is a railway station in

Adachi, Tokyo is a special ward located in Tokyo Metropolis, Japan. It is located to the north of the heart of Tokyo. The ward consists of two separate areas: a small strip of land between the Sumida River and Arakawa River and a larger area north of the ...

, Japan, operated by the Tokyo subway operator

Tokyo Metro The is a major rapid transit system in Tokyo, Japan, operated by the Tokyo Metro Co. With an average daily ridership of 6.84 million passengers, the Tokyo Metro is the larger of the two subway operators in the city; the other being the Toe ...

Lines

Kita-Ayase Station forms the terminus of the 24 km

Tokyo Metro Chiyoda Line The is a subway line owned and operated by Tokyo Metro in Tokyo, Japan. On average, the line carries 1,447,730 passengers daily (2017), the second highest of the Tokyo Metro network, behind the Tozai Line (1,642,378).Yoyogi-uehara Station is a railway station on the Odakyū Odawara Line and Tokyo Metro Chiyoda Line in Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan. The Tokyo Metro station number is C-01. Both lines share platforms at this station, as each line has through operation onto the other. Sta ...

, as of March 16, 2019.

Station layout

The station has a single elevated

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 ...

serving one track. The platform is now 10 cars long.

Platform

File:Kita-ayase-Station-SouthExit.jpg, South entrance, March 2019 File:Kita-ayase-station-central-gate2019.jpg, The central gate, 2019 File:Kita-ayase-station-Southgate.jpg, The south gate, 2019 File:Kita-ayase-station-platform-night.jpg, The platform at night, 2019

History

Kita-Ayase Station opened on 20 December 1979. The station facilities were inherited by

after the privatization of the Teito Rapid Transit Authority (TRTA) in 2004. The station underwent rebuilding work to extend the platforms approximately toward Ayase Station to allow ten-car through trains to operate to and from the main Chiyoda Line. New station entrances were also added. 10 car service began on March 16, 2019.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2011, the station was used by an average of 25,225 passengers daily.

References

External links

Tokyo Metro station information
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