Kiba Station

T13 Kiba Station 木場駅
Exit 4b of Kiba Station, October 2012
General information
Location	5-5-1 Kiba, Kōtō-ku, Tokyo Japan
Operated by	Tokyo Metro
Line(s)	T Tozai Line
Platforms	1 island platform
Tracks	2
Connections	Bus stop
Construction
Structure type	Underground
Other information
Station code	T-13
History
Opened	14 September 1967; 57 years ago (14 September 1967)
Passengers
FY2021	60,085 daily
Services
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Kiba Station (木場駅, Kiba-eki) is a subway station on the Tokyo Metro Tozai Line in Kiba, Kōtō, Tokyo, Japan, operated by Tokyo Metro. It is numbered T-13.

Lines

Kiba Station is served by the Tokyo Metro Tōzai Line from Nakano in the west to Nishi-Funabashi in the east, and is located 14.9 km from Nakano.^[1]

Station layout

Exit 3, October 2012

The station has a single underground island platform on the 4th basement level, serving two tracks.^[2]

Platforms

1	T Tozai Line	for Tōyōchō and Nishi-Funabashi JB Chuo-Sobu Line for Tsudanuma TR Toyo Rapid Railway Line for Tōyō-Katsutadai
2	T Tozai Line	for Otemachi, Kudanshita and Nakano JB Chuo-Sobu Line for Mitaka

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  Eastbound platform 1, October 2012
• 
  Westbound platform 2, October 2012

History

Kiba Station opened on 14 September 1967.^[1] It was the first Tokyo Metro station to be built by shield tunneling.^{[citation needed]}

The station facilities were inherited by Tokyo Metro after the privatization of the Teito Rapid Transit Authority (TRTA) in 2004.^[3]

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2000, the station was used by an average of 54,071 passengers daily.^[1]

In the 2015 data available from Japan’s Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism, Kiba → Monzen Nakacho was one of the train segments among Tokyo's most crowded train lines during rush hour.^[4]

Surrounding area

Kiba Park, September 2011

• Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo
• Kiba Park
• Fukagawa Police Station
• Fukagawa Fire Station
• Heikyu Elementary School
• Toei Ōedo Line Kiba Rolling Stock Maintenance Depot

References

1. Terada, Hirokazu (July 2002). データブック日本の私鉄 [Databook: Japan's Private Railways]. Japan: Neko Publishing. ISBN 4-87366-874-3.
2. 木場駅 構内図 [Kiba Station guide map]. Tokyo Metro official website (in Japanese). Japan: Tokyo Metro Co., Ltd. 30 April 2010. Retrieved 26 October 2012.
3. "「営団地下鉄」から「東京メトロ」へ" [From "Teito Rapid Transit Authority" to "Tokyo Metro"]. Tokyo Metro Online. 8 July 2006. Archived from the original on 16 May 2012. Retrieved 29 May 2022.
4. "Most Crowded Rush Hour Train Lines in Tokyo". Blog. 4 May 2017. Retrieved 11 August 2024.

External links

• Kiba Station information (Tokyo Metro) (in English)

35.669391°N 139.806521°E / 35.669391; 139.806521