Akabane-iwabuchi Station
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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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.
Lines
[edit]Akabane-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
[edit]The 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
[edit]The 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
[edit]The 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
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The platform in December 2022
History
[edit]Akabane-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
[edit]In 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
[edit]- 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
[edit]References
[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.