Nishi-Nippori Station

Nishi-Nippori Station (西日暮里駅, Nishi-Nippori-eki) is a railway station in Arakawa, Tokyo, Japan, operated jointly by East Japan Railway Company (JR East) and the two Tokyo subway operators Tokyo Metro and Toei.

JY08 JK33 C16 NT02 Nishi-Nippori Station 西日暮里駅
The JR East platforms viewed from the west side in September 2024
General information
Location	5 Nishi-Nippori, Arakawa-ku, Tokyo Japan
Operated by	JR East Tokyo Metro Toei
Line(s)	Tōhoku Main Line C Chiyoda Line NT Nippori-Toneri Liner
Connections	Bus terminal
Other information
Station code	JY08 (Yamanote Line) JK33 (Keihin-Tōhoku Line) C-16 (Chiyoda Line) NT02 (Nippori-Toneri Liner)
History
Opened	20 December 1969; 55 years ago (20 December 1969)
Passengers
JR East, FY2013	97,268 daily
Services
Preceding station JR East Following station Tabata JY09 Next counter-clockwise Yamanote Line Nippori NPRJY08 Next clockwise Tabata JK34 towards Ōmiya Keihin–Tōhoku Line Local Nippori NPRJK32 towards Yokohama Preceding station Tokyo Metro Following station Sendagi C15 towards Yoyogi-Uehara Chiyoda Line Machiya C17 towards Kita-Ayase Preceding station Toei Following station Akado-shōgakkōmae NT03 towards Minumadai-shinsuikōen Nippori-Toneri Liner Nippori NT01 Terminus
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Lines

Nishi-Nippori Station is served by the following lines.

• Yamanote Line
• Keihin-Tōhoku Line
• Tokyo Metro Chiyoda Line
• Nippori-Toneri Liner

Platforms

JR East

The JR East station consists of two island platforms serving four tracks.

1	JK Keihin-Tōhoku Line	for Tokyo, Shinagawa, and Yokohama
2	JY Yamanote Line	for Tokyo and Shinagawa
3	JY Yamanote Line	for Tabata, Ikebukuro, and Shinjuku
4	JK Keihin-Tōhoku Line	for Tabata, Akabane, and Ōmiya

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  Platforms 1 and 2
• 
  Platforms 3 and 4

Tokyo Metro

The Chiyoda Line station consists of two underground split side platforms, with platform 1 on the upper level and platform 2 on the lower level.

1	C Chiyoda Line	for Otemachi and Yoyogi-uehara Odakyu Odawara Line for Hon-Atsugi and Isehara
2	C Chiyoda Line	for Kita-senju, Ayase and Kita-ayase JL Joban Line (Local) for Matsudo, Kashiwa and Toride (via Ayase)

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  The ticket barriers for transferring between JR East and the Tokyo Metro Chiyoda Line, June 2019
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  Chiyoda Line platforms, November 2019

Toei

The Nippori-Toneri Liner station is elevated and consists of a single island platform serving two tracks.

1	NT Nippori-Toneri Liner	for Nippori
2	NT Nippori-Toneri Liner	for Kumanomae, Nishiaraidaishi-nishi, and Minumadai-shinsuikoen

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  The Nippori-Toneri Liner platforms, July 2021

History

The Chiyoda Line station opened on 20 December 1969.^[1] The Yamanote Line station opened on 20 April 1971.^[2] The Nippori-Toneri Liner station opened on 30 March 2008.^[3]

The station facilities of the Chiyoda Line were inherited by Tokyo Metro after the privatization of the Teito Rapid Transit Authority (TRTA) in 2004.^[4]

Station numbering was introduced in 2016 with Nishi-Nippori being assigned station numbers JY08 for the Yamanote line and JK33 for the Keihin-Tōhoku line.^[5][6] Numbering was expanded to the Nippori-Toneri Liner platforms in November 2017 with the station receiving station number NT02.^[7]

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2013, the JR East station was used by an average of 97,268 passengers daily (boarding passengers only), making it the 41st-busiest station operated by JR East.^[8] In fiscal 2013, the Tokyo Metro station was used by an average of 162,852 passengers per day (exiting and entering passengers), making it the fifteenth-busiest station operated by Tokyo Metro.^[9] Over the same fiscal year, the Toei station was used by an average of 10,500 per day (boarding passengers only), making it the second-busiest station on the Nippori-Toneri Liner.^[10] The daily average passenger figures for JR East and Tokyo Metro in previous years are as shown below.

Fiscal year	JR East	Tokyo Metro
2000	96,355[11]
2005	87,392[12]
2010	94,059[13]
2011	93,891[14]	156,404[15]
2012	94,884[16]	158,555[17]
2013	97,268[8]	162,852[9]

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

Surrounding area

• Ogubashi-dōri Street
• Dōkanyama-dōri Avenue
• Kaisei Junior & Senior High School

See also

• Tokyo portal

• List of railway stations in Japan