Nakano-fujimichō Station

Nakano-fujimicho Station (中野富士見町駅, Nakano-fujimichō-eki) is a subway station on the Tokyo Metro Marunouchi Line in Nakano, Tokyo, Japan, operated by the Tokyo subway operator Tokyo Metro.

Mb04 Nakano-fujimicho Station 中野富士見町駅
Station entrance, January 2011
Location	5-24-4 Yayoichō, Nakano, Tokyo （東京都中野区弥生町5-24-4） Japan
Operated by	Tokyo Metro
Line(s)	Mb Tokyo Metro Marunouchi Line
Connections	Bus stop
Other information
Station code	Mb-04
History
Opened	1961
Traffic
Passengers (FY2013)	18,285 daily
Services
Preceding station   Tokyo Metro   Following station Hōnanchō Mb03 Terminus Marunouchi Line (branch line) Nakano-shimbashi Mb05 toward Nakano-sakaue or Ikebukuro

Lines

Nakano-fujimicho Station is served by the 3.2 km Hōnanchō branch of the Tokyo Metro Marunouchi Line from Nakano-sakaue to Hōnanchō, and is 1.9 km from Nakano-sakaue.[1] During the daytime, the station is served by 3-car trains shuttling between Nakano-sakaue and Hōnanchō, but during the morning and evening peaks, due to its location next to the line's maintenance depot, the station is also served by some 6-car through trains starting and terminating here, which run to and from Ikebukuro at the eastern end of the main line.[1] The station is numbered "Mb-04".

Station layout

The station has two side platforms serving two tracks on the first basement (B1F) level. The single entrance, ticket vending machines, and ticket barriers are located at ground level.

Platforms

1	Mb Tokyo Metro Marunouchi Line	for Hōnanchō
2	Mb Tokyo Metro Marunouchi Line	for Nakano-sakaue, Shinjuku, and Ikebukuro

• 
  The ticket barriers, May 2006
• 
  Platform 2, November 2013

History

The station opened on 8 February 1961.[2]

In March 2010, to promote the release of the Cho-Den-O Trilogy of the Kamen Rider movies, a special marking was used on the trains coming to Nakano-fujimichō from the nearby Ueno, and Den-O's Rina Akiyama greeted 200 fans who rode on the first of those trains.[3][4]

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2013, the station was the least used on the Marunouchi Line and the 125th-busiest on the Tokyo Metro network with an average of 18,285 passengers daily.[5]

The passenger statistics for previous years are as shown below.

Fiscal year	Daily average
2011	17,671[2][6]
2012	17,575[7]
2013	18,285[5]

Surrounding area

• Tokyo Metro Nakano Maintenance Depot, south of the station
• Tokyo Metro Training Center
• Kosei Hospital
• Fuji High School & Fuji Junior High School
• Nakano No. 2 Junior High School
• Nakano Hongo Elementary School
• Kanda River

References

1. Kawashima, Ryozo (April 2010). 日本の鉄道　中部ライン　全線・全駅・全配線　第１巻　東京駅―三鷹エリア [Railways of Japan - Chubu Line - Lines/Stations/Track plans - Vol 1 Tokyo Station - Mitaka Area]. Japan: Kodansha. p. 79. ISBN 978-4-06-270061-0.
2. 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. 215. ISBN 978-4-7770-1336-4.
3. "東京メトロ｜ニュースリリース". 6 April 2010. Retrieved 10 April 2010.
4. "秋山莉奈"仮面ライダー装飾列車"に乗車 - 芸能 - SANSPO.COM". 2 May 2010. Retrieved 11 May 2010.
5. 各駅の乗降人員ランキング [Station usage ranking] (in Japanese). Tokyo Metro. Retrieved 9 September 2014.
6. 駅別乗降人員順位表（2011年度1日平均） [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2011)] (in Japanese). Japan: Tokyo Metro. Retrieved 9 September 2014.
7. 各駅の乗降人員ランキング (2012年) [Station usage ranking (2012)] (in Japanese). Tokyo Metro. Retrieved 9 September 2014.

External links

• Nakano-fujimicho Station information (Tokyo Metro) (in Japanese)