is a railway station in

Arakawa, Tokyo is a special ward located in Tokyo Metropolis, Japan. The ward takes its name from the river, the Arakawa, though the Arakawa River does not run through or touch the ward. Its neighbors are the wards of Adachi, Kita, Bunkyo, Taito and Sumi ...

, Japan, operated jointly by East Japan Railway Company (JR East) and the two Tokyo subway operators

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 ...

and Toei.

Lines

Nishi-Nippori Station is served by the following lines. * Yamanote Line * Keihin-Tōhoku Line *

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).Nippori-Toneri Liner

Platforms

JR East

File:JR Nishi-Nippori Station Platform 1・2.jpg, Platforms 1 and 2 File:JR Nishi-Nippori Station Platform 3・4.jpg, Platforms 3 and 4

Tokyo Metro

File:Nishi-Nippori_Station_JR_·_Tokyo_Metro_Contact_Gates.jpg, The ticket barriers for transferring between JR East and the Tokyo Metro Chiyoda Line, June 2019 File:Chiyoda Line- Nishi-Nippori Station platforms Nov 9 2019 various 21 11 44 981000.jpeg, Chiyoda Line platforms, November 2019

Toei

The Nippori-Toneri Liner station is elevated and consists of a single island platform serving two tracks. File:NipporiToneri-Liner-NT02-Nishi-nippori-station-platform-20210713-113805.jpg, The Nippori-Toneri Liner platforms, July 2021

History

The Chiyoda Line station opened on 20 December 1969. The Yamanote Line station opened on 20 April 1971. The Nippori-Toneri Liner station opened on 30 March 2008. The station facilities of the Chiyoda Line were inherited by

after the privatization of the Teito Rapid Transit Authority (TRTA) in 2004. Station numbering was introduced in 2016 with Nishi-Nippori being assigned station numbers JY08 for the Yamanote line and JK33 for the Keihin-Tōhoku line. Numbering was expanded to the Nippori-Toneri Liner platforms in November 2017 with the station receiving station number NT02.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2013, the JR East station was used by an average of 97,268 passengers daily (boarding passengers only), making it the 41st-busiest station operated by JR East. In fiscal 2013, the Tokyo Metro station was used by an average of 162,852 passengers per day (exiting and entering passengers), making it the fifteenth-busiest station operated by Tokyo Metro. Over the same fiscal year, the Toei station was used by an average of 10,500 per day (boarding passengers only), making it the second-busiest station on the Nippori-Toneri Liner. The daily average 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

* Ogubashi-dōri Street * Dōkanyama-dōri Avenue * Kaisei Junior & Senior High School

References

External links

Nishi-Nippori Station (JR East)

Nishi-Nippori Station (Tokyo Metro)

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