N15 Nishigahara Station 西ケ原駅 | |||||||||||
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General information | |||||||||||
Location | 2-3-8 Nishigahara, Kita, Tokyo Japan | ||||||||||
Operated by | Tokyo Metro | ||||||||||
Line(s) | N Namboku Line | ||||||||||
Platforms | 1 island platform | ||||||||||
Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
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Structure type | Underground | ||||||||||
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Station code | N-15 | ||||||||||
History | |||||||||||
Opened | 29 November 1991 | ||||||||||
Passengers | |||||||||||
FY2013 | 7,005 daily | ||||||||||
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Nishigahara Station (西ケ原駅, Nishigahara-eki) is a subway station in the Tokyo Metro network. It is located in Kita, Tokyo. The station is the least used on the entire Metro network. Kyu-Furukawa Gardens can be reached by walking from this station.
The platform is a simple island configuration, with one island platform serving two tracks.
1 | N Namboku Line | for Akabane-Iwabuchi SR Saitama Rapid Railway Line for Urawa-Misono |
2 |
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With an average of 8,785 passengers daily in fiscal 2018, the station is the least used on the entire Tokyo Metro network and the only station on the network to have an average of less than 10,000 users per day.[1]
The passenger statistics for previous years are as shown below.
Fiscal year | Daily average |
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2011 | 6,201[2] |
2012 | 6,469[3] |
2013 | 7,005[4] |
2014 | 7,747[5] |
2015 | 8,105[6] |
2016 | 8,383[7] |
2017 | 8,523[8] |
2018 | 8,785[1] |
Nishigahara Station opened on 29 November 1991.
The station facilities were inherited by Tokyo Metro after the privatization of the Teito Rapid Transit Authority (TRTA) in 2004.[9]