Narimasu Station

Narimasu Station (成増駅, Narimasu-eki) is a railway station on the Tobu Tojo Line in Itabashi, Tokyo, Japan, operated by the private railway operator Tobu Railway.[1]

Narimasu Station 成増駅
The south entrance in July 2016
Location	2-13-1 Narimasu, Itabashi-ku, Tokyo 175-0094 Japan
Operated by	Tobu Railway
Line(s)	Tobu Tojo Line
Distance	10.4 km from Ikebukuro
Platforms	2 island platforms
Tracks	4
Connections	Bus terminal
Other information
Station code	TJ-10
Website	www.tobu.co.jp/station/info/7209.html
History
Opened	1 May 1914
Traffic
Passengers (FY2014)	57,729 daily
Location
Narimasu Station Location within Japan

Lines

The station is served by the Tobu Tojo Line from Ikebukuro in Tokyo. Located between Shimo-Akatsuka and Wakōshi, it is 10.4 km from the Ikebukuro terminus.[2] Rapid, Express, Semi Express, and Local services stop at this station. During midday, six of the eight Local trains per hour terminate here, with the other two continuing to Kawagoeshi.[3]

Station layout

The station consists of two island platforms serving four tracks. Platforms 2 and 4 are used to allow faster trains to overtake slower stopping trains. This station has a season ticket sales office.[3]

Platforms

1/2	■ Tobu Tojo Line	for Shiki, Kawagoe, Shinrinkōen, Ogawamachi, and Yorii
3/4	■ Tobu Tojo Line	for Kami-Itabashi, Ōyama, and Ikebukuro

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  The north entrance in July 2016
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  The ticket barriers in July 2016
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  The platforms viewed from the up end in February 2012
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  The platforms viewed from the down end in February 2012
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  The view from the down end of the platforms in February 2012, with the turn-back siding for terminating trains visible to the left of the main running tracks

Adjacent stations

←		Service		→
Tobu Tojo Line
TJ Liner: Does not stop at this station
Kawagoe express: Does not stop at this station
Rapid express: Does not stop at this station
Ikebukuro		Rapid		Wakōshi
Ikebukuro		Express		Wakōshi
Ikebukuro		Semi express		Wakōshi
Shimo-Akatsuka		Local		Wakōshi

History

The south entrance in 2004

The station opened on 1 May 1914 coinciding with the opening of the Tojo Railway line from Ikebukuro.[4]

From 17 March 2012, station numbering was introduced on the Tobu Tojo Line, with Narimasu Station becoming "TJ-10".[5]

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2014, the station was used by an average of 57,729 passengers daily.[6] Passenger figures for previous years (boarding passengers only) are as shown below.[7]

Fiscal year	Daily average
1950	6,724[Note 1]
1960	14,506[Note 1]
1970	34,416[Note 1]
1980	40,076[Note 1]
1990	37,067[Note 1]
2000	41,985[Note 1]
2010	37,548[Note 1]
2014	57,729

1. Number of boarding passengers only

Surrounding area

The north side of the station in July 2016

North side

• Narimasu Library
• Itabashi Art Museum
• Akatsuka No. 2 Junior High School
• Akatsuka Elementary School
• Akatsuka Park

South side

• Chikatetsu-Narimasu Station (on the Tokyo Metro Yurakucho Line and Tokyo Metro Fukutoshin Line)
• Hokei Junior High School
• Narimasu Elementary School
• Hikarigaoka Park

See also

• List of railway stations in Japan

References

1. "Narimasu Station information" (in Japanese). Japan: Tobu Railway. Retrieved 30 September 2009.
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. 224. ISBN 978-4-7770-1336-4.
3. Tobu Tojo Line Timetable, published March 2016
4. Yamamoto, Tomoyuki (October 2008). 東武東上線の神話時代（１）. Japan Railfan Magazine. Vol. 48 no. 570. Japan: Koyusha Co., Ltd. pp. 126–131.
5. 「東武スカイツリーライン」誕生！ あわせて駅ナンバリングを導入し、よりわかりやすくご案内します [Tobu Sky Tree Line created! Station numbering to be introduced at same time] (PDF). Tobu News (in Japanese). Tobu Railway. 9 February 2012. Archived from the original (pdf) on 8 August 2012. Retrieved 21 March 2012.
6. 駅情報（乗降人員） [Station information: Passenger figures] (in Japanese). Japan: Tobu Railway. 2015. Archived from the original on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 20 July 2016.
7. Sawauchi, Kazuaki (October 2013). 東武鉄道東上線の歴史過程 [History of the Tobu Tojo Line]. The Railway Pictorial (in Japanese). Japan: Denkisha Kenkyūkai. 63 (880): 18.

External links

• Tobu station information (in Japanese)