TJ06 Tokiwadai Station ときわ台駅 | |||||||||||
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 The north entrance in August 2019 | |||||||||||
| General information | |||||||||||
| Location | 1-43-1 Tokiwadai, Itabashi-ku, Tokyo 174-0071 Japan | ||||||||||
| Operated by |  Tobu Railway | ||||||||||
| Line(s) | _symbol.svg) Tobu Tojo Line | ||||||||||
| Distance | 4.7 km fromIkebukuro | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 1 island platform | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
| Connections | Bus stop | ||||||||||
| Other information | |||||||||||
| Station code | TJ-06 | ||||||||||
| Website | www | ||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
| Opened | 20 October 1935 | ||||||||||
| Previous names | Musashino-Tokiwa (until 1951) | ||||||||||
| Passengers | |||||||||||
| FY2010 | 46,297 daily | ||||||||||
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Tokiwadai Station (ときわ台駅,Tokiwadai-eki) is a railway station on theTobu Tojo Line inItabashi, Tokyo, Japan, operated by theprivate railway operatorTobu Railway.[1]
Tokiwadai Station is served by theTobu Tojo Line fromIkebukuro in Tokyo. Located betweenNaka-Itabashi andKami-Itabashi, it is 4.7 km from the Tokyo terminus at Ikebukuro Station.[2] Only "Local" (all-stations) services stop at this station, with eight trains per hour in each direction during the daytime.[3]
The station consists of a singleisland platform serving two tracks. Entrances are located on the north and south sides of the station. The station hasuniversal access toilet facilities.[1]
| 1 | TJ Tobu Tojo Line | forKami-Itabashi,Narimasu, andShiki |
| 2 | TJ Tobu Tojo Line | forŌyama andIkebukuro |
The station opened on 20 October 1935 as Musashino-Tokiwa Station (武蔵野常盤駅). It was renamed Tokiwadai on 1 October 1951.[2]
From 17 March 2012, station numbering was introduced on the Tobu Tojo Line, with Tokiwadai Station becoming "TJ-06".[4]
In fiscal 2010, the station was used by an average of 46,297 passengers daily.[5]
Tokiwadai Station suffers from a high number of suicides, due to the relatively high speed and frequency of non-stop trains passing through the station. Between 2002 and 2009, three people were killed by passing trains after jumping onto the tracks.[6]
On 6 February 2007 at around 19:30, a police officer from a nearbyKōban police box was hit by a non-stop express train near Tokiwadai Station while trying to restrain a 39-year-old woman who had rushed onto the tracks in an attempt to commit suicide. The woman survived with serious injuries, but the 53-year-old police officer, Sergeant Kunihiko Miyamoto, was left critically injured in a coma and died on 12 February.[6][7][8]
35°45′31″N139°41′23″E / 35.75861°N 139.68972°E /35.75861; 139.68972
