Shimo-Itabashi Station is served by the Tobu Tojo Line from Ikebukuro in Tokyo. Located between Kita-Ikebukuro and Ōyama, it is 2.0 km from the Ikebukuro terminus.[1] Only "Local" (all-stations) services stop at this station, with eight trains per hour in each direction during the daytime.[2]
Station layout
The station consists of two side platforms serving two tracks. The main (north) entrance leads directly onto the up (Ikebukuro-bound) platform 2, with passenger access to the down platform 1 via an underground passage. An additional entrance (south entrance) is open during the morning and evening peak hours. Toilet facilities are provided on platform 2.
The stairs to the underpass from platform 2 to platform 1 in February 2017
The stairs from the rush-hour only entrance leading to the underpass between the platforms in February 2017
View from the Narimasu end of Platform 2 in March 2013
View from the Ikebukuro end of Platform 2 in April 2014
History
The station opened on 1 May 1914.[1] At the time of its opening, the station was located in the town of Itabashi (later becoming Itabashi Ward), and took its name from the neighbourhood of Shimo-Itabashi adjacent to the station.[3] The station was relocated in 1935, moving it across the boundary from Itabashi into Toshima.[3] The site of the original station is now used as a stabling yard with capacity for up to eight trains, and the "0.0" kilometre post for the Tobu Tojo Line is located here.[4]
From 17 March 2012, station numbering was introduced on the Tobu Tojo Line, with Shimo-Itabashi Station becoming "TJ-03".[5]
Passenger statistics
In fiscal 2010, the station was used by an average of 14,986 passengers daily.[6]
^ abTakashima, Shuichi (November 2015). 東武沿線の不思議と謎 [Tobu Line Wonders and Mysteries] (in Japanese). Tokyo, Japan: Jitsugyo no Nihonsha Ltd. p. 175. ISBN978-4-408-11159-9.
^Sugizaki, Yukiyasu (22 July 2015). 東武鉄道 各駅停車 [Tobu Railway - Stopping at Every Station] (in Japanese). Japan: Yosensha Publishing Co., Ltd. p. 160. ISBN978-4-8003-0682-1.
^「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. Retrieved 20 March 2012.
^駅情報(乗降人員) [Station information (Passenger statistics)] (in Japanese). Japan: Tobu Railway. Archived from the original on 1 January 2012. Retrieved 14 December 2011.