Ikebukuro Station

Ikebukuro Station
池袋駅

The west side of Ikebukuro Station and the Tobu Department Store building, June 2012
Location 1-28-1,2 Minami-Ikebukuro, Toshima, Tokyo
Japan
Operated by
Line(s)
Connections
  • Bus terminal
History
Opened April 1, 1903 (1903-04-01)
Location
Ikebukuro Station
Location within Japan

Ikebukuro Station (池袋駅 Ikebukuro-eki) is a major railway station located in the Ikebukuro district of Toshima, Tokyo, Japan, shared by East Japan Railway Company (JR East), Tokyo subway operator Tokyo Metro, and the two private railway operators Seibu Railway and Tobu Railway. With 2.71 million passengers on an average daily in 2007, it is the second-busiest railway station in the world (after Shinjuku Station), and the busiest station in the Tobu, Seibu, and Tokyo Metro networks. It primarily serves commuters from Saitama Prefecture and other residential areas northwest of the city centre. It is the Tokyo terminal of the Seibu Ikebukuro Line and the Tobu Tojo Line.

Lines

JR East

Seibu Railway

Seibu Ikebukuro Line (Ikebukuro to Hanno)

Tobu Railway

Tobu Tojo Line (Ikebukuro to Yorii)

Tokyo Metro

Station layout

Ikebukuro Station has two main entrances, the East exit and the West exit. There are a number of other secondary entrances such as the JR North exit, the various Seibu exits. and multiple subway exits.

The JR lines run north/south through the center. The Tobu platforms are to the northwest and the Seibu platforms are to the southeast. Both Tobu and Seibu operate department stores adjacent to their terminal stations. (Despite their names, "Seibu" (西武) starts with the kanji for "west" (西), but its platforms are in the eastern part of the station, while "Tōbu" (東武) starts with the character for "east" (東), but its platforms are in the western part of the station.)

The Marunouchi Line and Yurakucho Line run east/west two stories underground, while the Tokyo Metro Fukutoshin Line is four stories underground to the west of the main station complex. The latter line runs south toward Shinjuku and Shibuya along Meiji-dori, and offers through services to Motomachi-Chūkagai Station in Yokohama via the Tokyu Toyoko Line and Minatomirai Line.

Tokyo Metro's Echika underground mall is also located inside the station.[1]

JR East

Ikebukuro Station
池袋駅
JR East station

Yamatone Line platform
Location 1 Chome-28-2 Minamiikebukuro, Toshima, Tokyo
Japan
Operated by JR East
Line(s)
Connections
History
Opened 1903
Traffic
Passengers (2015) 556,780 daily
JR East track and platform layout
1 ■ Saikyo Line for Shinjuku, Shibuya, Ōsaki, and Shin-Kiba
2 ■ Shōnan-Shinjuku Line for Shinjuku, Yokohama, Odawara, and Zushi
■ Limited express Narita Express for Narita Airport
■ Super View Odoriko for Atami, Izukyū-Shimoda
3 ■ Shōnan-Shinjuku Line for Ōmiya, Utsunomiya, and Takasaki
4 ■ Saikyo Line for Akabane, Ōmiya, and Kawagoe
5/6 ■ Yamanote Line for Shinjuku, Shibuya, and Shinagawa
7/8 ■ Yamanote Line for Tabata, Ueno, and Tokyo

Chest-high platform edge doors have been introduced on the Yamanote Line platforms since 2 March 2013.[2]

Adjacent stations

←Service→
Yamanote Line
Mejiro - Ōtsuka
Shonan-Shinjuku Line
Ōmiya   Narita Express   Shinjuku
Terminus   Super View Odoriko   Shinjuku
Akabane   Special Rapid   Shinjuku
Akabane   Rapid   Shinjuku
Akabane   Local   Shinjuku
Saikyo Line
Shinjuku   Commuter Rapid   Itabashi
Shinjuku   Rapid   Itabashi
Shinjuku   Local   Itabashi

Tobu

Platforms

Ikebukuro Station
池袋駅
Tobu station

Ikebukuro Station Tobu South Gate
Location 1 Chome-21-1 Minamiikebukuro, Toshima, Tokyo
Japan
Operated by Tobu Railway
Line(s)
Connections
Other information
Station code TJ-01
History
Opened 1914
Traffic
Passengers (2015) 477,834 daily
Tobu track and platform layout

The Tobu station has three terminating tracks served by platforms 1 to 5, arranged as shown in the diagram on the right.

1-5 ■ Tobu Tojo Line for Narimasu, Shiki, Kawagoe, Sakado, and Ogawamachi

Platforms 3 and 5 are normally used for disembarking passengers, although platform 5 is also used for passengers boarding the evening TJ Liner services, which require payment of a supplementary fare. From 14 June 2015, the departure melodies used when trains are about to depart from the station are to be changed to classical themes, with "Allegro" from "Divertimento in D major, K. 136" by Mozart used for platforms 1/2, "Menuetto" from "Eine kleine Nachtmusik" by Mozart used for platforms 3/4, and "Allegro ma non troppo" from the "Pastoral Symphony" by Beethoven used for TJ Liner services departing from platform 5.[3]

Ticket barriers

There are three sets of ticket barriers giving access to the platforms: the "South Gate" at ground level (signposted in red), and the "Central Gate" (signposted in blue) and "North Gate" (signposted in green) on the first basement level.

Adjacent stations

←Service→
Tobu Tojo Line
Terminus   TJ Liner   Fujimino
Terminus   Rapid express   Wakōshi
Terminus   Rapid   Narimasu
Terminus   Express   Narimasu
Terminus   Semi express   Narimasu
Terminus   Local   Kita-Ikebukuro

Seibu

Ikebukuro Station
池袋駅
Seibu station

Ikebukuro Station Seibu platform
Location 1 Chome-28-1 Minamiikebukuro, Toshima, Tokyo
Japan
Operated by Seibu Railway
Line(s)
Connections
Other information
Station code SI-01
History
Opened 1915
Traffic
Passengers (2015) 483,407 daily
1-7 ■ Seibu Ikebukuro Line for Nerima, Tokorozawa, and Hannō
Chichibu Main Line for Mitsumineguchi

Platforms 1, 4, and 6 are normally used for disembarking passengers only.

Adjacent stations

←Service→
Seibu Ikebukuro Line
Terminus   Limited express   Tokorozawa
Terminus   Rapid express   Shakujii-kōen
Terminus   Express   Shakujii-kōen
Terminus   Commuter express   Shakujii-kōen
Terminus   Rapid   Nerima
Terminus   Commuter semi express   Nerima
Terminus   Semi express   Nerima
Terminus   Local   Shiinamachi

Tokyo Metro

Platform

Ikebukuro Station
池袋駅
Tokyo Metro station

Ikebukuro Station Fukutoshin Line platform
Location 3 Chome-28-1 Minamiikebukuro, Toshima (Marunouchi Line)
1 Chome-12-1 Nishiikebukuro, Toshima (Yurakucho Line)
3 Chome-28-14 Nishiikebukuro, Toshima (Fukutoshin Line)
Japan
Operated by Tokyo Metro
Line(s)
Connections
Other information
Station code M 25, Y 09, F 09
History
Opened 1954
Traffic
Passengers (2015) 548,839 daily

This station consists of three island platforms, serving Marunouchi Line, Yūrakuchō Line and Fukutoshin Line.

Station layout

1/2 ○ Tokyo Metro Marunouchi Line for Ōtemachi, Tokyo, Ginza, Shinjuku, Ogikubo, and Hōnanchō
3 ○ Tokyo Metro Yurakucho Line for Iidabashi, Nagatachō, Yūrakuchō, and Shin-Kiba
4 ○ Tokyo Metro Yurakucho Line for Kotake-mukaihara, and Wakōshi
Tobu Tojo Line for Shinrinkōen
Seibu Ikebukuro Line for Hannō
5 ○ Tokyo Metro Fukutoshin Line for Shinjuku-sanchōme, Meiji-Jingūmae, and Shibuya
Tokyu Toyoko Line for Yokohama
Minatomirai Line for Motomachi-Chukagai
6 ○ Tokyo Metro Fukutoshin Line for Kotake-mukaihara, and Wakōshi
Tobu Tojo Line for Shinrinkōen
Seibu Ikebukuro Line for Hannō

The Tokyo Metro platforms are equipped with chest-height platform edge doors.[4]

Adjacent stations

« Service »
Marunouchi Line (M-25)
Shin-Ōtsuka (M-24) Local Terminus
Yurakucho Line (Y-09)
Kanamechō (Y-08) Local Higashi-Ikebukuro (Y-10)
Fukutoshin Line (F-09)
Kotake-Mukaihara (F-06)   Express   Shinjuku-sanchōme (F-13)
Kotake-Mukaihara (F-06)   Commuter express   Shinjuku-sanchōme (F-13)
Kanamechō (F-08) Local Zōshigaya (F-10)

History

JGR Ikebukuro Station in the early 20th century
Ikebukuro Station in the early 1960s

The station was opened on April 1, 1903 by the Japanese Government Railways (JGR). The Tōjō Railway Line (present-day Tobu Tojo Line) station opened on 1 May 1914 with the opening of the 33.5 km line to Tanomosawa (田面沢駅) in Saitama Prefecture (located between the present stations of Kawagoeshi and Kasumigaseki).[5] As the Tokyo terminus of the line was originally planned to be at Shimo-Itabashi, Ikebukuro Station is to this day marked by km post "-1.9" (the distance from Shimo-Itabashi Station where the "0 km" post for the line is located).[5]

Tobu opened a department store adjoining its station on 29 May 1962.[5] Around the same time, the Tobu station platforms were expanded with three tracks.[5]

In March 1992, automatic ticket barriers were installed at the north exit of the Tobu Station, and in June of the same year, the Tobu Department Store was expanded with the addition of the Metropolitan Plaza annex located on the south side.[5]

In June 2008, the Tobu station ticket barriers were colour-coded into three "zones": North, Central, and South.[5]

Chest-height platform edge doors were installed on the Tokyo Metro Yurakucho Line platforms in January 2011.[4]

Passenger statistics

The figures below are the official number of passengers entering and exiting each day released by each train operator.

Operator Number Fiscal year Note
JR East 550,350 2013 Boarding passengers only. Second busiest JR East station.[6]
Tobu 472,132 2014 Busiest Tobu station.[7]
Seibu 484,446 2013 Busiest Seibu station.[8]
Tokyo Metro 523,834 2013 Busiest Tokyo Metro station.
(Excludes stations which allow through services onto non-Tokyo Metro lines)[9]

Annual passenger figures for the station between fiscal 1903 and 1965 are as shown below. Note that the figures only consider boarding passengers and a blank indicates that no data is available.

Fiscal year Annual total References
JGR/JNR Tobu Musashino/Seibu TRTA
1903 27,941 Not in operation Not in operation Not in operation [10]
1905 33,877 [11]
1915 545,473 [12]
1925 6,842,992 192,380 1,228,881[13]
1935 11,554,661 500,476 3,558,958[14]
1955 34,428,803 [15]
1965 144,996,156 72,559,157 77,873,226 55,093,466[16][17]

The daily passenger figures for the JR East, Seibu, Tobu, and Tokyo Metro station after fiscal 2000 are as shown below. Note that the JR East figures only consider boarding passengers whereas the Seibu, Tobu, and Tokyo Metro figures consider both entering and exiting passengers.

Fiscal year      JR East      Seibu      Tobu      Tokyo Metro
2000 570,255[18]
2005 564,669[19]511,078[20]
2010 544,222[21]476,989[22] 467,770[23]
2011 544,762[24]472,022[25] 464,908[26] 470,284[27]
2012 550,756[28] 479,467[29] 471,990[30] 483,952[31]
2013 550,350[6] 484,446[8] 476,756[32] 523,834[9]
2014 472,132[7]

Surrounding area

The east side of the station and Seibu Department Store building, November 2012

The surrounding Ikebukuro district is a major commercial centre. Seibu department store, Sunshine City, Parco, Mitsukoshi, and Bic Camera are located to the east of the station, while the Tobu department store and Metropolitan Plaza are located to the west.

Education

Retail

Hotels

Civic

Other stations

See also

References

  • JR全線全駅ステーション倶楽部編(上) [Complete JR Line/Station Compendium (Vol. 1)] (in Japanese). Tokyo, Japan: 文春文庫 (Bunshun Bunko). September 1988. pp. 37–38. ISBN 4-16-748701-2. 
  1. ↑ Echika Ikebukuro Retrieved on 21 July 2009. (Japanese)
  2. ↑ 山手線池袋駅　ホームドア使用開始日決定 [Start date fixed for platform edge doors on Ikebukuro Station Yamanote Line platforms]. Tetsudo Hobidas (in Japanese). Japan: Neko Publishing. 25 December 2012. Retrieved 28 December 2012.
  3. ↑ ６月１４日（日） 池袋駅 発車メロディがクラシック音楽に変わります [Ikebukuro Station departure melodies to be changed to classical tunes from 14 June] (pdf). News release (in Japanese). Japan: Tobu Railway. 8 June 2015. Retrieved 9 June 2015.
  4. 1 2 有楽町線：和光市駅に設置！ [Installation at Yurakucho Line Wakoshi Station] (pdf) (in Japanese). Japan: Tokyo Metro. 27 March 2012. Retrieved 15 April 2012.
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 6 週刊私鉄全駅・全車両基地 No.08 [Weekly All Private Railway Stations and Depots No.8]. Japan: Asahi Shimbun Publications Inc. 9 February 2014. p. 9. EAN 4910234820243.
  6. 1 2 各駅の乗車人員　（2013年度） [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2013)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. Archived from the original on 1970-01-01. Retrieved 5 August 2014.
  7. 1 2 駅情報（乗降人員） [Station information: Passenger figures] (in Japanese). Japan: Tobu Railway. 2015. Retrieved 26 May 2015.
  8. 1 2 駅別乗降人員　2013（平成25）年度　1日平均 [Average daily station usage figures (fiscal 2013)] (PDF) (in Japanese). Japan: Seibu Railway. Retrieved 22 June 2014.
  9. 1 2 各駅の乗降人員ランキング [Station usage ranking] (in Japanese). Tokyo Metro. Retrieved 5 August 2014.
  10. ↑ 東京府 編 (1905). 東京府統計書. 明治36年 [Tōkyō-Fu Statistics Book (1903)] (in Japanese). 1. 東京府. p. 323. (National Diet Library Digital Archive) (digital page number 183)
  11. ↑ 東京府 編 (1906). 東京府統計書. 明治38年 [Tōkyō-Fu Statistics Book (1905)] (in Japanese). 1. 東京府. p. 357. (National Diet Library Digital Archive) (digital page number 196)
  12. ↑ 東京府 編 (1917). 東京府統計書. 大正4年 [Tōkyō-Fu Statistics Book (1915)] (in Japanese). 1. 東京府. p. 681. (National Diet Library Digital Archive) (digital page number 347)
  13. ↑ 東京府 編 (1927). 東京府統計書. 大正14年 [Tōkyō-Fu Statistics Book (1925)] (in Japanese). 1. 東京府. pp. 561–3. (National Diet Library Digital Archive) (digital page number 326)
  14. ↑ 東京府 編 (1937). 東京府統計書. 昭和１０年 [Tōkyō-Fu Statistics Book (1935)] (in Japanese). 1. 東京府. pp. 569–70. (National Diet Library Digital Archive) (digital page numbers 340-1)
  15. ↑ 東京都統計昭和30年 [Tokyo Metropolis Statistics (1955)] (pdf) (in Japanese). Japan: Tokyo Metropolitan Government. p. 173. Retrieved 22 January 2015.
  16. ↑ 東京都統計昭和40年 [Tokyo Metropolis Statistics (1965)] (pdf) (in Japanese and English). Japan: Tokyo Metropolitan Government. p. 223. Retrieved 22 January 2015.
  17. ↑ 東京都統計昭和40年 [Tokyo Metropolis Statistics (1965)] (pdf) (in Japanese and English). Japan: Tokyo Metropolitan Government. pp. 228–34. Retrieved 22 January 2015.
  18. ↑ 各駅の乗車人員　（2000年度） [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2000)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. Archived from the original on 2014-10-09. Retrieved 26 January 2013.
  19. ↑ 各駅の乗車人員　（2005年度） [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2005)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. Archived from the original on 2014-10-09. Retrieved 26 January 2013.
  20. ↑ 駅別乗降人員　2005（平成17）年度　1日平均 [Average daily station usage figures (fiscal 2005)] (PDF) (in Japanese). Japan: Seibu Railway. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 5 August 2014.
  21. ↑ 各駅の乗車人員 (2010年度) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2010)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. Archived from the original on 2014-10-06. Retrieved 26 January 2013.
  22. ↑ 駅別乗降人員　2010（平成22）年度　1日平均 [Average daily station usage figures (fiscal 2010)] (PDF) (in Japanese). Japan: Seibu Railway. Retrieved 5 August 2014.
  23. ↑ 駅情報（乗降人員） [Station information: Passenger figures] (in Japanese). Japan: Tobu Railway. 2011. Archived from the original on 5 April 2012. Retrieved 26 May 2015.
  24. ↑ 各駅の乗車人員　（2011年度） [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2011)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. Archived from the original on 2014-10-08. Retrieved 2 July 2013.
  25. ↑ 駅別乗降人員　2011（平成23）年度　1日平均 [Average daily station usage figures (fiscal 2011)] (PDF) (in Japanese). Japan: Seibu Railway. Retrieved 5 August 2014.
  26. ↑ 駅情報（乗降人員） [Station information: Passenger figures] (in Japanese). Japan: Tobu Railway. 2012. Archived from the original on 23 August 2013. Retrieved 26 May 2015.
  27. ↑ 各駅の乗降人員ランキング [Station usage ranking] (in Japanese). Tokyo Metro. Retrieved 5 August 2014.
  28. ↑ 各駅の乗車人員　（2012年度） [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2012)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. Archived from the original on 2014-10-07. Retrieved 2 July 2013.
  29. ↑ 駅別乗降人員　2012（平成24）年度　1日平均 [Average daily station usage figures (fiscal 2012)] (PDF) (in Japanese). Japan: Seibu Railway. Retrieved 5 August 2014.
  30. ↑ 駅情報（乗降人員） [Station information: Passenger figures] (in Japanese). Japan: Tobu Railway. 2013. Archived from the original on 25 April 2014. Retrieved 26 May 2015.
  31. ↑ 各駅の乗降人員ランキング [Station usage ranking] (in Japanese). Tokyo Metro. Retrieved 5 August 2014.
  32. ↑ 駅情報（乗降人員） [Station information: Passenger figures] (in Japanese). Japan: Tobu Railway. 2014. Archived from the original on 30 October 2014. Retrieved 26 May 2015.
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