is a railway station in
Nerima, Tokyo
is a special ward in Tokyo, Japan. The ward refers to itself as Nerima City.
, the ward has an estimated population of 721,858, with 323,296 households and a population density of 15,013 persons per km2, while 15,326 foreign residents are re ...
, Japan, operated by the
private railway
A private railway is a railroad run by a private business entity (usually a corporation but not need be), as opposed to a railroad run by a public sector.
Japan
In Japan, , commonly simply ''private railway'', refers to a public transit railway o ...
operator
Seibu Railway
is a conglomerate based in Tokorozawa, Saitama, Japan, with principal business areas in railways, tourism, and real estate. Seibu Railway's operations are concentrated in northwest Tokyo and Saitama Prefecture; the name "Seibu" is an abbrevi ...
and the Tokyo subway operator
Toei Subway
The is one of two subway systems in Tokyo, the other being Tokyo Metro. The Toei Subway lines were originally licensed to the Teito Rapid Transit Authority (the predecessor of Tokyo Metro) but were constructed by the Tokyo Metropolitan Government ...
.
Lines
Nerima Station is served by the
Seibu Ikebukuro Line
The is a railway line of the Japanese private railway operator Seibu Railway. It originates at Ikebukuro Station, a large railway junction in north-western Tokyo, extending to northwest suburbs as far as Tokorozawa, Saitama, and nominally ter ...
,
Seibu Yurakucho Line Seibu may refer to:
*Seibu Holdings or a subsidiary thereof
**Saitama Seibu Lions
**Seibu Railway
*Sogo & Seibu
**Seibu Department Stores
is a Japanese department store. The first store to trade under the name opened its doors in 1949. Seibu is t ...
, and
Seibu Toshima Line, and also by the
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 ...
subway. It is located from the terminus of the Ikebukuro Line at .
Station layout
Nerima is an elevated station with two
island platform
An island platform (also center platform, centre platform) is a station layout arrangement where a single platform is positioned between two tracks within a railway station, tram stop or transitway interchange. Island platforms are popular on ...
s serving four tracks, with an additional outer track on either side used by passing trains.
Elevators and escalators connect the platforms to the ticket entrances, and the station contains a waiting room as well.
The Toei station consists of an underground island platform serving two tracks.
Platforms
Seibu
File:Nerima-Sta-Seibu-Gate.JPG, Ticket gates, 2016
File:Nerima-Sta-Seibu-Platform.JPG, Platforms, 2016
Toei
File:Nerima-Sta-Toei-Gate.JPG, Toei ticket gates, 2016
File:Toei-subway-E35-Nerima-station-platform-20191205-151302.jpg, Toei Oedo Line underground platforms, December 2019
History
The Seibu station opened on 15 April 1915.
The Toei station opened on 10 December 1991.
The original ground-level station was rebuilt as an elevated station in 1997, and at the same time, the number of tracks was increased to six to allow non-stop trains to pass.
From 1998, inter-running of some services commenced to and from the
Seibu Yurakucho Line Seibu may refer to:
*Seibu Holdings or a subsidiary thereof
**Saitama Seibu Lions
**Seibu Railway
*Sogo & Seibu
**Seibu Department Stores
is a Japanese department store. The first store to trade under the name opened its doors in 1949. Seibu is t ...
.
Station numbering was introduced on all Seibu Railway lines during fiscal 2012, with Nerima Station becoming "SI06".
Through-running to and from and via the
Tokyu Toyoko Line Tokyu may refer to:
* Tokyu Group, a group of companies centered on Tokyu Corporation
** Tokyu Corporation, a Japanese railway company, the largest member and parent company of the group
** Tokyu Car Corporation, a former Japanese railway vehicle m ...
and
Minatomirai Line commenced on 16 March 2013.
Passenger statistics
In fiscal 2013, the station was the fourth busiest on the Seibu network with an average of 118,601 passengers daily.
In fiscal 2012, the Toei station was used by an average of 35,765 passengers daily (boarding passengers only). The passenger figures for the Seibu station in previous years are as shown below.
Cultural references
The station and other parts of the
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 ...
are referenced in the
Digimon Adventure
, known as ''Digimon: Digital Monsters'' in English-speaking territories, is a 1999 Japanese anime television series produced by Toei Animation in cooperation with WiZ, Bandai and Fuji Television. It is the first anime series in the ''D ...
franchise.
See also
*
List of railway stations in Japan
The links below contain all of the 8579 railway stations in Japan.
External links
{{Portal bar, Japan, Trains
*
Railway stations
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References
External links
Nerima Station information(Seibu Railway)
(Toei)
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Seibu Ikebukuro Line
Seibu Yūrakuchō Line
Stations of Seibu Railway
Railway stations in Japan opened in 1915
Railway stations in Tokyo