger statistics for previous years are as shown below.

Surrounding area

* Tokyo Metro Nakano Maintenance Depot, south of the station * Tokyo Metro Training Center * Kosei Hospital * Fuji High School & Fuji Junior High School * Nakano No. 2 Junior High School * Nakano Hongo Elementary School *

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References

External links

Nakano-fujimicho Station information
(Tokyo Metro) {{DEFAULTSORT:Nakano-fujimicho Station Stations of Tokyo Metro Tokyo Metro Marunouchi Line Railway stations in Tokyo Railway stations in Japan opened in 1961