Hikarigaoka Station

Hikarigaoka Station (光が丘駅, Hikarigaoka-eki) is a subway station on the Toei Ōedo Line in Nerima, Tokyo, Japan, operated by Tokyo subway operator Toei Subway.

E38
Hikarigaoka Station

光が丘駅
Entrance A3
LocationNerima, Tokyo
Japan
Operated by Toei Subway
Line(s)E Toei Ōedo Line
Platforms1 island platform
Tracks2
ConnectionsBus stop
Construction
Structure typeUnderground
Depth11.9 m
Other information
Station codeE-38
WebsiteOfficial website
History
Opened10 December 1991
Traffic
Passengers (FY2011)56,529 daily
Services
Preceding station   Toei Subway   Following station
TerminusŌedo Line
E37
toward Tochōmae
Location
Hikarigaoka Station
Location within Japan

Lines

Hikarigaoka Station is the terminus of the Toei Ōedo Line. It is numbered E-38.[1]

Station layout

The station is the westernmost of all Toei stations, and, at a depth of 11.9 m below ground level, the platform is the closest to the surface of all the Ōedo Line stations.[1] There are five exits from the station, labelled A1 through to A5.[2]

Platforms

The station has an island platform with two tracks.

1 E Toei Ōedo Line for Tochōmae, Roppongi, and Daimon
2 E Toei Ōedo Line Alighting only
  • The platforms in November 2014

History

Hikarigaoka Station opened on 10 December 1991.[3]

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2011, the station was used by an average of 56,529 passengers (28,347 boarding, 28,182 exiting) daily.[4] Below is a table of the passenger statistics of the station beginning with 1991, the year the station entered service.

Year Passengers Source
1991 7,982 [5]
1992 9,019 [6]
1993 10,027 [7]
1994 11,025 [8]
1995 11,303 [9]
1996 11,540 [10]
1997 13,501 [11]
1998 19,545 [12]
1999 20,689 [13]
2000 22,285 [14]
2001 23,975 [15]
2002 25,030 [16]
2003 26,098 [17]
2004 26,668 [18]
2005 27,230 [19]
2006 28,041 [20]
2007 29,251 [21]
2008 29,286 [22]
2009 28,706 [23]
2010 28,468 [24]
2011 28,425 [25]

Surrounding area

The station is located towards the centre of the Hikarigaoka housing complex and is located in the vicinity of the large Hikarigaoka IMA shopping centre.[26] Hikarigaoka itself is located at the northern point of Nerima, Tokyo near the border with Itabashi, Tokyo and Wakō, Saitama. Bus services from this station are operated by Kokusaikōgyō Bus and Seibu Bus.[1] A spur of National Route 443 is routed above the station.[27]

Cultural references

The station and other parts of the Toei Ōedo Line are referenced in the Digimon Adventure franchise.[28][29][30]

gollark: Or the abstract graph rewriting engine.
gollark: They won't be able to compete with the GTech™ computational cuboids where everything is polygons instead.
gollark: Upload of memetics into LyricLy successful.
gollark: As it is on a computer, ALL is numbers.
gollark: Text is just numbers in the category of endofunctors.

See also

References
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  2. "Hikarigaoka exits". www.kotsu.metro.tokyo.jp. Archived from the original on 3 December 2013. Retrieved 2 August 2013.
  3. 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. 218. ISBN 978-4-7770-1336-4.
  4. 東京都交通局 各駅乗降人員一覧
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  26. "Hikarigaoka IMA". IMA Office. Retrieved 2 August 2013.
  27. "Google Maps". Google Maps. Retrieved 15 December 2015.
  28. "Odaiba Memorial - Hikarigaoka". Archived from the original on 22 December 2015. Retrieved 14 December 2015.CS1 maint: BOT: original-url status unknown (link)
  29. "Odaiba Memorial - Juunigou-sen". Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 15 December 2015.CS1 maint: BOT: original-url status unknown (link)
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