Ikebukuro Station

Ikebukuro Station has two main entrances, the East exit and the West exit. There are a number of other secondary entrances such as the JR North exit, the various Seibu exits, and multiple subway exits.

The JR lines run north/south through the center. The Tobu platforms are to the northwest and the Seibu platforms are to the southeast. Both Tobu and Seibu operate department stores adjacent to their terminal stations. (Despite their names, "Seibu" (西武) starts with the kanji for "west" (西), but its platforms are in the eastern part of the station, while "Tōbu" (東武) starts with the character for "east" (東), but its platforms are in the western part of the station.)

The Marunouchi Line and Yurakucho Line run east/west two stories underground, while the Tokyo Metro Fukutoshin Line is four stories underground to the west of the main station complex. The latter line runs south toward Shinjuku and Shibuya along Meiji-dori, and offers through services to Motomachi-Chūkagai Station in Yokohama via the Tokyu Toyoko Line and Minatomirai Line.

Tokyo Metro's Echika underground mall is also located inside the station.[1]

JR East

IKBJY13JA12JS21 Ikebukuro Station 池袋駅
JR East station
The Yamanote Line platforms in June 2015
Location	1-28-2 Minamiikebukuro, Toshima-ku, Tokyo Japan
Operated by	JR East
Line(s)	JY Yamanote Line JA Saikyō Line JS Shōnan-Shinjuku Line
Platforms	4 island platforms
Tracks	8
Other information
Station code	IKB
History
Opened	1 April 1903
Passengers
FY2015	556,780 daily

JR East track and platform layout

1	JA Saikyo Line	for Shinjuku, Shibuya, Ōsaki (via R Rinkai Line) for Shin-Kiba (via Sotetsu Line) for Hazawa yokohama-kokudai and Ebina
2	JS Shōnan-Shinjuku Line	for Shinjuku, Yokohama, Ofuna (via JT Tokaido Line) for Odawara (via JO Yokosuka Line) for Zushi
	■ Limited express Narita Express	for Narita Airport
	■ Super View Odoriko	for Atami, Izukyū-Shimoda
3	JS Shōnan-Shinjuku Line	for Ōmiya (via JU Utsunomiya Line) for Utsunomiya (via JU Takasaki Line) for Takasaki
4	JA Saikyo Line	for Akabane, Ōmiya, and Kawagoe
5/6	JY Yamanote Line	for Shinjuku, Shibuya, and Shinagawa
7/8	JY Yamanote Line	for Tabata, Ueno, and Tokyo

Chest-high platform edge doors were introduced on the Yamanote Line platforms on 2 March 2013.[2]

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  The Metropolitan Exit on the second-floor level
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  The Metropolitan concourse in March 2016
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  The Central No. 2 Gate ticket barriers in June 2016
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  Platform 1/2 (with Saikyo Line on the right) in August 2014

Platforms

TJ01 Ikebukuro Station 池袋駅
Tobu station
The view from the buffer stops at the south end of the platforms in April 2014
Location	1-21-1 Minamiikebukuro, Toshima-ku, Tokyo Japan
Operated by	Tobu Railway
Line(s)	TJ Tobu Tojo Line
Tracks	3
Other information
Station code	TJ-01
History
Opened	1 May 1914
Passengers
FY2015	477,834 daily

Tobu track and platform layout

The Tobu station has three terminating tracks served by platforms 1 to 5, arranged as shown in the diagram on the right.

1-5

TJ Tobu Tojo Line

for Narimasu, Shiki, Kawagoe, Sakado, and Ogawamachi

Platforms 3 and 5 are normally used for disembarking passengers, although platform 5 is also used for passengers boarding the evening TJ Liner services, which require payment of a supplementary fare. From 14 June 2015, the departure melodies used when trains are about to depart from the station are to be changed to classical themes, with "Allegro" from "Divertimento in D major, K. 136" by Mozart used for platforms 1/2, "Menuetto" from "Eine kleine Nachtmusik" by Mozart used for platforms 3/4, and "Allegro ma non troppo" from the "Pastoral Symphony" by Beethoven used for TJ Liner services departing from platform 5.[3]

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  Platform 1 and 2 viewed from platform 3 in April 2014
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  Platform 5 viewed from platform 4 in April 2014
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  Platform 5 in the evening used by a TJ Liner service

Chest-high platform edge doors are scheduled to be added by the end of fiscal 2020. Platform doors protecting platform 1 are in use since 21 April 2018.[4] It is planned to have platform doors protecting platforms 2 and 3 in operation from 2 March 2019.[5][6]

Seibu

SI01 Ikebukuro Station 池袋駅
Seibu station
The Seibu Ikebukuro Line platform in September 2007
Location	1-28-1 Minamiikebukuro, Toshima-ku, Tokyo Japan
Operated by	Seibu Railway
Line(s)	Seibu Ikebukuro Line
Tracks	4
Other information
Station code	SI-01
History
Opened	1915
Passengers
FY2015	483,407 daily

1-7

Seibu Ikebukuro Line

for Nerima, Tokorozawa, and Hannō Chichibu Main Line for Mitsumineguchi

Platforms 1, 4, and 6 are normally used for disembarking passengers only.

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  The basement entrance and ticket barriers in 2016
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  The Seibu Ikebukuro Line platforms in July 2014
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  Seibu track and platform layout

Platform

M25 Y09 F09 Ikebukuro Station 池袋駅
Tokyo Metro station
The Marunouchi Line platform in April 2015
Location	3-28-1 Minamiikebukuro, Toshima-ku (Marunouchi Line) 1-12-1 Nishiikebukuro, Toshima-ku (Yurakucho Line) 3-28-14 Nishiikebukuro, Toshima-ku (Fukutoshin Line) Japan
Operated by	Tokyo Metro
Line(s)	M Tokyo Metro Marunouchi Line Y Tokyo Metro Yurakucho Line F Tokyo Metro Fukutoshin Line
Platforms	3 island platforms
Tracks	6
Other information
Station code	M25, Y09, F09
History
Opened	1954
Passengers
FY2015	548,839 daily
Services
Preceding station   Tokyo Metro   Following station Terminus Marunouchi Line Shin-otsuka M24 toward Ogikubo or Hōnanchō Kanamecho Y08 toward Wakoshi Yurakucho Line Local Higashi-ikebukuro Y10 toward Shin-kiba Shakujii-kōen SI10 toward Seibu-Chichibu S-Train (weekends and national holidays) Shinjuku-sanchome F13 toward Motomachi-Chukagai Kotake-mukaihara F06 toward Hannō or Ogawamachi F Liner Kotake-mukaihara F06 toward Wakoshi Fukutoshin Line Express Commuter Express Shinjuku-sanchome F13 toward Shibuya Kanamecho F08 toward Wakoshi Fukutoshin Line Local Zoshigaya F10 toward Shibuya

This station consists of three separate island platforms for the Marunouchi Line, Yurakucho Line, and Fukutoshin Line.

Station layout

1-2	M Tokyo Metro Marunouchi Line	for Otemachi, Tokyo, Ginza, Shinjuku, Ogikubo, and Honancho
3	Y Tokyo Metro Yurakucho Line	for Iidabashi, Nagatacho, Yurakucho, and Shin-kiba
4	Y Tokyo Metro Yurakucho Line	for Kotake-mukaihara, and Wakoshi TJ Tobu Tojo Line for Shinrinkōen Seibu Ikebukuro Line for Hannō
5	F Tokyo Metro Fukutoshin Line	for Shinjuku-sanchome, Meiji-jingumae 'Harajuku', and Shibuya TY Tokyu Toyoko Line for Yokohama Minatomirai Line for Motomachi-Chukagai
6	F Tokyo Metro Fukutoshin Line	for Kotake-mukaihara, and Wakoshi TJ Tobu Tojo Line for Shinrinkōen Seibu Ikebukuro Line for Hannō

The Tokyo Metro platforms are equipped with chest-height platform edge doors.[7]

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  The Yurakucho Line platforms in June 2016
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  The Fukutoshin Line platforms in June 2008

JGR Ikebukuro Station in the early 20th century

Ikebukuro Station in the early 1960s

The underground "Shinsen Ikebukuro" platforms in 2005 before they became part of the Tokyo Metro Fukutoshin Line

The station was opened on April 1, 1903 by the Japanese Government Railways (JGR). The Tōjō Railway Line (present-day Tobu Tojo Line) station opened on 1 May 1914 with the opening of the 33.5 km line to Tanomosawa (田面沢駅) in Saitama Prefecture (located between the present stations of Kawagoeshi and Kasumigaseki).[8] As the Tokyo terminus of the line was originally planned to be at Shimo-Itabashi, Ikebukuro Station is to this day marked by km post "-1.9" (the distance from Shimo-Itabashi Station where the "0 km" post for the line is located).[8]

Tobu opened a department store adjoining its station on 29 May 1962.[8] Around the same time, the Tobu station platforms were expanded with three tracks.[8]

In March 1992, automatic ticket barriers were installed at the north exit of the Tobu Station, and in June of the same year, the Tobu Department Store was expanded with the addition of the Metropolitan Plaza annex located on the south side.[8]

In June 2008, the Tobu station ticket barriers were colour-coded into three "zones": North, Central, and South.[8]

Chest-height platform edge doors were installed on the Tokyo Metro Yurakucho Line platforms in January 2011.[7]

The figures below are the official number of passengers entering and exiting each day released by each train operator.

Annual passenger figures for the station between fiscal 1903 and 1965 are as shown below. Note that the figures only consider boarding passengers and a blank indicates that no data is available.

The daily passenger figures for the JR East, Seibu, Tobu, and Tokyo Metro station after fiscal 2000 are as shown below. Note that the JR East figures only consider boarding passengers whereas the Seibu, Tobu, and Tokyo Metro figures consider both entering and exiting passengers.

The east side of the station and Seibu Department Store building, November 2012

The west side of the station and Tobu Department Store building, December 2007

The surrounding Ikebukuro district is a major commercial centre. Seibu department store, Sunshine City, Parco, and Bic Camera are located to the east of the station, while the Tobu department store and Metropolitan Plaza are located to the west.

• List of East Japan Railway Company stations
• List of railway stations in Japan
• Transportation in Greater Tokyo

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Ikebukuro Station.

• JR Ikebukuro Station map
• Ikebukuro Station information (Seibu) (in Japanese)
• Ikebukuro Station information (Tobu) (in Japanese)
• Ikebukuro Station information (Tokyo Metro) (in Japanese)