is a subway station on the

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, Japan, operated by the Tokyo subway operator

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Lines

Hōnanchō Station is the terminus of the Honancho branch of the

from . It is numbered "Mb-03".

Station layout

The station consists of a single underground

island platform An island platform (also center platform (American English) or centre platform (British English)) is a station layout arrangement where a single platform is positioned between two tracks within a railway station, tram stop or transitway inte ...

on the second basement level, serving two tracks. There are two entrances to the station: Entrance 1 provides access to the west (terminating) end of the platforms via a concourse on the same second basement level, while Entrance 2 provides access to the east end of the platforms via a concourse on the first basement level. Toilet facilities are available on the Entrance 1 concourse.

Platforms

File:Honancho No.2 exit 20110403.jpg, No. 2 entrance in April 2011 File:TokyoMetro-honancho-platform.jpg, Ticket gates at the west end of the platforms in December 2006 File:Honancho Station platforms west end 20131116.JPG, The west end of the platforms in November 2013 File:Honancho Station platforms east end 20131116.JPG, The east end of the platforms in November 2013

History

Honancho Station opened on 23 March 1962. The station facilities were inherited by

after the privatization of the Teito Rapid Transit Authority (TRTA) in 2004. Construction work started in 2013 to extend the platform-edge doors along the platforms to handle six-car trains, allowing through-running services to and from Ikebukuro via the main Marunouchi Line from fiscal 2017.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2013, the station was the hundredth-busiest on the Tokyo Metro network with an average of 33,335 passengers daily. The passenger statistics for previous years are as shown below.

Surrounding area

Kanda River The stretches 24.6 km from Inokashira Park in Mitaka, Tokyo, Mitaka to the Sumida River under the Ryōgoku Bridge at the boundary of Taito, Tokyo, Taitō, Chūō, Tokyo, Chūō, and Sumida, Tokyo, Sumida. Its entire length lies within Tok ...

Exit 1 (west end)

* Izumi Health Center * Sennan Junior High School

Exit 2 (east end)

* Nakano Special Needs Education School * Minami-Nakano Junior High School * Honan Elementary School

References

External links

Tokyo Metro station information
{{DEFAULTSORT:Honancho Station Stations of Tokyo Metro Tokyo Metro Marunouchi Line Railway stations in Japan opened in 1962