Akabane-iwabuchi Station (赤羽岩淵駅, Akabane-iwabuchi-eki) is a subway station in Kita, Tokyo, Japan, operated jointly by the Tokyo subway operator Tokyo Metro and the third-sector railway operator Saitama Railway Corporation.
N19 SR19 Akabane-iwabuchi Station 赤羽岩淵駅 | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Location | 1-52-8 Akabane, Kita-ku, Tokyo Japan | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 35°47′0″N 139°43′20″E / 35.78333°N 139.72222°E | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Platforms | 1 island platform | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Structure type | Underground | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Station code | N-19 (Tokyo Metro) SR19 (Saitama Railway Corporation) | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Opened | 29 November 1991 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Lines
editAkabane-iwabuchi Station is the northern terminus of the Tokyo Metro Namboku Line, with most services continuing northward on the Saitama Rapid Railway Line to Urawa-Misono. The station is numbered "N-19" on the Tokyo Metro network.
Station layout
editThe station concourse with ticket vending machines and barriers is located on the 2nd basement ("B2F") level, and the tracks are located on the 3rd basement ("B3F") level.
Platforms
editThe station has one island platform serving two tracks. The platforms are equipped with full-height platform screen doors.
| 1 | SR Saitama Rapid Railway Line | for Hatogaya, Higashi-Kawaguchi, and Urawa-misono |
| 2 | N Namboku Line |
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Facilities and accessibility
editThe station concourse and platforms have elevator access. Universal access toilets are available on the 2nd basement level.
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The ticket barriers in December 2022 -
The platform in December 2022
History
editAkabane-Iwabuchi Station opened on the TRTA (present-day Tokyo Metro) Namboku Line on 29 November 1991.[1] The Saitama Rapid Railway Line extending northward from the station opened on 28 March 2001.[1]
The station facilities were inherited by Tokyo Metro after the privatization of the TRTA in 2004.[2]
Effective the timetable revision on 18 March 2023, through services onto the Sagami Railway commenced courtesy of the Tokyu and Sotetsu Shin-Yokohama Line.[3] Most southbound services past Hiyoshi continue as far south as Shin-Yokohama and Ebina.
Passenger statistics
editIn fiscal 2011, the station was used by an average of 72,807 Tokyo Metro passengers daily and 34,395 Saitama Rapid Railway Line (boarding passengers only).[1]
Surrounding area
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- Akabane Station (approximately 400 m away)
National Route 122- Arakawa River
- Seibi Gakuen College
- Iwabuchi Elementary School
- No. 4 Iwabuchi Elementary School
- Akabane Elementary School
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b c Terada, Hirokazu (19 January 2013). データブック日本の私鉄 [Databook: Japan's Private Railways]. Japan: Neko Publishing. p. 216. ISBN 978-4-7770-1336-4.
- ^ "「営団地下鉄」から「東京メトロ」へ" [From "Teito Rapid Transit Authority" to "Tokyo Metro"]. Tokyo Metro Online. 8 July 2006. Archived from the original on 16 May 2012. Retrieved 29 May 2022.
- ^ "～神奈川県央地域及び横浜市西部から東京・埼玉に至る広域的な鉄道ネットワークの形成～" [-Formation of a wide-area railway network from central Kanagawa Prefecture and western Yokohama to Tokyo and Saitama-] (PDF). tokyometro.jp. 27 January 2022. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 January 2022. Retrieved 22 March 2023.
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