Nakano Station (Tokyo)

Nakano Station (中野駅, Nakano-eki) is a railway station on the Chūō Main Line in Nakano, Tokyo in Japan, operated jointly by East Japan Railway Company (JR East) and the Tokyo subway operator Tokyo Metro.

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The north entrance to Nakano Station in July 2012
General information
Location	5 Nakano, Nakano City, Tokyo Japan
Operated by	JR East (manager) Tokyo Metro
Line(s)	JC Chūō Line JB Sōbu Main Line T Tozai Line
Platforms	4 island platforms
Tracks	8
Connections	Bus terminal
Other information
Station code	JC06 JB07 T-01
History
Opened	11 April 1889; 136 years ago (1889-04-11)
Services
Preceding station JR East Following station Mitaka JC12 towards Ōtsuki Chūō Line Chūō Special Rapid Shinjuku SJKJC05 towards Tokyo Mitaka JC12 towards Tachikawa Chūō Line Ōme Special Rapid Ogikubo JC09 towards Ōtsuki Chūō Line Commuter Rapid Shinjuku One-way operation Ogikubo JC09 (weekends) towards Ōtsuki Chūō Line Rapid Shinjuku SJKJC05 towards Tokyo Kōenji JC07 (weekdays) towards Ōtsuki Kōenji JB06 towards Mitaka Chūō–Sōbu Line Higashi-Nakano JB08 towards Chiba Chūō–Sōbu Line via T Tozai Line through to Tozai Line Preceding station Tokyo Metro Following station Terminus Tozai Line Rapid Commuter Rapid Local Ochiai T02 towards Nishi-Funabashi through to Chūō-Sōbu Line
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Lines

Nakano Station is served by the JR East Chuo Line (Rapid) and Chuo-Sobu Line, and the Tokyo Metro Tozai Line. There are no turnstiles between lines, allowing for easy transfers.

Station layout

The north entrance in December 2006, before rebuilding

The south entrance in December 2006

Nakano Station viewed from above in June 2003

The station consists of four island platforms serving eight tracks.

Platforms

1	JB Chūō-Sōbu Line	for Mitaka
2		for Shinjuku, Akihabara, Kinshichō, Funabashi, and Chiba (originating at this station)
3	JB Chūō-Sōbu Line	for Mitaka (through trains from Tōzai Line)
	T Tozai Line	for Otemachi, Toyocho, and Nishi-funabashi JB Sōbu Line (Local) for Tsudanuma TR Toyo Rapid Railway Line for Tōyō-Katsutadai (originating at this station)
4	T Tozai Line	for Otemachi, Toyocho, and Nishi-funabashi JB Sōbu Line (Local) for Tsudanuma TR Toyo Rapid Railway Line for Tōyō-Katsutadai (originating at this station)
5	JB Chūō-Sōbu Line	for Shinjuku, Akihabara, Kinshichō, Funabashi, and Chiba (originating at Mitaka)
	T Tozai Line	for Otemachi, Toyocho, and Nishi-funabashi JB Sōbu Line (Local) for Tsudanuma TR Toyo Rapid Railway Line for Tōyō-Katsutadai (originating at Mitaka)
6	JC Chūō Line (Rapid)	for Tachikawa, Hachiōji, Takao JC Ōme Line for Ōme
7-8	JC Chūō Line (Rapid)	for Shinjuku, Yotsuya, Ochanomizu, and Tokyo

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  Platforms 1 and 2 (April 2021)
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  Platforms 3 and 4 (April 2021)
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  Platforms 5 and 6
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  Platforms 7 and 8
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  Station sign
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  Station layout

Surrounding area

North side

• Nakano Ward office
• Nakano Sun Plaza, a major concert hall
• Sun Mall and Nakano Broadway, a shopping arcade famous as the home of Mandarake and for used record shops, collectibles, and other items
• Marui Department Store Headquarters

South side

• Nakano Zero, a cultural hall for concerts and exhibitions
• Nakano Public Library

History

Nakano Station opened on 11 April 1889.^[1] The Tōzai Subway Line began operating from Nakano Station from 16 March 1966.^[2]

Passenger statistics

In the 2015 data available from Japan’s Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism, Nakano → Shinjuku was one of the train segments among Tokyo's most crowded train lines during rush hour.^[3]

In fiscal 2017, the JR East station was used by 148,789 passengers daily (boarding passengers only), making it the 21st-busiest station operated by JR East.^[4] In fiscal 2013, the Tokyo Metro station was used by an average of 143,802 passengers per day (exiting and entering passengers). Note that the statistics consider passengers who travel through Nakano station on a through service as users of the station, even if they did not disembark at the station.^[5] The daily passenger figures for each operator in previous years are as shown below.

Fiscal year	JR East	Tokyo Metro
1999	118,219[6]
2000	117,090[7]
2005	113,569[8]
2010	123,968[9]
2011	122,846[10]	133,919[11]
2012	125,025[12]	136,994[13]
2013	138,467[14]	143,802[5]

• Note that JR East figures are for boarding passengers only.

See also

• Tokyo portal

• List of railway stations in Japan