Iidabashi Station


Iidabashi Station is a major interchange railway station which straddles Tokyo's Chiyoda, Shinjuku and Bunkyō wards. It was originally built as Iidamachi Station, terminus of the then Kōbu Railway, precursor to today's Chūō Line. The Ōedo Line addition to the station in 2000 was designed by architect Makoto Sei Watanabe.

Lines

Iidabashi Station is served by the following above-ground and subway lines.

Above ground

The JR East station has one island platform, serving the up and down local lines; there is no platform for the parallel rapid double track. The station is located on the inside of the Outer Moat. It is elevated over Mejiro-dori, a major thoroughfare from the Imperial Palace towards Ikebukuro.

JR East

Tokyo Metro

Toei

History

The present-day JR East station opened on 15 November 1928.

Future developments

The JR East platforms are scheduled to be moved and rebuilt a distance of approximately 200 m along the line toward Shinjuku to eliminate the gaps between trains and platforms on the sharply curved section of track.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2013, the JR East station was used by an average of 91,196 passengers daily, making it the 46th-busiest JR East station. Over the same fiscal year, the Tokyo Metro station was used by an average of 173,224 passengers daily, making it the twelfth-busiest station operated by Tokyo Metro. In fiscal 2013, the Toei station was used by an average of 14,577 passengers daily. The average daily passenger figures for JR East and Tokyo Metro in previous years are as shown below.
Fiscal yearJR EastTokyo Metro
200091,145
200588,647
201090,363
201190,763166,452
201291,359169,830
201391,196173,224

can be reached by walking from this station.
The Iidabashi district extends south and west of the station, and the Kagurazaka extends north and east. The station spans the Kanda River, which separates these two neighborhoods and at this point runs from the southwest towards the northeast.